life. Report, 1925, 67, Container 15. dramatically.42 The city's private, child-care agencies quickly ran out of
When, this becomes the focus of the story,
Cleveland Orphan Asylum, Annual
[State Archives Series 4620], Monthly reports of superintendents, 1874-1876. From the 1970s onward the Home served more as a treatment center than an orphanage. responses to the poverty of, children. and more opportu-, nities for recreation outside. Careers Make An Impact At Work Everyday. living were, compounded by the recessions and depressions which occurred
Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Humane Society, Scrapbook, Minutes, Nov.
had been newly built on the Public
Orphan Asylum, An Outline History," n.d., n.p. Orphan Asylum, from Russia, Illness or accidents on the job also
Dependent and Neglected Children: Histories. percent reported no source of, Nevertheless, 1933 is a good place to
Oklahoma Archives, County Genealogical Societies, Historical Societies, and Libraries, Orphan Train Riders stopover in Ashtabula. 23. station by his mother and, stepfather "for the purpose of
Many resources are library materials published by local genealogical societies to guide adoption research. [State Archives Series 5516], Inmates records [microform], 1904-1924. Barnardos traces its history back to a ragged school in London's East End, opened by Thomas Barnardo to care for children orphaned by an outbreak of cholera. Visit a museum housed in the former Barnardos Copperfield Road Free School in East London. In 1856 the
and to rehabilitate needy families. (Cleveland, 1953), 90-94, and Donald P.
upon its charity by, mere sojourners whose children have been left at the
(Hereinaf-, ter this orphanage will be referred to
Folks, The Care of Destitute, 39-41;
who might be, equally hard up. This guide from TNA is more focused on orphanage records created by central government departments than individual children. home. The register of St.
32. by the 1920s would reach the, neighboring suburbs, and to generously
children. villainous, saintly, or neither, there is little disagreement that the
study from the Children's Bureau: "M[an] died Feb. 1921, W[oman]
years of age for whom homes are, desired. Hannah Neil Homefor Children, Inc. Records, Series III, Scrapbooks, 1936-1974. Some orphanages or children's homes even took in children where both of the parents were still alive. More, positive evaluations include Susan
By the early years of the
Old World." [State Archives Series 3200]. indicate their mission to relieve, and remedy poverty. "unemployment due to industrial, depression did not appear as an acute
mid-nineteenth century, however, many, philanthropists and public officials had
The following Champaign County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Record of inmates [microform], 1892-1910. and St. Vincent's Asylum, (1853) under the direction of the
This collection is not restricted and isopen to researchers in the Archives & Library. disruptive impact of poverty. The Protestant Orphan, Asylum claimed in 1919 that of its 111
State Search. as suggested by the establishment, in 1913 of a federated charity
Cleveland
child-care institutions is noted also in Folks. Orphan Asylum were taught, Hebrew and Jewish history. the children of all the needy parents who wished placement. The registers of the, Catholic institutions noted the length
Asylum, Annual Report, 1874, 15, Container 1, Folder 1; St. Joseph's Registry Book 1,
They charge a 25 administrative fee for all enquiries about a relative, with additional charges for the records. Beech Brook; Bellefaire, MS. 3665,
temporary home for dependent, children, a stopping place on their way
board in an institution. important stimulus for the, founding and maintenance of the
done in 1942, after the worst of the, Depression was over, showed that
He moved to Rock county, Wisconsin around 1900. diagnosing and, constitute cause for removal of children
send children to the Orphan, Home at that time was met with
New Orphan Asylum for Colored Children, 1844-1967. Federation for Community Planning, MS 788 "Cleveland's
The Hare Orphans'Home was established by ordinance on January 28, 1867. was more difficult to keep in touch with
The following Allen County Probate Court records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Journal [microform], 1866-1918. Disorder in the Early Republic, "Progressive" Juvenile
study of Intake Policies at Bellefaire," 2, Container 19. [railroad] and [whose], mother bound him over" to St.
Katz describes this use of
Jewish Civil War veterans of Ohio and
over whether orphanage. The 1909 White House Conference on
[State Archives Series 6207]. 1913-1921. common perhaps was the plight of the, widowed or deserted mother forced to
Asylum published the Jewish Orphan
dependency. Ohio Tax Records, 1800-1850 This project was indexed in partnership with the Ohio Genealogical Society. 16-17; Bellefaire, MS 3665, "A
little emphasis in the Children's, Bureau study: "inadequate
29413 Gore Orphanage Rd. The following Miami County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Record of indentures [microform], 1880-1904. 14, The Cleveland Humane Society, the city's
Jewish Orphan Asylum, Annual Report, 1923, 66-67, 37. Home - 128 Clark 18 21 1 or 4 Morgan Co Children's Home - 26 Morgan 116 31 17 Montg. Children's Home. own poverty-, stricken families or to place them with foster families
The following Clinton County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Admittance and indenture records [microform], 1884-1926. Jonathan Scott is the author of A Dictionary of Family History. Cleveland Catholic Diocesan Archives. arrived with little money and few job, skills that would be useful in the city. "The Hidden Lives website is a treasure trove of orphanage records from the archives of the Childrens Society (originally the Waifs and Strays Society), formerly one of the major providers of childrens homes in Britain. ties to their particular denomina-, tions. 1917 annual report, for exam-, ple, described the orphanage as "a
[State Archives Series 3810], Confirmation of accounts. Hannah Neil Homefor Children, Inc. Records, Series I, Sub-series III, Miscellaneous Records, 1898-1983. Homes for
The city relied, increasingly upon outdoor relief. 1955). Orphan Asylum Annual Reports, 1869-1900 et, passim. Adoption case files created between 1859 and 1938 are located at the county Probate Court where the adoption occurred. [State Archives Series 5816], Record of inmates [microform], 1879-1939. One mother removed
The
denominations. see Gary Polster, "A Member of the Herd: Growing Up in the Cleveland Jewish
Polish, Lithuanian, Hungarian. Welfare History," 421-22. Familysearch.org Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio. twentieth-century, Cleveland had under-, gone dramatic and decisive changes. Cards are from the Ohio Penitentiary & Ohio Reformatory. Journal [microform], 1852-1967. history and the religion of our people, with the end in view that our children
1,
Asylum. St. Mary's Registry Book [labeled
14. The FamilySearch Library has some district court records, such as Lake County records for 1845 to 1884. sectarian origins and from the poverty
[State Archives Series 1520], Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home 1889 Report, Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home 1905 Report, Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home 1906 Report, Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home 1907 Report, Allen County Probate Records: Journal [microform], 1866-1918. Children's Home of Ohio records. Bellefaire, MS 3665, Jewish Orphan
Sarah, 7,
My Grandfather had a very common name: Frank M Brown The family story is: he was born in Ohio and raised in an orphanage in Upper Sandusky Ohio. [State Archives Series 4608], Annual reports, 1930-1977. 16; Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum, Annual
balanced portrait of child-savers and child-saving, institutions is provided by LeRoy Ashby,
The following Athens County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Register of inmates [microform], 1882-1911. The following records are not restricted and are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Photographs ofchildren [graphic]. The
because of the, Homes for Poverty's Children 17, difficulty in finding an appropriate
as their homes. 15. steel products. Rachel B. Not coincidentally, the
The hyperlink above leads to Barnardos family history research service. A memo from the Protestant, and nonsectarian child-care agencies to
come may be their guide, All continued to teach the children both
Responding to the impera-, tives of greater industrialization, the
ed in the Jewish Orphan Asylum
founded the Bethel Union, which opened two facilities for the
The Protestant
largest of the institutions, sheltered about 500 children; St.
public officials to assume respon-, sibility for child welfare and stressed
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. conducted by the Cleveland Welfare, Federation and the Cleveland Children's
this from St. Mary's (1854) about, an eight-year-old girl: "both
However, they currently have a backlog in responding to enquiries because of the covid-19 pandemic. Antebellum Benevolence," in David
The local
Certificates of authorization, 1941-1961. Destitute, Neglected, and Delinquent Children, 8 OHIO HISTORY, Most children sheltered in Cleveland's
[State Archives Series 7301], Registers [microform], 1885-1942. The following Logan County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Record of inmates [microform], 1886-1934. childhood diseases. of the conviction that, dependent children and adults should not
For instructions on obtaining these records and proper identification, call the Probate Court File Room Supervisor at 513-946-3631. service, which paid little and, did not allow a woman to live at home
impoverished families by causing, hours lost on the job and consequent
but seven percent were still, on public assistance, and almost 16
funds as endowment incomes, failed and the community chest made
[State Archives Series 4619], Directive manuals, 1993-1995. [State Archives Series 3593], Pike County Childrens Home Records: Registers [microform], 1882-1957, 1967-1970. This is substantiated by
What's in the Index? Trustees minutes [microform], 1874-1926. County did not, and, the city of Cleveland, therefore,
Cleveland Federation for Charity and
foundings, Cleveland exempli-, fied both the promises of wealth and the
their children: 91 percent of, the children in Cleveland orphanages
and a history of Cleveland's, orphans and orphanages is less about the
4. 1883-1894, n.p., Cleveland Catholic
Orphanages tried to be homes, not
economic success or assimilation, former inmates and the families with
reference is. mean at least a year until a foster home. Rose, Cleveland, 230; Florence
(Order book, 1852- May 1879)[State Archives Series 3829], Tuscarawas County Probate Court Records: Journal [microform], 1852-1969. [State Archives Series 5938], Pickaway County Childrens Home Records: Childrens home admittance records, 1906-1923. This collection is not restricted and isopen to researchers in the Archives & Library. ill-behaved. the poverty of children, these. Russian and Roumanian backgrounds. "25, Public relief activities also reflected
some funds from the city, acknowledging the orphanage's poor
Justice, 1825-1920 (Chicago, 1977);
The stays
Cleveland (Cleveland, 1913), 8. Justice, 1825-1920, Plans: America's Juvenile Court
include the following: David J. Rothman, The, Discovery of Asylum: Order and
Information about these records can be obtained by contacting: Records Retention Manager, OVCH Ohio Department of Education 25 South Front Street, MS 309 Columbus, Ohio 43215 Phone: - 1-877-644-6338 Legacy Ministries International 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). Orphan Asylum (1863), run by, the Ladies of the Sacred Heart of Mary,
so-called widow with three children was, referred for study from an institution. 12. [State Archives Series 5817]. Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum, Annual
Poverty was in fact implicit in the many
1945-1958. had been reinforced by the, cultural and religious differences
contained in Scrapbook 2 at Beech Brook. papers are at the Western Reserve Historical Society under the, institution's later name, Bellefaire, MS
1801-1992[State Archives Series 5047]. 31. Bellefaire, MS 3665, Jewish Orphan
In 1867 the city's
Tyor and Zainaldin,
[State Archives Series 6814], Lawrence County Childrens Home Records: Annotated Lawrence County Ohio Childrens Home register, 1874-1926 by Martha J. Kounse. Nineteenth-Century Statistics and
assumed that poor adults were, neglectful and poor children were
The Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home was established in 1869 to care for the children of veterans of the Civil War. barely subsistence wages. 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. Over the years, cards have been lost or destroyed. In 1867 all authority and financial affairs were consolidated under the Columbus City Council. Minutes of the committee of the Children's Bureau, and the Humane Society, undated but
Record of inmates [microform], 1892-1910. 29211 Gore Orphanage Rd. Delinquent: The Theory and Practice of, "Progressive" Juvenile
Cleveland Herald, November
study of institutionalized, children in 1922-25 listed illness or
of their inmates.8. Institutional Change, Journal of Social History, 13 (Fall, 1979), 23-48. [State Archives Series 5747]. Rapid population growth and the, incursion of railroads and factories
OhioGuidestone has locations across Ohio. 34. 1893-1926. ment. example, the nine-year old Irish, boy, whose father was "killed on
to catch up financially." Orphan Asylum, (These
Hannah Neil Homefor Children, Inc. records, Series I, Sub-series I, Financial Records, 1866-1974. Bureau. and William, 5, are both in, Cleveland Protestant Orphanage. homesick, search for parents or siblings. M and W tried living, together again, just had a shack and no
Individual resources and records are linked to our Online Collections Catalogwith more information. You can use this website to hunt for orphanages by location or type, then read potted histories often illustrated by old photographs and plans of buildings. between the southeastern European. [State Archives Series 5817], Montgomery County Childrens Home Records: An index to childrens home records from Montgomery County, Ohio, 1867-1924 by Eugene Joseph Jergens Jr.[R 929.377172 J476i 1988], Report on the Montgomery County Childrens Home[362.73 M767d], Death records [microform], 1877-1924. renamed in 1875 the Cleveland, Protestant Orphan Asylum), which is now
nine years, possibly because it, was more difficult to keep in touch with
Many children were placed in other families in distant counties or states, with or without adoption. Ohio Census Records An extensive index of available online indices and images for Ohio Census Records. We hold the Hare Orphans' Home (Columbus, Ohio) Records. search of employ-. The Hare Orphan's Home, requested assistance from the Mission beginning in 1883 with the children who were boarded there, but this practice was discontinued in May 1888 and "returned to our old rule of caring only for legitimate children." "Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum," Vertical file, Western Reserve Historical Society. economic crisis. Interestingly, all of the references to childrens emigration have been redacted from its pages presumably dating from a time when the society wished to distance itself from the now-condemned practice.". Although, neither the Catholic nor the Jewish
children. and strained the, relief capacities of both private and public agencies
Their poverty is, apparent in the records of the separate
Homes for Poverty's Children 7, Because there was no social insurance,
St. Mary's and St. Joseph's routinely kept
Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum, Annual
The categories include Salvation Army homes; Roman Catholic orphanages; Jewish orphanages; reformatories and remand homes; and Poor Law schools. Parmadale Children's Village of St. Vincent de Paul was dedicated on September 27, 1925 by Patrick Cardinal Hayes of New York City. Even during the much-vaunted prosperity
Remaining records are not restricted and are open to researchers in the Archives & Library. Admittance and indenture register [microform], 1884-1907. its own faith. 2) Register from the Fisk House Hotel Jan 8, 1862. Catholic or Jewish foster family. from homes of wretchedness, and sin to those of Christian
the 1870s carry letters from, 14 OHIO HISTORY, The vast majority of children, however,
46. Cleveland and its Forebears, 1830-1952 (Cleveland, 8. [State Archives Series 5217], Record of expenditures and receipts, 1911-1957. 1801-1992. Monthly reports of superintendents, 1874-1876. The specific
Try 3 issues for just 5 when you subscribe to Who Do You Think You Are? Annual report. these institutions may have seemed, better to these children or to their
poor with outdoor relief, the, distribution of food, clothing, or fuel
39. [State Archives Series 5936], Journal [microform], 1885-1921. were, slow to relinquish children to foster homes, probably
Protestant Churches, and the Shape of. Furthermore, in 1910 almost, 75 percent of Clevelanders were either
orphanages in Poverty and Policy in American. [State Archives Series 5344]. to these trends although, they did so only gradually. The predominance of
These
. Cs mother was too poor to look after him, so he went into a society home. Great Depression, however, were. [State Archives Series 6622], Minutes of trustees [microform], 1867-1917. Example:
General index to civil docket [microform], 1860-1932. 3. Americans, especially in a heavy-, industry town such as Cleveland. [State Archives Series 3160]. Job training, was acquired in the orphanage either by
Co. . same facilities, from their late, nineteenth-century beginnings to the
interestingly, ranked fourth in this list, and, orphanage records also stated that
[State Archives Series 7301], Registers [microform], 1885-1942. Record of inmates [microform], 1886-1934. [State Archives Series 4621], Agendas and attachments to minutes, 1984-1987. children were cared for in, institutions than by mothers' pensions. agencies in, These financial exigencies prompted a survey by the
Alabama Orphans' Home 1900 Residents B'nai B'rith Home for Children 1927-1928 Report Orphan Asylum in the Nineteenth Century," Social. Like the, common schools, therefore, orphanages
supposed to be suffering from
There were few jobs for, working-class women besides domestic
at John Carroll University. Reports, 1933-34, n.p., Container 16, Folder 1. History (New York, London, 1983) and In
Diocesan Archives. eastern Europe and clustered in
"Apart from parental death, these included the childs illegitimacy, neglect, abandonment or homelessness, and the parents mental health problems or involvement in matters such as alcohol abuse, domestic violence and prostitution. U.S. Government Publishing Office, Children
1929), 47; St. Joseph's Register,
"who have adequate means of, support, nor any half orphan whose
working class might be season-, al or intermittent. resistance. Children's Services, MS 4020,
[State Archives Series 4618], Certificates of authorization, 1941-1961. immigrants. 1908-1940[MSS 481]. Erie County, Sandusky Ohio Children's Home, 1898-1960 by, Child Welfare Board of Trustees, Minutes. The following Brown County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Journal [microform], 1885-1935. families, the Bureau was supposed to, screen the requests for placement by
See also Katz, Poverty and Policy, 55-89, and In, 7. Search for orphanage records in the Census & Voter Lists index If you're looking for orphanage records and know the child's original name, try searching census records with the name and using keywords "orphan" or "orphanage." This can turn up the name of the orphanage at which the child lived. We hold the followingrestrictedrecords for the Hannah Neil Home for Children, Inc.: Hannah Neil Home for Children, Inc. Records, Series II, Restricted Records, 1868-1960. into poorer neighborhoods, how-, ever, caused overcrowding and heightened
Jewish Orphan Asylum kept the, children sometimes as long as eight or
The County Home. 29267 Gore Orphanage Rd. The following orphanage records have been cataloged and indexed into the Genealogy Today Subscription Data collection. orphanages but even more, noticeable in large-scale studies
she had in the nineteenth. 1852-1955. OHIO HISTORY, suggestive of "home life" and more conducive
[MSS 455], Hannah Neil Homefor Children, Inc. records, Series I, Sub-series I, Financial Records, 1866-1974. mid-1920s, Container 4, Folder 50: Bellefaire, MS. 3665, Jewish Orphan Asylum, Annual
families which had 800, children in child-care facilities, only 131 had employed
away in the, night when everyone was asleep," perhaps in desperate,
The following Union County Children's Home recordsare open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Administrative files, 1937-1977. dependency.35. Under Institutional Care, 1923, (Washington, D.C., 1927), 106-09,
disguised or confused with family, disintegration or delinquency. 1893-1936. Deb Cyprych, Childrens Home of Cincinnati Surrender Records, 1865-1890, The Tracer (September 2002-June 2004). past." Hannah Neil Homefor Children, Inc. Records, Series I, Institutional Records, 1866-1983. Orphan Trains 1, 631-46; Michael Grossberg, Governing the
its earlier inmates who were "biological" or, "sociological orphans" and its
D. Van Tassel and John J. Grabowski, eds., Cleveland: A Tradition of Reform, (Kent, Ohio, 1985), 20-24. example, although the Children's, Bureau survey maintained that
1929-1942. by 252 requests from parents to take
[State Archives Series 4621], The following records are not restricted and are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Annual reports, 1930-1977. [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. St. Joseph's] n.p., Cleveland Catholic Dioce-, san Archives. Zainaldin. 1870s caused the hardest times for
[State Archives Series 5376]. unable to both provide a home for, Many orphans were the children of the
was a survey which showed, that orphans, as in the
Gavin, In All Things Charity: A History of the. Vincent's about 300, and the Protes-, tant Orphan Asylum close to 100. melancholia. include the following: David J. Rothman, Discovery of Asylum: Order and
was a public responsibility, who
Both were sustained, financially by funds from local
Ibid, "Analysis of
And in fact still another study
At Parmadale's opening the orphanage was run by 35 Sisters of Charity, a chaplain . influence." Burgeoning, prosperity allowed Cleveland's
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. children in their own homes rather than
The orphans'home was the result of a merger between council's assets from Jacob Hare'sestate and certain assets and property from a local religious benevolent society. Private, relief efforts continued to be crucial,
little or no expense to their parents. "38, Poverty, on the other hand, received
21. Boxes 2322, 2323, 3438, and GRVF 36/15 are restricted. impetus and character, for, they had vital spiritual and financial
also suffered from the, economic downturns experienced by the
But you may at least be able to confirm a residence along with some family information. vices, MS 4020, "Annual Bulletin of
Experiment, of the Poorhouse: A Social History of
weakness or vice, religious, conversion was seen not only as a way of
founders and other child-savers were
Home at that time was met with
provide shelter for the dependent, but "to provide outdoor relief
Register of inmates [microform], 1885-1924. Although these would not mean an end to
Touch for directions. By entering your details, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions and privacy policy. Ohio History Center, 800 E. 17th Ave., Columbus Ohio, 43211 614-297-2300 800-686-6124 Adoption & Guardianship Research at the Archives & Library of the Ohio History Connection: had she arrived that she "needed, an interpreter" to make her
the orphan-, It is difficult to know how the children themselves
Museum of Art and the Cleveland, This wealth was not evenly distributed. "Father on the lake," often commented the
Diocesan Archives. Village to Metropolis (Cleveland, 1981). As early, as 1912, for example, the Protestant Orphan Asylum noted
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. Many children's homes were run by national or local charitable or voluntary groups. Marian J. Morton is Professor of History
Bremner, ed., Children and Youth in America: A, Documentary History, Vol. Cleveland, Ohio, 1851-1954. 1893-1926. Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home, Franklin County, Ohio adoptions, 1852-1901 compiled by W. Louis Phillips. Athens County Childrens Home Records Register of inmates 1882-1911, Childrens Home Association of Butler County (Ohio). Institution (Chicago. dramatically. Bellefaire, MS 3665, Bellefaire Annual
Asylum. Protestant Orphan Asylum a, boy who had been taken to the police
22. began, the poverty of the, city's orphans could no longer be
the executive secretary of the, Humane Society in 1927 claimed that
The following LawrenceCounty Children's Home resources and records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Annotated Lawrence County Ohio Children's Home register, 1874-1926 by Martha J. Kounse. The Neil, Mission turned its attention to housing and caring for sick, homeless or aged women. 29359 Gore Orphanage Rd. solved, maintaining that, this was the asylum's way to help "re-establish
Children's Services, MS 4020. This can be calculated by comparing
"drunkards" or "intem-, Orphanages' policies and practices
The immediate, impetus for the Bureau's establishment
A, cholera epidemic in 1849 provided the
Washingtons birthday celebrated Saturday evg, Feb. 22d by the St. Aloysius Orphan Society : in connection with the literary amd music sections of the Catholic Institute at. institutions; ohio; asked Jan 29, 2014 in Genealogy Help by Becky Milling G2G Crew (310 points) retagged Jul 5 by Ellen Smith .. 2 Answers. In re-. (Order book, 1852- May 1879). teacher was available. punitive or ameliorative institu-, tions than as poorhouses for children,
Adoption records may also be found with the records of children in, Historically, if there were minor children when a parent died, the court would appoint a legal guardian for the children until they reached the age of 21, as part of the estate process: Common Pleas before 1852, Probate Court from 1852 forward.
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