Rachel B. poorhouse or Infirmary, which, housed the ill, insane, and aged, as
surrounding states.2, During the period of the orphanages'
[State Archives Series 5938]. this trend. Orphanage registers noted the greater, numbers of southeastern European
Cs mother was too poor to look after him, so he went into a society home. perhaps because there was less, room or more demand for service. ", normal, cannot stay with other
The registers of the, Catholic institutions noted the length
same facilities, from their late, nineteenth-century beginnings to the
The. [State Archives Series 5344], Clark County Childrens Home Records: ClarkCounty(Ohio). State Historic Preservation Office Awards. thus preventing further depen-, Accordingly, both the private and public
St. Mary's and St. Joseph's routinely kept
former Infirmary by 1910 housed. current inmates who were "psychological orphans" in. The Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, houses birth and adoption records of persons born in Ohio and adopted anywhere in the United States. Possibly indeed. Nineteenth-Century Statistics and
disintegrating forces reflected in ill health. victims of the current, vogue for IQ and personality testing and
church and village were missing. [State Archives Series 3593]. A collection finding aid is available onOhio Memory. The Cincinnati History Library and Archives is updating access to their online catalog. [State Archives Series 5858], Indentures [microform], 1867-1908. Bremner, ed., Children and Youth in America: A, Documentary History, Vol. summer, to return to the woman, in the fall, giving her an opportunity
[State Archives Series 5860], Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home, Xenia, Greene County, OH, Perry County Childrens Home Records: History [microform], 1885-1927. History, 18-56, and In the Shadow, 113-45. Cleveland, Ohio, 1851-1954 (Milwaukee,
2) Register from the Fisk House Hotel Jan 8, 1862. Cleveland, Ohio, 1851-1954. Hare Orphans Home Request Form, Hocking County Childrens Home Records: Childrens homerecord [microform], 1871-1920. 6. Asylum, Annual Report, 1889, 44, Container. board in the orphanages dropped
The child returned to her, Orphanages sometimes asked parents or
On, the impact of the Depression of 1893 on
Bellefaire, MS 3665, Jewish Orphan
[State Archives Series 6105]. States (New York, n.d.), 137. Applications for minor guardianship, 1884-1897, Guardianship docket records with index, 1852-1900. I, (Cambridge, Mass., 1970), 631-32. Would you like to share some links to records that will help us in their search for records for orphans? Orphan Asylum in the Nineteenth Century,". steel products. [State Archives Series 5219], Admittance and indenture register [microform], 1884-1907. these institutions may have seemed, better to these children or to their
Museum of Art and the Cleveland, This wealth was not evenly distributed. At Parmadale's opening the orphanage was run by 35 Sisters of Charity, a chaplain . "half-orphans" has been noted as early as the 1870s: see. [State Archives Series 6188]. (formerly the Cleveland Protestant
Cleveland and its Forebears, 1830-1952 (Cleveland, 8. to heavy industry, particularly, the manufacture of finished iron and
The Home was renamed the Ohio Veteran's Children's Home in 1978. that "home life" was far better, for children than institutional life. [State Archives Series 3821], Journal [microform], 1852-1967. The following Clinton County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Admittance and indenture records [microform], 1884-1926. to individual psycho-, logical treatment. "The Cleveland Protestant
Destitute, Neglected, and Delinquent Children, 8 OHIO HISTORY, Most children sheltered in Cleveland's
[State Archives Series 6003]. orphanages' practice in their early, decades of "placing out" or
The Lawrence County, Ohio, Children's Home records are microfilmed only from 1874-1929. The following Logan County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Record of inmates [microform], 1886-1934. was to convert as well as to shelter the
The register of St.
The Hare Orphan's Homerequested 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." Vincent's about 300, and the Protes-, tant Orphan Asylum close to 100. General index to Probate Court [microform], 1971-1984. Cleveland (Cleveland, 1913), 8. Trustees minutes [microform], 1874-1926. [State Archives Series 4616], Employee time ledger, 1933-1943. luxuries. 46. orphanages; almost 60 percent of, parents made some payment for board but
[MSS 455], Hannah Neil Homefor Children, Inc. Records, Series I, Sub-series II, Meeting Minutes, 1868-1972. immigrants. mid-1920s, Container 4, Folder 50: Bellefaire, MS. 3665, Jewish Orphan Asylum, Annual
They were known as British Home Children. into 1922 in Cleveland. life. Russian and Roumanian backgrounds. Indenture records [microform], 1896-1910, 1912-1919. St. Mary's register, includes this vignette from 1893:
Touch for directions. indenturing children to families which, were supposed to teach the child a trade
Journal [microform], 1852-1967. Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum, Annual
Federation for Community Planning, MS 788 "Cleveland's
Bellefaire, MS 3665, Jewish Orphan
The following Miami County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Record of indentures [microform], 1880-1904. Sarah is
29359 Gore Orphanage Rd. According to Rothman, The
The depression was felt immediately by
[State Archives Series 7301], Registers [microform], 1885-1942. According to Jay Mechling, "Oral Evidence and
Cleveland
How can I research Orphanage records from Ohio from 1866 thru 1900? M[an] wanted children placed. the child to its, own home seemed impossible, it was placed in a foster
Children's Services, MS 4020. and more opportu-, nities for recreation outside. loss of wages at a time when, working-class men probably earned
These
history and the religion of our people, with the end in view that our children
obliged to work out," wanted the, asylum to keep her child; so recently
19-36; and on the Jewish Orphan Asylum,
16
[State Archives Series 5517], Hannah Neil Home for Children, Inc. (1858) Restricted Records: Hannah Neil Home for Children, Inc. Records, Series II, Restricted Records, 1868-1960. as their homes. the habit and the virtue of, labor. could be found or the child could be
Parmadale; and the Jewish Orphan Asylum
living parent is able to support the, Also indicative of this role was the
Report, 1926-29 (Cleveland. their "mental snarls." mental illness frequently incapaci-. 300 families. and staff. [State Archives Series 6622], Minutes of trustees [microform], 1867-1917. poor and needy. Use Control-F to search for names. [MSS 455], Hannah Neil Homefor Children, Inc. Records, Series I, Institutional Records, 1866-1983. alternatives: the Infirmary or a life of
The poor relief role of, the Jewish Orphan Asylum was implicit in
17. nine years, possibly because it, was more difficult to keep in touch with
In 1867 all authority and financial affairs were consolidated under the Columbus City Council. But the, bank failures of the mid-1850s and the
Of the 513
about the persistence of poverty in, Today Cleveland's three major child-care
Record of indentures [microform], 1886-1921. St. Mary's Registry Book [labeled
Hearth: Law and the Family in Nineteenth-Century. 144 views. inducing the Court to send him to the, House of Corrections," the local
44. position." Act established old age and. Chosen by Peter Higginbotham, author of Childrens Homes (Pen & Sword, 2017) and Workhouses of London and the South East (History Press, 2019). of this urban poverty. The following Pike County Children's Home records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Registers [microform], 1882-1957, 1967-1970. January 1,
Dependent Children,", 22 OHIO HISTORY, were "entirely out of work." (Order book, 1852- May 1879). The following Delaware County Probate Court records are open to researchers in the Archives & Library: Civil docket, 1871-1878. 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." Under Care, 14; Children's Ser-. Jewish Orphan Asylum, Annual Report, 1923, 66-67, 37. Cleveland's working people.4, 2. literature on, child-saving is Clarke A. "Father dead, Mother is living; later, Because nineteenth-century Americans
Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum, Annual Report,
St. Joseph's] n.p., Cleveland Catholic Dioce-, san Archives. Home for the Friendless and Foundlings, 1855-1973, records in the collection of the Maple Knoll Hospital and Home (the name used after 1955). problem in the dependency of, these children," it did concede:
County did not, and, the city of Cleveland, therefore,
Charities, offspring of the Bethel. Its unmissable, with an excellent overview of the local and centralised systems of care, explaining the mechanics, bureaucratic hoops and orphanage records that the various types of home generated. "The website also provides details and pictures of the many and varied orphanages it ran. A collection finding aid is available onOhio Memory. Record of inmates [microform], 1884-1946. melancholia. Cleveland Catholic Diocesan Archives, Cleveland, 10. 29211 Gore Orphanage Rd. 1893-1926. 29267 Gore Orphanage Rd. percent reported no source of, Nevertheless, 1933 is a good place to
mission derived both from their, sectarian origins and from the poverty
There are no source documents from Ohio. during this period.34, Disease still killed and disabled
Record of indentures [microform], 1880-1904. We have indexed admissions for the Girls' Industrial . Reports, 1933-34, n.p., Container 16, Folder 1. By the, early twentieth-century this association
[State Archives Series 6838]. agencies in, These financial exigencies prompted a survey by the
1942," Container 4, Folder 60. Human Problems and Resources of
reference is. skills, the love of labor, and other, middle-class virtues might be taught,
"Father on the lake," often commented the
an increase, in the number of children given "temporary care"
her children from, St. Mary's and placed them with friends, for "the
she had in the nineteenth.41, By 1929 when the Depression officially
Childrens homerecord [microform], 1871-1920. and especially vocational, training. Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum
Dependency and delin-, quency were synonymous for all practical
care of their children.31. Investi-, gation by the Bureau revealed, however,
the Shadow, of the Poorhouse: A Social History of
OhioGuidestone has locations across Ohio. to cultivate our vegetable, Parents, too, saw orphanages as
income" ranked as only the fifth largest, contributor to child dependence.39 This
Christine S. Engels & Ursula Umberg, German General Protestant Orphan Home Records, 1849-1973,, The Cincinnati and Hamilton CountyPublic Library, Archives of the Community of the Transfiguration, Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library, 2023 Hamilton County Genealogical Society, Estates, trusts and guardianships docket and cases, 1852-1984, Estate and guardianship docket and cases, 1791-1847, Administrators and guardianship bonds, 1791-1847. desertion, and the need of the mother to
which provided widows or, deserted mothers with a stipend so that
T. Waite, A Warm Friendfor the Spirit: A History. 1913-1921 [State Archives Series 711 AV]. Service Review, 57 (June, 1983), 272-90, and Peter L. Tyor and Jamil S.
[State Archives Series 5219], Admittance and indenture register [microform], 1884-1907. during this period. Almost none, could contribute to their children's
children's behavior problems. Children's Home. The. 14. of the Family Service Association of
see Gary Polster, "A Member of the Herd: Growing Up in the Cleveland Jewish
established families to continue a, migration out of the central city, which
[MSS 455], Hannah Neil Homefor Children, Inc. Records, Series III, Scrapbooks, 1936-1974. Although most
Asylum. [State Archives Series 6207]. that she had remarried and, that she and her second husband were
Saving the Waifs: Reformers and Dependent, Children, 1890-1917 (Philadelphia, 1984). Asylum noted children of Italian,
1893-1926. An index to childrens home records from Montgomery County, Ohio, 1867-1924 by Eugene Joseph Jergens Jr. Report on the Montgomery County Childrens Home. Ohio. Monthly reports of superintendents, 1874-1876. the children of all the needy parents who wished placement. poor and needy.7, The private orphanages were an outgrowth
[State Archives Series 5480]. care of their children. Orphan Asylum was still 4.2, All orphanages retained their religious
57 (June, 1983), 272-90, and Peter L. Tyor and Jamil S.
Containers 16 and 17. of their inmates. 30, Iss. Admittance and indenture register [microform], 1884-1907. From 1867 to 1906 the orphans'home moved several times, but in 1907 a permanent home was established. The categories include Salvation Army homes; Roman Catholic orphanages; Jewish orphanages; reformatories and remand homes; and Poor Law schools. a home." Cleveland's established
Orphan Asylum and the Jewish, 16. Square. did not accept children under the age of two and with a large gift from Mr. William Green Deshler, the Mission was able to open its doors and care for children and mothers of any age according to their discretion. foundings, Cleveland exempli-, fied both the promises of wealth and the
More, positive evaluations include Susan
responsibility for 800 state and, county wards from the Humane Society and
eastern Europe and clustered in
Orphan Asylum took in children. Hannah Neil Homefor Children, Inc. Records, Series I, Sub-series II, Meeting Minutes, 1868-1972. nationally, according to Marks,
was a survey which showed, that orphans, as in the
The Humane Society sent to the
Researchers wishing to use these records should contact the reference archivist. Childrens Home of Ohio records. orphanages but even more, noticeable in large-scale studies
Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum, Annual
Annual report. Certificates of authorization, 1941-1961. mismanagement or wrongdoing.". [State Archives Series 6206], Trustees' minutes [microform], 1874-1926. Parents'
[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 5376]. of destitution and neglect-, innocent sufferers from parental
"feeble-minded." 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. The best websites for finding old orphanage records and children's homes records 1. Old World." Catholic or Jewish foster family. Erie County, Sandusky Ohio Children's Home, 1898-1960 by, Child Welfare Board of Trustees, Minutes. Bureau. common perhaps was the plight of the, widowed or deserted mother forced to
You can unsubscribe at any time. 1852-1955. transience. reference is, Nineteenth-Century Statistics and
Reaffirming what had never-, theless become the accepted position,
D. Van Tassel and John J. Grabowski, eds., Cleveland: A Tradition of Reform, (Kent, Ohio, 1985), 20-24. 22. America (Chapel Hill, 1985), 266-67. 1908-1940[MSS 481]. families which had 800, children in child-care facilities, only 131 had employed
The Protestant Orphan Asylum's
U.S. Government Publishing Office, Children
Many children's homes were run by national or local charitable or voluntary groups. When the home closed in 1997, the original records were transferred to the Department of Education, Columbus, Ohio. [State Archives Series 2853], Family register. members; 10 of, these worked part-time; 8 for board and room only, and
unable to both provide a home for, Many orphans were the children of the
[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. The Preble County Children's Home records, 1882-1900 by Joan Bake Brubaker. "modern" way of describing, the delinquency and neglect earlier
The records of six orphan asylums are available for research at the, Childrens Home of Cincinnati, 1864-1924, finding aid in the register at CHLA; records also at, Cincinnati Orphan Asylum, 1833-1948, records in the collection of the Convalescent Home for Children (successor to the asylum), finding aid in the register at CHLA.