The Orphan Trains of Nebraska

Florence Gitzinger

  1. Alternate Birth Name: Geitzinger; Getzinger
  2. Foster Name:
  3. Foster Family: David and Lulu Preston
  4. Location of Family: Oakland, NE
  5. Sending Organization: Children's Aid Society
  6. Arrival Place: Oakland, NE
  7. Age on Arrival: 11
  8. Date of Birth: 1907-07-04, Brooklyn, NY
  9. Gender: female
  10. Married Name: Florence Preston
  11. Spouse Name: Nova V. Preston
  12. Source: Charlotte Endorf and Sarah M. Endorf, By Train They Came: Fragile Excess Baggage vol. 2 (Denver: Outskirts Press, 2007), p. 69-74; South Dakota Marriages, 1905-1949; 1900 United States Federal Census; 1920 United States Federal Census; 1930 United States Federal Census; Oakland Independent and Republican 12 December 1919.
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