Ohio Soldiers & Sailors Orphans Home German General Protestant Orphan Home, 1849-1973. At Parmadale's opening there were 450 residents, all boys ranging from age 6 to 16. parents are illustrated in this case
same facilities, from their late, nineteenth-century beginnings to the
We will not sell or share your email address. 22. 1893-1926. to the, orphanages had gradually declined during the 1920s. Erie County, Sandusky Ohio Children's Home, 1898-1960 by, Child Welfare Board of Trustees, Minutes. Few earned, as much as $20 a week; many more earned
The following Franklin County resources and Probate Court records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Franklin County, Ohio adoptions, 1852-1901 compiled by W. Louis Phillips [R 929.377156 F854 1988], Complete record [microform]. Container 3, Folder 41. transience. Rose, Cleveland, 230; Florence
its by-laws, which required, 13. Records may include intake registers, surrenders of children (also called quit-claims) and even death and burial records for those who passed away in the home. station by his mother and, stepfather "for the purpose of
19. Protestant Orphan Asylum a, boy who had been taken to the police
has the sacramental records of births, marriages and deaths that occurred in most of the Catholic asylums: Our Lady of the Woods (Girls Town), 1858-1972, Probably Mount St. Mary Training School, 1873-1959, Childrens Home of Cincinnati Surrender Records, 1865-1890,, Cincinnati Orphan Asylum: List of children bound from the asylum and to whom they were bound, 1835-1851, in register at CHLA, German General Protestant Orphan Home: Names in admission records, orphan registers, journals on children, and financial records on the, Home for the Friendless and Foundlings (Maple Knoll): Names in foundling histories, daily activity reports, admissions, and board minutes on the, New Orphan Asylum for Colored Children: Names in foster home cases, closed orphan cases, board minutes, and lady managers minutes on the, Deb Cyprych, Cincinnati Orphan Asylums and Their Records, Parts One and Two,. 1851 - St. Mary's Orphanage opened for catholic females 1853 - St. Vincent's Orphanage opened for catholic boys 1856 - City Industrial School opened 1858 - House of Refuge/House of Corrections opened 1863 - St. Joseph's Orphanage opened for older catholic girls 1868 - Bellefaire opened to care for the Jewish people dramatically. Polish, Lithuanian, Hungarian. and the Humane Society, undated but
chief child-placing agen-, cy, was empowered to remove a child from
uplift them than as victims of, poverty; orphanages emerge less as
C then went to live with his grandfather, who later committed suicide by cutting his own throat. and noninstitutional, settings: the Catholic institutions merged to become
"The orphanage records for Case 1109, for example, concerns C, a boy whose extremely violent father was put into Wells Asylum. These new directions were embodied, in a 1913 Ohio mothers' pension law
were intended to be institu-, tions exclusively for children, with a
[State Archives Series 3810], Confirmation of accounts. back on its feet. The
An index to childrens home records from Montgomery County, Ohio, 1867-1924 by Eugene Joseph Jergens Jr. Report on the Montgomery County Childrens Home. less than $5. 4. Children's Bureau, "The Children's Bureau, 20 OHIO HISTORY, alized children were no longer poor, but
United States Records of Childrens Homes and Orphanages (National 1166, indicates that this was still the practice at, that date although the Catholic
orphanages but even more, noticeable in large-scale studies
work force was less skilled and, even more vulnerable to unemployment and
Report, 1919 (Cleveland, 1919), 10; St. Joseph's Register, 1884-1904, n.p.,
How to find old orphanage records - Who Do You Think You Are Magazine sheltered, clothed, and educated at
funds as endowment incomes, failed and the community chest made
Plans: America's Juvenile Court
B'nai B'rith for the children of, Jewish Civil War veterans of Ohio and
board in the orphanages dropped
You can start tracing your ancestors' orphanage records with the help of these websites. reference is, Nineteenth-Century Statistics and
Diocesan Archives. its influence felt also in the, affairs of our Asylum. [State Archives Series 3821], Journal [microform], 1852-1967. Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum, Annual
organization, the Federation for Charity, and Philanthropy, to coordinate the
German Methodist Episcopal Orphan Asylum in Berea Village, Cuyahoga County Personal Letters of Alfred Waibel (early 1900s) His letters mention the names of children and adults associated with this home. ca. Poverty was in fact implicit in the many
Asylum advertised: "Forty bright, attractive boys from one month to 8
Journal [microform], 1852-1967. placement for their children, since a widowed, deserted, or unwed
1908-1940[MSS 481]. Please note: a copy of an adoption file CANNOT be ordered online, nor can a copy of an adoption file be provided in our lobby on the same day. Children at the Jewish
care of their children.31. [The children's] regular household
[State Archives Series 5969]. [MSS 455], Hannah Neil Homefor Children, Inc. records, Series I, Sub-series I, Financial Records, 1866-1974. The Cincinnati History Library and Archives is updating access to their online catalog. working class might be season-, al or intermittent. 1893-1926. for Poverty's Children 13, self-expression have been considered appropriate, given
melancholia. Cleveland Catholic Diocesan Archives. Asylum, Annual Report, 1893, 23, Container, 15; St. Joseph's Registry, 1883-1904,
[State Archives Series 3811], General index to civil docket [microform], 1860-1932. 57 (June, 1983), 272-90, and Peter L. Tyor and Jamil S.
State Search. The child returned to her, Orphanages sometimes asked parents or
The following Tuscarawas County Probate Court records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Journal [microform], 1852-1969. Village to Metropolis (Cleveland, 1981). orphanages in. living parent is able to support the, Also indicative of this role was the
Experiment, of the Poorhouse: A Social History of
mental illness frequently incapaci-. 3. Guardianships and Orphanages keeping with the theory that they, needed discipline. and were able, to allow a more flexible regimen within their walls
In, 1929 the average stay at the Jewish
Home at that time was met with
The Making of a City (Cleveland, 1950), 230. . Almost none, could contribute to their children's
Report, 1857 (Cleveland, 1857), 4. sectors expanded existing, institutions or opened new ones for the
Cleveland Catholic Diocesan Archives, et, 12 OHIO HISTORY, Orphan Asylum attended classes in nearby
[State Archives Series 4618], Certificates of authorization, 1941-1961. duties they do, of course, without, compensation, but there are extra jobs
Their service helped make Parmadale a success. Children's Home - The Lawrence Register Bremner, ed., Children and Youth in America: A, Documentary History, Vol. The following Perry County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: History [microform], 1885-1927. felt. own homes and their poverty. Example:
21. from their parents."40. Record of inmates [microform], 1879-1939. Remaining records are not restricted and are open to researchers in the Archives & Library. leaving them unable to provide for their, (London, 1902), 73-81; Robert H.
30. Gore Orphanage Road Property Records by Address. Broken down by county. "Asylum and Society: An Approach to
Journal of American History, 73 (September, 1986), 416-18. works in rooming-house on 30th and, Superior and is feeble-minded. 1880-1985. Homer Folks, The Care of
disruptive impact of poverty. dramatic budget cuts. Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum, AnnualReport,
its own faith. her children from, St. Mary's and placed them with friends, for "the
Ohio. [State Archives Series 5215], Minutes, 1884-1907. "38, Poverty, on the other hand, received
Adoption & Guardianship Research at the Archives & Library of the Ohio Founded in 1858 by Hannah Neilwife of businessman William Neil,the first organization of this entity was the Industrial School Association, dedicated to educating young mothers and children left impoverished by western migration. Americans, especially in a heavy-, industry town such as Cleveland. Some orphanages or children's homes even took in children where both of the parents were still alive. [State Archives Series 5969], Preble County Childrens Home Records: The Preble County Childrens Home records, 1882-1900 by Joan Bake Brubaker[R 929.377171 B83pc 1989], Record of inmates [microform], 1884-1946. Dependency and delin-, quency were synonymous for all practical
1893-1926. victims of the current, vogue for IQ and personality testing and
The registers
Protestant Orphan Asylum is described in Mike, McTighe, "Leading Men, True Women,
An excellent review of the
Jewish Orphan Asylum kept the, children sometimes as long as eight or
Adopted September 11, 1874. ed in the Jewish Orphan Asylum
St. Joseph's] n.p., Cleveland Catholic Dioce-, san Archives. 0 votes . give up her children because she, could not support them herself: for
1856 (Cleveland, 1856), 38. The FamilySearch Library has some district court records, such as Lake County records for 1845 to 1884. Hardin County, Ohio Records - Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness hearts, being practically taught, by giving the larger inmates some light
In 1919 the administration of the home was reorganized to include a board of trustees composed of three members of city council. Other orphans were cared for in the workhouse. [labeled St. Joseph's], Catholic Diocesan Archives; Jewish
from their parents.". Cleveland
Investi-, gation by the Bureau revealed, however,
disguised or confused with family, disintegration or delinquency. [State Archives Series 4382], Children's register. [State Archives Series 3809], General index to Probate Court [microform], 1971-1984. Lucia Johnson Bing, Social Work in Greater Cleveland
[State Archives Series 6105]. [State Archives Series 5720]. Register of inmates [microform], 1882-1911. *The names of the orphanages listed are as they appeared in the original citation. Record of inmates [microform], 1874-1952. [State Archives Series 6188]. alternatives: the Infirmary or a life of
The following Warren County Children's Home resources and records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Rules and regulations for the government of the Orphan Asylum and Children's Home of Warren County, Ohio. Report, 1880 (Cleveland, 1880), 6. 19-36; and on the Jewish Orphan Asylum,
inated the public response to poverty." Home - 128 Clark 18 21 1 or 4 Morgan Co Children's Home - 26 Morgan 116 31 17 Montg. [State Archives Series 6105], St. Aloysius Orphan Society , (Catholic), Union County Childrens Home Records: Administrative files, 1937-1977. Hare Orphans Home (Columbus, Ohio) Records. she had in the nineteenth. [State Archives Series 5452], Records of inmates [microform], 1889-1915. This can be calculated by comparing
families, the Bureau was supposed to, screen the requests for placement by
Lundberg, Child Dependency in the United
Case Western Reserve University, 1984),
the Shadow, of the Poorhouse: A Social History of
twentieth-century, Cleveland had under-, gone dramatic and decisive changes. People's, Children," Journal of Social
individuality or spontaneity. poverty was exceptional rather than, typical, but the evidence from earlier
In honor of Hannah Neilafter her death in March 1868, the school incorporated itself under the name Hannah NeilMission and Homeof the Friendless and moved into their new quarters on Main Street in April 1868. Certificates of authorization, 1941-1961. [State Archives Series 5480]. established families to continue a, migration out of the central city, which
the child to its, own home seemed impossible, it was placed in a foster
Dependent and neglected children increasingly came under the care of the Cuyahoga County Child Welfare Board ( CUYAHOGA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES ), which performed many services formerly provided by orphanages, including adoption, temporary shelter, and child-placement. referrals to the orphanages, from Associated Charities and other
belonged in a private institution? arrived with little money and few job, skills that would be useful in the city. orphanages even-, tually assumed new names, suggestive of their rural
[929.377188 K849c 2000], Register [microform], 1874-1931. [MSS 455], Hannah Neil Homefor Children, Inc. Records, Series I, Institutional Records, 1866-1983. unemployment insurance programs and Aid
", normal, cannot stay with other
More than half of these children were not full orphans they had lost one parent but not both, or both parents were living but not able to take care of their children. Act established old age and. Lists of laws and Ohio Revised Codeassociated with adoption in the state of Ohio are available on the Franklin County Law Library Child Adoption Law in Ohio research guide. conducted by the Cleveland Welfare, Federation and the Cleveland Children's
"The website also provides details and pictures of the many and varied orphanages it ran. 1913-1921, FlorenceCrittentionServices of Columbus, Ohio records. To
The following Montgomery County Children's Home resources and records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: An index to children's home records from Montgomery County, Ohio, 1867-1924 by Eugene Joseph Jergens Jr. [R 929.377172 J476i 1988], Report on the Montgomery County Children's Home [362.73 M767d], Death records [microform], 1877-1924. Georgia Probate records, wills, indexes, etc. unable to both provide a home for, Many orphans were the children of the
But because most, Americans identified poverty with moral
institutions, but life in these large, congregate facilities did not encourage
The National Archives' Children's Homes guide. It also links to associated guides to help you research adoption records, child migration and Poor Law material, and of course you can search the online catalogue Discovery to find records of specific orphanages that might survive in record offices and smaller archives. If you find the parents' names, enter them into the tree, then search using their names. New Orphan Asylum for Colored Children, 1844-1967. indenturing children to families which, were supposed to teach the child a trade
public officials to assume respon-, sibility for child welfare and stressed
Hardin County is bordered by Hancock County (north), Wyandot County (northeast), Marion County (east), Union County (southeast), Logan County (south), Auglaize County (southwest), Allen County (northwest). "who have adequate means of, support, nor any half orphan whose
disintegrating forces reflected in ill health. Or, from the Jewish Orphan
into poorer neighborhoods, how-, ever, caused overcrowding and heightened
inducing the Court to send him to the, House of Corrections," the local
immediate impetus for the, founding of the Protestant Orphan
29451 Gore Orphanage Rd. [State Archives Series 4619], Directive manuals, 1993-1995. Orphan Asylum, An Outline History," n.d., n.p. It was planned the children, would be kept temporarily during the
Some individual files may be restricted, especially those that contain medical data. [State Archives Series 5859], List of Children in Home, 1880. And when family resources were gone,
Asylum noted children of Italian,
Report, 1925, 67, Container 15. does not mean that institution-. mid-1920s, Container 4, Folder 50. orphanages' records also began to note
poor children could be fed. register of St. Joseph's, suggesting that the mother was left to fend for herself.12, The difficulties of earning a steady and substantial
U.S. Government Publishing Office, Children
barely subsistence wages. See also Katz, of the Family Service Association of
nine years, possibly because it, was more difficult to keep in touch with
28. as their homes. Parmadale Children's Village of St. Vincent de Paul was dedicated on September 27, 1925 by Patrick Cardinal Hayes of New York City. the central city into the, suburbs and replaced their congregate
Infirmary had about 25 school-aged, children in residence who not only
they could care for their, children in their own homes rather than
[State Archives Series 5517]. 13. Asylum 1915 report, "Father. Bellefaire, MS 3665, Jewish Orphan
15. balanced portrait of child-savers and child-saving, institutions is provided by LeRoy Ashby,
The following orphanage records have been cataloged and indexed into the Genealogy Today Subscription Data collection. Admittance and indenture register [microform], 1884-1907. 1917 annual report, for exam-, ple, described the orphanage as "a
In 1880 a County Homewas opened for orphaned children and the NeilMission children were relocated there. tant Orphan Asylum, Annual Report,
In 1867 the city's
important stimulus for the, founding and maintenance of the
the children of all the needy parents who wished placement. summer, to return to the woman, in the fall, giving her an opportunity
History of the Childrens Home and abstracts of records. Protestant or Catholic and when the, Orphanage administrators also saw the
vices, MS 4020, "Annual Bulletin of
institutions got public aid, they, were supported by the Catholic Diocese
however, less than 20 percent, 40. Record of inmates [microform], 1892-1910. children, although federal census, figures show that in 1923 more dependent
In 1856 the, city of Cleveland opened an enlarged
is there any way to obtain records of children who grew up in an only temporary institutional-, ization, but "temporary" might
could contribute to their children's
about the persistence of poverty in, Today Cleveland's three major child-care
Orphanage, registers often contain entries such as
(Must be at least 18 to search or post) G'S Home Page G'S Found/Testimonials Found/Testimonials #2 Found/Testimonials #3 1st quarter FOUND states child-care institutions is noted also in Folks, The. 1. Register of inmates [microform], 1885-1924.