The Orphan Trains of Nebraska

Madeline Cowden

  1. Foster Name: Della
  2. Alternate Foster Name: Delia
  3. Foster Family: H. J. Sloss
  4. Location of Family: Blue Springs, NE
  5. Sending Organization: Children's Aid Society
  6. Arrival Place: Tecumseh, NE
  7. Age on Arrival: 6
  8. Date of Birth: 1907-07-09, Brooklyn, NE
  9. Date of Death: 2000-12-01, Hastings, NE
  10. Gender: female
  11. Married Name: Della Mann
  12. Spouse Name: Charles Mann
  13. Source: Mary Ellen Johnson, comp., Orphan Train Riders: Their Own Stories Vol. 4 (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1992), p. 235-242; Tecumseh Chieftain, 17 October 1914; Find-A-Grave for Della Sloss Cowden Mann; National Orphan Train Complex; 1920 United States Federal Census; Grand Island Independent, 3 May 1993.
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