my grandmother was born on Oct 2nd 1881 in New York and sent to Iowa on the Orphan Train. She marri
Iowa. I am seeking any information that can help me find her parents?
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Joe, do you know where she was born in New York? How old was she when she was adopted? What was her name? Was this her name before/after adoption?
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Joe, I did a search for children born from 1875-1885 to Harvey and Elizabeth Fleming in New York. https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.birthLikePlace=new%20york&q.birthLikeDate.from=1875&q.birthLikeDate.to=1885&q.fatherGivenName=harvey&q.fatherSurname=fleming&q.motherGivenName=elizabeth&count=20&offset=0&m.defaultFacets=on&m.queryRequireDefault=on&m.facetNestCollectionInCategory=on
The top record is a marriage record for Josephine Fleming to Joseph Burkhardt. The next records list children that are born to William H. Fleming and Elizabeth Curry. It might be important to try to track any of these family members. Do they disappear? Or do they appear on later census records?
Perhaps, Elizabeth had to place some or all of her children in an institution/orphanage. Not all of the children that were sent on the Orphan Trains were really orphans. This article might be of interest to you:
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