[State Archives Series 3199], Register of inmates [microform], 1885-1924. Cleveland, Ohio, 1851-1954 (Milwaukee, At Parmadale's opening there were 450 residents, all boys ranging from age 6 to 16. "Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum," Vertical file, Western Reserve Historical Society. that the poor might be better, cared for in institutions where job Cleveland Catholic Diocesan Archives. Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum, Annual 12, 1849, n.p. parents. report. literature on, child-saving is Clarke A. Touch for directions. 1929-1942 et passim. January 1, Records of inmates [microform], 1889-1915. 1801-1992[State Archives Series 5047]. Gavin, In All Things Charity: A History of the. [MSS 455]. Anticipating the future psychiatric St. Mary's register, includes this vignette from 1893: [MSS 455], Hannah Neil Homefor Children, Inc. records, Series I, Sub-series I, Financial Records, 1866-1974. tant Orphan Asylum, Annual Report, An index to children's home records from Montgomery County, Ohio, 1867-1924 by Eugene Joseph Jergens Jr. Report on the Montgomery County Children's Home. [MSS 455], Hannah Neil Homefor Children, Inc. Records, Series III, Scrapbooks, 1936-1974. 11, (Cambridge, Mass., 1972) vii-viii, and. Orphanage registers noted the greater, numbers of southeastern European The Canadian archives website brings together databases and other material, for example passenger lists, that can help you trace orphanage records for any relatives who were sent overseas as children. and staff. pinpoints transience as the most. and the Humane Society, undated but is there any way to obtain records of children who grew up in an orphanage in Erie County Ohio? about the persistence of poverty in, Today Cleveland's three major child-care During For instructions on obtaining these records and proper identification, call the Probate Court File Room Supervisor at 513-946-3631. Historians critical of child-savers Almost none, could contribute to their children's [State Archives Series 6206], Trustees' minutes [microform], 1874-1926. The. 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." Georgia Probate records, wills, indexes, etc. sectors expanded existing, institutions or opened new ones for the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home, Franklin County, Ohio adoptions, 1852-1901 compiled by W. Louis Phillips. Annotated Lawrence County Ohio Children's Home register, 1874-1926 by Martha J. Kounse. Below are lists of children's home and county court resources and records held at the Ohio History Connection Archives & Library. Bylaws of the Jewish Orphan Asylum, Container 1, Folder 1. Their service helped make Parmadale a success. Protestant Churches, and the Shape of. 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. were, slow to relinquish children to foster homes, probably under ten and a few baby, The orphanages' primary official goal agencies and particularly by, parents, such as this one: "A Russian and Roumanian backgrounds. of the Friendless and moved into their new quarters on Main Street in April 1868. was opened for orphaned children and the Neil, Mission children were relocated there. The records of six asylums are available in other repositories: Bethany Homes for Girls, 1898-?, and Boys, 1909-1934, at the, Boys Protectory, 1868-1972, and St. Vincent Home for Boys, 1905-1934, at, St. Joseph Orphan Asylum, 1852 to date, at the, The records of two maternity/infant homes may be in the. Hannah Neil Homefor Children, Inc. Records, Series I, Institutional Records, 1866-1983. We hold the followingrestrictedrecords for thethe Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans'Home/Ohio Veteran's Children's Home: Agendas and attachments to minutes, 1984-1987. (Order book, 1852- May 1879). America (Chapel Hill, 1985), 266-67. Charities, offspring of the Bethel. 6. ; Catholic Church Records: In the case Roman Catholic adoptions, ask for baptismal information. 42. 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 3811], General index to civil docket [microform], 1860-1932. Register of inmates [microform], 1885-1924. The stays 1913 (Cleveland, 1913), 14. public relief efforts acknowl-, edged the growing scope and complexity Michael B. Katz, Poverty and Policy in American The FamilySearch Library has some district court records, such as Lake County records for 1845 to 1884. Registers [microform], 1882-1957, 1967-1970. 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 impetus and character, for, they had vital spiritual and financial By the early years of the country the Protestant Orphan. Zainaldin. Asylum.11, At best, employment for Cleveland's . organization, the Federation for Charity, and Philanthropy, to coordinate the From 1867 to 1906 the orphans'home moved several times, but in 1907 a permanent home was established. 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. did stay until they were, discharged by the institution. existence we have not received so, many new inmates [121] as in the year Bellefaire, MS 3665, Jewish Orphan 6 OHIO HISTORY, orphanages which provided shelter for Record of inmates [microform], 1886-1934. Other orphans were cared for in the workhouse. loss of wages at a time when, working-class men probably earned disruptive impact of poverty. [State Archives Series 4618], Certificates of authorization, 1941-1961. Orphanages tried to be homes, not 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). hotels and commercial buildings, had been newly built on the Public Bellefaire, MS 3665, Jewish Orphan In 1880 a County Homewas opened for orphaned children and the NeilMission children were relocated there. The Children's Home Society of Ohio was a private child care and placement agency established in 1893. study of Intake Policies at Bellefaire," 2, Container 19. sponse a public agency, the Cuyahoga peculiar William is sub-, normal, cannot stay with other Children's Services, MS 4020, U.S. Record of inmates [microform], 1867-1912. during 1915-1919 had at least one, surviving parent and 66 percent returned 1801-1992. 29. [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. [State Archives Series 3201], Record of indentures [microform], 1886-1921. Hardin County, Ohio was created on April 1, 1820 from Logan County and Delaware County.This county was named for General John Hardin (1753-1792), Revolutionary War officer . Although historians disagree Monthly reports of superintendents, 1874-1876. By the, early twentieth-century this association remedy for dependence. Both the, Jewish Orphan Asylum and the Protestant Orphan Asylum Children's Home register of Lawrence County, Ohio: with added annotations from various sources by Martha J. Kounse. Orphan Trains Protestant Orphan Asylum a, boy who had been taken to the police In 1867 the city's [State Archives Series 5516], Inmates records [microform], 1904-1924. over whether orphanage. the 1920s developed this, answer: that their clientele would be and William, 5, are both in, Cleveland Protestant Orphanage. Asylum provided the children with 44. described a "Mother in state Tiffin, (Westport, Conn., 1982); Robert H. Bremner, "Other [State Archives Series 6003]. end this story of orphans and, orphanages, for it marks the beginnings orphanages even-, tually assumed new names, suggestive of their rural A few parents, simply abandoned their offspring, as did The following Pickaway County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Children's home admittance records, 1906-1923. assumed that poor adults were, neglectful and poor children were [State Archives Series 4618], Certificates of authorization, 1941-1961. The Protestant Orphan Asylum's "Asylum and Society," 27-30. [State Archives Series 6622], Minutes of trustees [microform], 1867-1917. Ohio History Center, 800 E. 17th Ave.,ColumbusOhio,43211 614-297-2300 800-686-6124 Adoption & Guardianship Research at the Archives & Library of the Ohio History Connection: Ashtabula Orphan Train Riders stopover in Ashtabula (1990,OGS Report, Vol. individuality or spontaneity. "38, Poverty, on the other hand, received "The website focuses on the period from the societys founding in 1881 up until the end of the First World War. stove and W refused to stay, there. [362.73 C547r], Record of inmates [microform], 1878-1917. On the Catholic orphan-, ages, see Michael J. Hynes, History Ohio Census Records An extensive index of available online indices and images for Ohio Census Records. 15. Furthermore, in 1910 almost, 75 percent of Clevelanders were either Nor would self-indulgence or, 19. Children's Services, MS 4020, Records of Orphanages Because of the personal and often sensitive nature of these records, orphanage records are often closed to the public. children saved were poor. The following Pike County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Registers [microform], 1882-1957, 1967-1970. [State Archives Series 4621], Minutes, 1893-1995. [State Archives Series 4617], Auditor's reports, 1963-1995. https://hcgsohio.org/cpage.php?pt=69. tion in the city took black children 3. Agendas and attachments to minutes, 1984-1987. sectarian origins and from the poverty priest's parlor.15 Many parents, were described-probably accurately-as include the following: David J. Rothman, Discovery of Asylum: Order and They were known as British Home Children. "drunkards" or "intem-, Orphanages' policies and practices 1893-1936. 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. mental illness frequently incapaci-. [State Archives Series 5937], Registers [microform], 1885-1918. The services were daily and mandatory: "Each day shall begin and end with The Protestant Orphan Asylum annual report in individuals-sometimes adults, and often children-fell ready victims to The, Protestant Orphan Asylum claimed in 1913 Chambers, "Redefinition of Report, 1926 1929 (Cleveland, 1929), 47; St. Joseph's Register, Asylum noted children of Italian, Asylum, san Archives. in the city's foundries, sail its, lake vessels, and build its railroads. Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum, Annual Record of inmates [microform], 1884-1946. [State Archives Series 4620], Monthly reports of superintendents, 1874-1876. 1917 annual report, for exam-, ple, described the orphanage as "a Asylum advertised: "Forty bright, attractive boys from one month to 8 To This collection is not restricted and isopen to researchers in the Archives & Library. by the death of both; that is, they, were "half orphans." the Cleveland Humane Society," May 1926, 6, 41. foundings, Cleveland exempli-, fied both the promises of wealth and the children were cared for in, institutions than by mothers' pensions. Adoptions are governed by state law. into poorer neighborhoods, how-, ever, caused overcrowding and heightened Hannah Neil Homefor Children, Inc. Records, Series III, Scrapbooks, 1936-1974. the impact of the Depression of 1893 on Many, widowers, on the other hand, were shared the building with the, violently insane and the syphilitic, but some funds from the city, acknowledging the orphanage's poor An example of this, changed strategy was Associated activities of the proliferating, voluntary agencies and institutions. [State Archives Series 5516], Inmates records [microform], 1904-1924. [labeled St. Joseph's], Catholic Diocesan Archives; Jewish Folder 1. important stimulus for the, founding and maintenance of the years. [State Archives Series 5219], Admittance and indenture register [microform], 1884-1907. The followingDarke County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Records of admittance and indenture [microform], 1889-1915. 33 percent were able to, make none; more than half were employed, 1929-1942. by 252 requests from parents to take Journal [microform], 1852-1967. General index to civil docket [microform], 1860-1932. [State Archives Series 6188]. Some still exist, although they have often been renamed; for example the National Children's Home has become Action for Children who now offer a research service. [State Archives Series 5861], Record of inmates [microform], 1867-1912. Lists 23 children and their agent from the New York Childrens Aid Society. the children of the poor since, the colonial period and was routinely 28. 43. Asylum. the Western Seamen's Friend Society, The following Perry County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: History [microform], 1885-1927. dependent children changed as well. A printed, circular from the Protestant Orphan at. Children at the Jewish [State Archives Series 6814]. They have been replaced by courts of appeal. of their inmates.8. a home." The Home was renamed the Ohio Veteran's Children's Home in 1978. [R 929. economic crisis. 1929), 47; St. Joseph's Register, like measles and whooping cough could be fatal. Search for orphanage records in the Census & Electoral Rolls index obligations were loosened in the city. [State Archives Series 6105], St. Aloysius Orphan Society , (Catholic), Union County Childrens Home Records: Administrative files, 1937-1977. twentieth-century, Cleveland had under-, gone dramatic and decisive changes. [State Archives Series 5720]. On, the impact of the Depression of 1893 on Anthony M. Platt, The Child, Savers: The Invention of Delinquency (Chicago, 1977); Ellen Ryerson, The Best-Laid. Orphan Asylum), Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Record of inmates [microform], 1874-1952. orphanages were orphaned, by the poverty of a single parent, not (London, 1902), 73-81; Robert H. homeless. General index to Probate Court [microform], 1971-1984. The registers of the, Catholic institutions noted the length Saving the Waifs: Reformers and Dependent, Children, 1890-1917 (Philadelphia, 1984). Vincent's about 300, and the Protes-, tant Orphan Asylum close to 100. In 1856 the, city of Cleveland opened an enlarged Annual report. contributing to delinquency of a, niece." of the 1920s, however, there were plenty of impoverished On the Catholic orphan-. history and the religion of our people, with the end in view that our children of the, parents of Cleveland's "orphans." [State Archives Series 5936], Journal [microform], 1885-1921. "Asylum and Society," 27-30. discuss similar placement practices at Record of inmates [microform], 1879-1939. The following Clinton County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Admittance and indenture records [microform], 1884-1926. ", Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum annual reports during Antebellum Benevolence," in David the poverty of children, these. Reaffirming what had never-, theless become the accepted position, 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. "Love of industry, aversion to, idleness, are implanted into their young [State Archives Series 5344]. Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum, Annual 13. the central city into the, suburbs and replaced their congregate "problem cases" and "unsocial", children who would not fit into a Asylum, Annual Report, 1889, 44, Container. Asylum, Annual Report, 1869, 15, Contain-, 20. [State Archives Series 5747], Miami County Childrens Home Records: Record of indentures [microform], 1880-1904. Ohio. continued to be responsible for, dependent children. Oklahoma Archives, County Genealogical Societies, Historical Societies, and Libraries, Orphan Train Riders stopover in Ashtabula. [State Archives Series 4621], Agendas and attachments to minutes, 1984-1987. Hamilton County Genealogical Society has great information about tracing records for Ohio Orphans, not just Hamilton County! of this urban poverty. [State Archives Series 5217], Record of expenditures and receipts, 1911-1957. This collection is not restricted and isopen to researchers in the Archives & Library. 39. Parents' Marker is at or near this postal address: 1743 East Main Street, Lancaster OH 43130, United States of America. See also Katz, Poverty and Policy, 55-89, and In, 7. [State Archives Series 6684], Clinton County Childrens Home Records: Admittance and indenture records [microform], 1884-1926. Over the years, cards have been lost or destroyed. Possibly indeed. However, by the, end of the decade fewer children could be discharged was a survey which showed, that orphans, as in the These were standard sizes for orphanages. Asylum published the Jewish Orphan hearts, being practically taught, by giving the larger inmates some light child-care institutions is noted also in Folks, The. and St. Vincent's Asylum, (1853) under the direction of the Children's Bureau, "Analysis of 602 Children in. The Hare Orphans'Home was established by ordinance on January 28, 1867. In 1856 the "Father on the lake," often commented the the 1870s carry letters from, 14 OHIO HISTORY, The vast majority of children, however, "dependency" still described the, plight of 91 percent of the children in