The Orphan Trains of Nebraska

Howard H. Engert

  1. Foster Name: Howard H.
  2. Alternate Foster Name: Howie
  3. Foster Family: James L. and Martha Hurd
  4. Location of Family: Stromsburg, NE
  5. Sending Organization: Children's Aid Society
  6. Arrival Place: Osceola, NE
  7. Age on Arrival: 4
  8. Date of Birth: 1921-10-13, Canandaigna, NY
  9. Date of Death: 2002-01-17
  10. Gender: male
  11. Source: Mary Ellen Johnson, comp., Orphan Train Riders: Their Own Stories vol. 4 (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1992), p. 435-437; The Fence Post, Plains Edition, 3 April 2010, p. 4-5; The Osceola Record, 17 September 1925; The Osceola Record 24 September 1925; Lincoln Journal Star, 18 November 1997; Aurora News-Register, 2 December 1967; Obituaries and Orphan Trains: NEGenWed - Obituary for Howard H. Engert Hurd.
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