The Orphan Trains of Nebraska

Frances McConnell

  1. Foster Name: Margaret
  2. Alternate Foster Name: Frances Riley; Margaret J. Riley
  3. Foster Family: William and Elizabeth Riley
  4. Location of Family: Princeton, NE
  5. Sending Organization: Foundling Hospital
  6. Arrival Place: Lincoln, NE
  7. Age on Arrival: 2
  8. Date of Birth: 1909-09-07
  9. Date of Death: 1960, El Monte, CA
  10. Gender: female
  11. Married Name: Margaret (Margaret Noble) Merritt
  12. Spouse Name: Bud Merritt
  13. Notes: First husband Bud Merritt; Second husband Harold Noble
  14. Source: National Orphan Train Complex; Mary Ellen Johnson, comp., Orphan Train Riders: Their Own Stories vol. 4 (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1992), p. 201-207; Eloise Thomsen Corres.
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