The Orphan Trains of Nebraska

Melba P Lavine

  1. Foster Name:
  2. Foster Family: Richard Kuehne
  3. Location of Family: Lincoln, NE
  4. Sending Organization: Children's Aid Society
  5. Arrival Place: Lincoln, NE
  6. Age on Arrival: 2
  7. Date of Birth: Unknown
  8. Gender: female
  9. Notes: Date of Arrival in Missouri 1917 or 1919-12
  10. Source: Charlotte Endorf and Sarah M. Endorf. Plains Bound: Fragile Cargo: Revealing Orphan Train Reality (Outskirts Press, 2006), n.p.; Mary Ellen Johnson, comp., Orphan Train Riders: Their Own Stories vol. 6 (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1992), p. 282-291, 563, 192; Lincoln Journal-Star (undated).
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