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Comment by Lisa A. (Thamm) Spegal on October 19, 2009 at 2:45pm

Christine, I see Jennie Bixby, 10, in the 1870 census in Bath,IL in home of Ruggles, Mary, 48, and probably sons Henry & Albert; and a Lucy & James, can't make out their last name for sure. Surname GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year
BIXBY JENNIE 10 F W IL IL MASON BATH TWP 1870

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in 1880 she's living with Milton & Emily Shepherd and children Hugh & Mary.

Surname GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year
BIXBY JENNIE 20 W IL KS FRANKLIN RICHMOND 1880

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So perhaps she wasn't in an actual orphanage, but rather with families that too in orphans???? If you'd like images, let me know, hope this helps, Lisa

Comment by Christine Kay Olsen-Needham on October 19, 2009 at 12:11pm

Hmmmm. I didn't find exactly what I'm looking for. I had heard that gg grandma was put in an Orphan Home in Jacksonville, Ill. in 1867, at age 7, when her mom died. There is no orphan home in Jacksonville as far as I can tell, only a school for blind & deaf children (which gg grandma was not) and a home for the insane (which I don't believe she was). The nearest one is Normal, Ill. I can't get any info on who might have been there in the 1860's & 1870's. I saw a link about the Orphan Trains, and since gg grandma (Jennie Etta Bixby born 27 Feb, 1860 in Bath, Mason, Ill.) showed up in Kansas in her 20's and lots of kids were sent to Kansas, I thought maybe she might have been one of these orphans. But when I went to print out the form to BUY the search, I couldn't even fill out the form, as I don't know (if she WAS an orphan on the Orphan Train) if Bixby is her birth name or if the name was given her later. And don't know if in fact she was a rider on the train. I only recently came across the last name of Bixby through another ancestry user. We had only known gg grandma as Jennie E. So I'm wondering if anybody has any ideas on what I might do next to find out more?

Comment by Bob Mooney-Pa on October 19, 2009 at 11:13am

Christine....actually I never knew these schools were around till afew weeks ago.
It's very interesting.

Comment by Christine Kay Olsen-Needham on October 19, 2009 at 11:00am

Thanks Mooney!!

Comment by Bob Mooney-Pa on October 19, 2009 at 10:47am

Christine...I did a quick google search and it looks like there were afew in Illinois.
http://www.normal.org/About/History.asp
http://www.d.umn.edu/~lbrush/ISSCS.html

Comment by Christine Kay Olsen-Needham on October 19, 2009 at 10:27am

About the Civil War Orphan's schools, were there any in in Illinois? My gg grandma was in an orphanage after her dad died in Andersonville, and mom died shortly after. But it wasn't in PA, it was in Illinois. Do y'all know anything about that?

Comment by Bob Mooney-Pa on October 19, 2009 at 8:16am

To further what Lisa said. Pa had schools set up for orphans and children of civil war soldiers. These child's parent had either died during the civil war or had injuries to prevent them from taking care of their child.
This link is to a book online also http://www.archive.org/details/pennsylvaniassol00pauluoft

Comment by Lisa A. (Thamm) Spegal on October 19, 2009 at 2:34am

I'm not sure how many of you were at Jim's PA Soldier's Orphans Schools chat tonight, but if anyone wants to look up names there is a book " PA Soldiers Orphan Schools" online at :
http://www.evendon.net/PGHLookups/PaSoldOrphM.htm

It's very interesting reading. And evendon.net has alot of other things available there too, not all Pittsburgh and not all PA even. Check it out, you might get lucky!

Comment by Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico on October 17, 2009 at 10:46pm

Ann Gibbons, You didn't state when died so I am not sure what to suggest but I have many ideas depending on when. Certificates were not issued until after I beleive 1912. or near that time. But the church may have records, the cemetery may have records, a relative, the newspaper. If the church did bulletins it may be in a bulletin. Certain religions did that for church family members who had moved away etc.

Comment by Carldine H. (Martin) Van Allen on October 17, 2009 at 9:30pm

Ann
Each county has its own probates. What the office is called varies from jusidiction to jurisdiction. If you know what county he lived in and/or had property in you can contact the county courthouse and see what they have available. Also if you have a Family History Library near you, you check their library catalog to see it the relevant records have been microfilmed and if so you can request they be sent to your FHC for a modest amount.

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