The Orphan Trains of Nebraska

Matilda McTanner Wright

  1. Alternate Birth Name: Tillie
  2. Foster Name: Matilda
  3. Foster Family: Henry W. and Meta Alfken
  4. Location of Family: Laurel, NE
  5. Sending Organization: Children's Aid Society
  6. Arrival Place: Laurel, NE
  7. Age on Arrival: 6
  8. Date of Birth: 1894-01-07, Newark, NJ
  9. Date of Death: 1983-04-21
  10. Gender: female
  11. Married Name: Matilda Paulsen
  12. Spouse Name: Gustav August Paulsen
  13. Source: OTR 625; 978.224 W361c, p. 373-374; Eloise Thomsen Corres.; Laurel Advocate, 1983-04-28; Archives DB-Clients; National Orphan Train Complex; 1910 United States Federal Census; Laurel Advocate, 6 June 1902.
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