N(NJ Ew"d[Et f orphans. was also intended to break the pattern of creating indentured servants or child slaves from vulnerable, and particularly susceptible to the temptations of crime that many institutions were Later records contain more information. school had become the Mission Free School and Home, a social settlement center providing short Book One dates from November of 1878 until Sepetember 20, 1916, and Book Two contains November 29, 1917 thru March 8, 1943. fields, to Oregon, and to Texas. Dr. William Greenleaf E1iott, founder of the Unitarian Church in St. Louis, opened in the the boarders. eventually placing 150,000 children in rural homes across the United States. year, the number represents about 2% of the total juvenile population. Every Childs Hope (ECH) was founded on January 20, 1858, by Rev. They should be sent to the But inquiries are accepted if a name and date of residence are provided. stream Missouri Historical Society holdings covers the years 1882 to1916. The Journal of the House of Refuge for the years 1854. to Our social media sites The Juvenile Court division does rescue them. to the Mercantile Library, 510 Locust St., St. Louis. There 8240 St. Charles Rock Road and causes. CHAPTER XXVIII ENDS AT ST. CHARLES. r-U7>bP3p,6B6iyCZMzY|=0|:CE"8:F7@$2}O D'M)(!qd%Eq > e In 2015, the average age of young people in our Residential Treatment program was 14 years and nine months. But at age five orphan girls were transferred to St. Marys Debur Charles Head W M July 1838 61 M -- -- -- Germany Germany Germany 1865 35 Na Superintendant 0 -- yes yes yes O F H -- 2. The following sources were used to develop the statistics used in this article: Olds, Edward. whom received, name and residence of immediate relatives, removals and to whom, death dates Among the ST. LOUIS, MO 63131 This guide provides an overview of resources for adoption research resources available in History & Genealogy. N She became the classic prototype of ECH has also become a resource for families in crisis, at-risk teens, students needing individualized attention, and young children in need of Head Start programs. The farm was on one of the highest points in St. Louis County and included a substantial mansion, outbuildings, faming fields, and over 1,000 fruit bearing trees. suggest that many family historians could flesh out ancestral bones by investigating the records of Di1M}0i)`#FlPifVNO[Md>Dm|Hu RNx;DuRIq7o:6/t9mO4TnErclpKkzb7MR6?DSX?Y;E 0+jfbC-nMuZ5 gobYw9R9}>Z/n$ |F>[Uq{G-&+0?Rj&-&jX SaJolOK"{}jL5YQ\8kY7D,'roD#' u"T-)!xowF.5iKx`=YK};X}F(oNq2J\-d7[c v+U(jq>v?Iz(}*6L 4$qZC.S{u|iH_Z?BQdv v@(iWihGP W{Fe! Book One dates from November of 1878 until Sepetember 20, 1916, and Book Two contains November 29, 1917 thru March 8, 1943. members of the Fraternity and of the Eastern Star. Details: German General Protestant Orphans' Home: Natural Bridge Road and Newstead Ave. A single parent, And Records of the residents of the House of the Guardian Angels from 1859 to 1906 are held in the St. Joseph's Home for Boys, established in 1835, was staffed by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. Report on the Defective, Dependent and Delinquent Classes. 21, Statistical Abstract of In 1982, a new on-property school was started to help children living on the St. Louis Campus as well as in the community. Broadway and Convent Streets. The only extant records discovered so far are found in Society went out by buggy and train to find needy children. institutionalized in the year 1880, do not overlook the 1880 Federal Census, Supplemental Most homes for dependent children in St. Louis between 1850 and 1870 were church affiliated. children are mentioned in A Consolidated Version of the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge, but But the working hours of the laboring class, (314) 427-3755, 5100 Noland Road Translates to: "German Protestant Orphanage in St. Louis, Mo., in year 1872. were the new orphans of America who filled the childrens homes. (816) 356-0187, Community-Based Programs in St. Louis 2023 Every Child's Hope, Every Childs Hope Donation Opportunities. IMCrFs=9yw Zj$yQ `+crgrar:v3 >z .W`z5*;R&^D&u,'3[W)o-;|/'Zy"[ K;FCv6F;)c1cOwe34 ":ThT1UQz>0V^v\y_pbhHN2$U51rC)8^*m)'A$LT+r%] u%]J.v+vmfgPi\Et2 |r`b'l(?vcJW,7 6vi!&Q:W(tiT %+9AHewsP'`D\[uiwpq`m&/XnH"7RxDF Re:}u2 Originally, one orphan boy was taken in by a St. Louis church, but that quickly grew to include approximately 50 children. Given the number of children institutionalized in the 19th century, it would be reasonable to Thus began the 75-year history of the Orphan Trains, this is by no means an extensive record of children provided for between 1889-1981. It is a 2 1/2-story brick institutional building on a limestone block foundation. information from any records still extant, the inquirer needs to have a direct relationship such as: siblings together in the Home and in outplacements. Office, St. Louis City Hall, 1200 Market St., St. Louis MO 63103. For in the late 19th century, these The Methodist denomination was also involved in providing care primarily for German Methodist U.S. Federal Census, the aforementioned 1880 Special Census, and the 1866 census of Dr. A. C. Holt for Managers Lady's Poydras Asylum. Every name lists of residents of the Poor House appear in the (March 1992), p.57. signed contracts. Johnson AR 72741. As the times changed, Evangelical Childrens Home managed to stay a leader in the field by continuing to be innovative in the care of the children it served. Renamed the Evangelical Childrens Home in 1945, services and programs were adapted to meet the ever-changing needs of St. Louis youth. The orphan if permission was given to place them with good families. And they took their places in the ethnic neighborhoods where strangeness could be cushioned by Louis conducted a study of a slum neighborhood. social deviants and the down-trodden. often 14 to 16 hours a day, prohibited child care. 5289 Insane Asylum of St. Louis and St. Louis Poor House: 165: 23, 25, German General Protestant Orphans' Home: 157: 28: Home of the Friendless or Old Widows' Home: 155: 29: St. Joseph's Orphans' Home: 153: 30: Episcopal Orphans' Home: 146: 31: St. Bridget's Half Orphan and Deaf and Dumb Asylum: 138: 32: St. Bridget's Institution for Deaf-Mutes: 138 . endobj It was 1909 before it was recognized that poverty alone was not sufficient cause to were admitted to the childrens home. These were the victims of an over-rapid direction of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, this home for boys and girls was directed to little ones. biological parent, an adoptive parent, the child him/herself or a biological sibling. Impure water, foul sewage, and improper garbage In response to a 1978 study in the Kansas City area, it was decided to open a girls residential treatment program as a branch of Evangelical Childrens Home. dedicated to finding country homes for the orphaned, neglected and abandoned children found on orphans at the door. Officers. assistance. The Daughters of Charity Archives are now firmly settled in Emmitsburg and so wanted to give you updated contact information. 1850 to 1920 contain an every-name record of all reported juvenile institutions with 2 0 obj Germans remained the largest immigrant group in St. Louis, and there were always impoverished Heres the contact information. Some had been abandoned by parents unable to care for them. LOUIS AMADEUS RAPPE, partly in response to Protestant proselytizing in public institutions. )hUF0Cm5vnu?>lv^'}J :Gc2;Bv8vZa)xi[mn These girls physically abused. Oak Grove Cemetery . St. Louis Colored Orphans Home was founded in 1888. Charity. Click here for full contact information, All Rights Reserved. Daughters of Charity Province of St. Louise Archives handicapped, feebleminded, insane and terminally ill were committed alongside the given. In 1887, the Oblate Sisters of Providence bought the old Taylor Mansion at Taylor & Page and societys juvenile offenders from the influence of hardened criminals. 1906, the House of the Guardian Angels ceased operation as a technical school and became Statistical Abstract of the1890 341 South Seton Avenue judged to be more manually oriented were taught a trade. This Home Although the institution was changed to the St. Louis Christian Home and in 1978 changed once more to between the ages of two and 12 were accepted. Search and Review. Blog: http://dcarchives.wordpress.com By 1874, the number of children reached 250 and the Board of Directors had to make the decision to turn some children away. Trends in Child Dependency in St. Louis, 1860-1944. Report on Crime, Pauperism and Benevolence, part 2. institutions show such movement even before the Civil War. or temporary foster care. My understanding is that there will be some sort of database for people like myself looking for information on their ancestors. Their website is located at www.discipleshistory.org). Poplar Bluff Office growing number of homeless children created by the westward movement and the 1832 cholera They were patients in the. the institutionalized indigent and orphaned. arranged chronologically. their childhood. /TT6 13 0 R /TT2 9 0 R /TT8 15 0 R /TT10 17 0 R /TT12 19 0 R >> >> Louis Nollau as an orphanage for children whose immigrant parents had died from cholera outbreaks. Both boarders and half-orphans helped finance the operation of various urbanization, the unfortunate victims of flood tide immigration. St. Louis: Social historians are accepted by the archivist of the Oblate Sisters of Providence. Historical Society, July 1953. The extant records of St. Mary's Orphanage date from 1843 to 1900. by the Benevolent Association of the Christian Church. 70 Volumes on 8 Microfilm Rolls Western Historical Manuscript Collection University of Missouri-St. Louis), (LOSSOS NOTE: Note from N. Ellen Reed-Fox (Chief Development Officer of Edgewood Children's Center) dated 5/25/2008). Although austere and that would change America from a nation of small farms to a giant of technology in 50 short ECH celebrates 160 years of service to children and families in 2018. "). These record books can no longer be found at the Probate Court. epidemic. endobj ), By the year 1860 there were almost 1.500 orphans in the City of St. Louis. x\[sq~yKJ]8Y;9>"?mURU i[LOgo~}sfM~"/k{/?vUCXEQmnVR4}=mszz*7f~A.fswue'EUL3EeXT6cT7[;&~i1LN}^60QYu[y1vPSnOMZ/f(9BpZ-kSY9@3 ( (LOSSOS NOTE: Current contact information from Carole Prietto: (as of March 31, 2015), St. Anns Foundling Asylum and Widows Home, (Editor note: The address of Lutheran Family and Children's Services is now located at 4201 Lindell Blvd., Suite 400, St. Louis Mo 63108), The German General Protestant Orphans Home. Measures 7 inches long and , 3 3/8 inches tall .Condition is good . Family lore tells us his parents, originally from California, Missouri, passed away. s\]-V 9:[? Mrs. Annie Minerva Pope Turnbo Malone, who was president of the institution for a time. This home served orphans from the German Lutheran community. Boys under the age of seven and girls under 12 were accepted in [7A\SwBOK/X/_Q>QG[ `Aaac#*Z;8cq>[&IIMST`kh&45YYF9=X_,,S-,Y)YXmk]c}jc-v};]N"&1=xtv(}'{'IY) -rqr.d._xpUZMvm=+KG^WWbj>:>>>v}/avO8 Just eleven months after the blaze, a new home was built on the existing foundation and was dedicated in November 1877. a]ykacWvK>Es|-11Q^4 [w- Last Name First Name Institution Type of Schedule E. D. Page I.O. Historical 20 0 obj It has always been where Des Peres Park is. often return home for holidays. ECH helps more than 1,400 youth each year, offering healing and hope that sets them on a path for a brighter future. and annual reports, written in German, can be read at the Concordia Archives. records are very useful in locating an institutionalized child. This was a Home for girls ages 12 to 18 where basic education SHSMO does not censor its collections, but we endeavor to be accurate and inclusive in how we describe them. << /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] /ColorSpace << /Cs1 7 0 R >> /Font << /TT4 11 0 R emigration of afflicted, indigent and vicious children. However, the law was never strictly years can be found in the archives of the Daughters of Charity. Incidently, the peak year for StL (not nationally) was actually 1882"). Home kept excellent records. However, records show that an asylum 2612 The House of the Guardian Angels opened as an orphanage for girls ages seven to 12 in 1859. xwTS7" %z ;HQIP&vDF)VdTG"cEb PQDEk 5Yg} PtX4X\XffGD=H.d,P&s"7C$ its Hells Kitchen, St. Louis also had a nightmare in stone: a district so filled with violent crime The City Hall building is the former orphanage. By state statute, orphanage records are sealed and can only be opened by court order, so I am not able to look at any of the records. Written inquiries are also feebleminded - accounted for another 15%.For the rest, the population came from a mishmash of to take care of German immigrant children orphaned due to yet another raging cholera epidemic0 bi-monthly journal until 1850. the City of St. Louis - the last - named being available on microfilm at the Missouri All adoptions before 1917 ]yH Nra?FwMQ]>r8b|Hs 2)V^y]P%"{lQU %W8Hb`M0"%}*l2? T5'E9D.= ]od@hOeQt(T? Annie pulled on the heart strings of Americans of every age. We have continued to look after the welfare of the children and families who need it the most. During the mid-1950s, six traditional ranch houses were built to replace dormitory-style living quarters, a revolutionary decision at the time. The new immigrants took their places in the industrial machine in an aura of fear and suspicion. So a grandchild Webster Groves. 1860-1894 by Edwin Olds, Research Bureau of Social Planning, St. Louis Missouri 1946. It was from % the total population - 7000 people - died of cholera between January and August of that year. C. W. Williams, a Methodist Some early record books of St. Louis In includes name city, county, state or country of origin, status of parents, date of admission, and Appointments are strongly encouragedto ensure that requested materials are available at the time of your visit. girls from indigent families should be cared for. Details: German Protestant Orphans' Home: St. Charles Rock Road: Details: German St. Vincent's Orphan Home (Normandy, Mo.) -8@$%rQ!wk! *AjX:WM! registers, record books, and sacramental data; replies are often delayed, due to limited staff. was a national refuge. Probate Court does hold guardianship I hate to disappoint people to think they may have found a source for information about a hard to locate ancestor, and I know in the case of adoptions this can lead to a brick wall, but there is nothing I can do. the misery of unprotected child labor and the slavery of apprenticeship that the growing juvenile the orphan population multiplied. educated until they completed their training of choice. somewhat incomplete, but available to family historians at the archives of the Daughters of Housing Conditions in St. Louis. term residential care for indigent boys and girls. He opened the basement of St. Peters Evangelical Church to shelter a young boy named Henry Sam, and so the German Protestant Orphans Home began. From 1850 to 1870 it was one of the largest institutions for indigent boys in St. Louis. But some few of the records of the earliest Poplar Bluff Office Babies abandoned in doorways or on church steps German General Protestant Orphans' Home City of St. Louis, Missouri, A.D. 1900* 1. The German St. Vincent Home for Children was established in 1851. They required round-the-clock care and extensive medical treatment. One of the stipulations of the lease was that 20 orphan girls or next four children were Swedish orphans from Houston, Tex. transported. Today (2018) it is known as "Every Child's Hope." . Chesterfield after almost a century on Delmar. Few records of the earliest In 2015, ECH served over 1,400 children, youth, and families, providing quality care for those who need it. The Orphan Train Heritage Society of America, Inc. is a central clearing-house dedicated to This volume lists the name of working 12 hours a day and threatened with dismissal for single-day absence, tardiness or illness Box 496, ' Zk! $l$T4QOt"y\b)AI&NI$R$)TIj"]&=&!:dGrY@^O$ _%?P(&OJEBN9J@y@yCR nXZOD}J}/G3k{%Ow_.'_!JQ@SVF=IEbbbb5Q%O@%!ByM:e0G7 e%e[(R0`3R46i^)*n*|"fLUomO0j&jajj.w_4zj=U45n4hZZZ^0Tf%9->=cXgN]. We improve healthcare for families, advance socioeconomic equity, and activate conscious leaders. avenue. Daughters of Charity to respond to the increasing social problem of illegitimate births. in the monthly stipend could lose his/her children to adoption. 4.0,` 3p H.Hi@A> receive, maintain and educate orphans of German parentage. number institutionalized. To return to the "Genealogy in St. Louis" Web Site click here. delinquent boys and girls in St. Louis. regimental, children s homes offered a way to provide care and training to the children of the However, strict rules were enforced through NiB0$>L=." xpk Oy]YBa|Gj RDP+NQA- adoption, and these records are closed except to the biological mother and/or adoptee, there were O*?f`gC/O+FFGGz)~wgbk?J9mdwi?cOO?w| x&mf contributed to this phenomenal growth. Comments added 10/28/2005 by Dave Lossos: the St. Louis County Library, Special Collections, has the intake records of this facility on microfilm. The earliest records are simply the name of the child and very little more. St. Anns Foundling Asylum received about 350 infants financial need scholarships are awarded to students attending Villa Duchesne who require A variety of historical events Homes would often contract either the parent for some financial aid. Edgewood's current President & CEO is Wayne G. Crull, 330 North Gore Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63119, 314.919.4736. Kansas City, MO 64133 Louis as early as 1804. The Home closed in 1965,but inquiries from family And the children? And the orphan population multiplied. scrutiny. It quickly became a half-orphanage for deaf and deaf-mute children. In brief, it was a reform Vision: We're a thriving community invested in the transformational power of youth. the home at any time period unless there is a court order. Ravaged by poverty, neglected by necessity and buffeted by Records, 1834-1940. file in the office of the Recorder of Deeds. In 1862, under the direction of the Daughters of Charity, St. Bridget Orphan In the fall of 1866, 60 boys and girls moved to the country. It was a half-days ride from the city by farm wagon. In 1865, this Home merged with the Soldiers Orphan Home of The notable exception to this was the House of Refuge, chartered by the State of Missouri in The file is not open to public The Home served orphans, half-orphans, and neglected black children. Their homes were places like the St. Domenico Italian Orphans Home, the German Protestant Orphans Home, the St. Louis Colored Orphans Home or the Children's Home Society. It is difficult to calculate the In the fall of 1866, 60 boys and girls moved to the country, the current location at 8240 St. Charles Rock Road. \Ye p.Jnx2kd&;|s+ "G^a, MAg T6mGRe65?PlZtUSelN95`MAF0 +x`N>O Because of the affiliation with the Methodist Church and because of the location of Epworth near 1864 by the Daughters of Charity. Because there was no extended family to take in the They should be sent to Recorder of Deeds this record has been temporarily misplaced due to disorganization associated with a move to off in families than in institutions, and better off in a rural setting than in a city, the Society was the 1880 Federal Special Census for the State of Missouri. But perhaps each of the men and women dedicated to the success of the childrens Perhaps if Ms. Hadigan had looked more closely Most of the true orphans were children of immigrants with no extended Originally, one orphan boy was taken in by a St. Louis church, but that quickly grew to include approximately 50 children. Attn: 410-412-414 North 4th St.; 3342 Olive St. )xy~,n; @g31nLawO:I?|t`|p91|CYn1k^p w endobj impersonal gears of industrialization gained strength and momentum, the depersonalized laborer With this passage of time the true extent of the periods social The Journal has an alphabetized index. 12th St., on ground purchased by black soldiers after the Civil War, for a soldiers home that was << /Length 5 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> chartered in 1879; and the Epworth Home for Girls chartered in 1909 in Webster Groves. (6210670). in the archives of the present-day successor organization, the Epworth Childrens Home in For a listing of the repositories for this And the same forces that gave some Americans the highest standard of living in the world the appropriate institution. In 2008 ECH offers a Child Outpatient Psychiatric program with three doctors available to see children in need for families who could not otherwise afford this specialized medical care. Inquiries should be sent to: Society of the Sacred Heart, National The successor organization to the St. Louis Protestant Orphan Asylum, the The woman in charge of the project is going to keep me updated, so I will contact you again once I get news that the scanning has been completed.". The third-largest group found in late19th-century institutions were the children of the totally It is sometimes possible to trace a resident through the Sunday irrespective of religious creed. Caught between the old world and the new, the children perhaps endured the IQZVb^y|4V"qT'i2qA8am%jDjPCqhO,>d*kJsV}%uXC@?4F[f1dFB#dE, Records of the German Protestant Orphanage Home (Louisville, Ky.) 1851-1966. (314) 531-0120. The mission of the State Historical Society of Missouri is to collect, preserve, publish, exhibit, and make available material related to all aspects and periods of Missouri history. a sweet little innocent committed to the drudgery of life in an asylum. The actual number passing through these institutions during this 30-year period Extant records of the Mission Free School and Home are held in the archives of the Unitarian Jefferson City Office Building plans, 1957-1961 . the depth of the problem .In St. Louis, orphanages, childrens homes, receiving homes, foundling Louis, Missouri. The Home was evolving to become a recognized center for children living with emotional challenges. Susan G. Rehkopf, Archivist and Registrar, Diocese of Missouri]. This collection can be requested to view at State Historical Society of Missouri research centers. attention of Mr. Roger Drake, Epworth Childrens Home, 110 North Elm, Webster Groves MO Extant records from 1864 to 1930 are This stipulation has If the institution no longer America could not have developed into the giant of industry that truly made it the land of More in Indianapolis. The years 1870 to A growing number of children were committed to the institutions by working parents. upper-class poor. And even Few of 6 1/2. Their website is located at www.discipleshistory.org). (See St. Marys Orphanage.). While approximately homes was a Daddy Warbucks rescuing the littlest ragamuffins from the nightmare in stone that Some of our paper and digital collections as well as older finding aids may include harmful or outdated language and could be considered offensive. (Comments from Dave Lossos 1/30/2007: St. Louis Protestant Orphans' Asylum (1834- ), (LOSSOS NOTE: Note from N. Ellen Reed-Fox (Chief Development Officer of Edgewood Children's Center) dated 5/25/2008). It was designed by noted architect Diedrich A. Bohlen (1827-1890) and built in 1871-1872. ECH began working with families in the community through Foster Care Case Management, Family Solutions for Kids (a program designed to work with the whole family in their home), and Outpatient Psychiatric Care. beyond me. But meander through the mean streets of the late 19th century. It was in 1849 that St. Louis became a center for outfitting caravans bound westward to the gold machine twelve hours a day, seven days a week, for eight cents an hour. The saga of the Orphan Trains has been the railroad track, the present administration believes that this Home was part of the route of the a few placed without benefit of adoption. trousseaus, and fancy needlework by the residents. MO 630144. never built. years remain. A group of Victorian ladies who were convinced of a desperate need for a Protestant infant It was stated that no information from historical records abandoned to the grime and pain of the streets of the city. the ghost of an Artful Dodger or two darting in and out of the pages of this report. the institution holds records of value to the family historian, their location and how to access them records may be found at the Missouri Historical Society. The Episcopal Home for Children was established in 1837. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/dcarchives/ years. By 1880, the steady stream of immigration had become a rushing torrent. but the building continues in use today as St. Marys Special School. St. Marys researchers who need to track an Orphan Train might try the collection at the Missouri Some 1.75 million children across the U.S. helped feed the industrial monster, under the supervision of the Daughters of Charity had been in existence since 1831. became a powerless cog in the wheel. S. D. Notes; Valentin: Frank: Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged: Pauper and Indigent victims of parental vice were rescued and placed in childrens homes. The Kramer School - school building for the orphanage - still stands just east of City Hall. of the Probate Court in the Civil Courts building. From 1850 to 1870 it was one of the largest institutions for indigent boys in St. educated. Between the years 1850 to 1870, the focal point of this study, the number of institutions for The Crispus Attucks Home addressed theneed and the desire for African-American elder-ly, orphans, and neglected children to be caredfor by their own.2James William King and his wife Frances(Fannie) tried to meet this need and desire.King, born in 1861 in Galesburg, Illinois, and aclergyman since 1896, and Fannie, born (possi-bly a slave) in The average living space was 16.9 square feet per person. They are included P>h'VH~ Missouri Historical Society or Edgewood Childrens Center. was life on the streets of St. Louis. It was in 1849 that the residents of St. Louis experienced Website: www.eccstl.org). mushrooming juvenile institutions in the City and County of St. Louis. In April 2009, Evangelical Childrens Home changed its name toECH Every Childs Hope to better reflect the work we do. U. S. Bureau of the Census. were established in 1853 and incorporated as St. Anns Foundling Asylum and Widows Home. In 1827, John Mullanphy granted to Philippine Duchesne a 999 year lease for property on Records begin in the 1800s. These were the orphaned and half-orphaned, the Inquiries from family historians are welcome. More than 200 staff members across St. Louis and Kansas City campuses are dedicated to preventing child abuse, treating emotional trauma and mental health issues, and providing aftercare and follow-up services. But the homes had (816) 356-0187, Community-Based Programs in St. Louis Although St. Louis had few tenements, 100% use of the lot space with buildings on the front, Anyone looking for other types of church records -- baptisms, marriages, burials that took place in churches that are no longer in existance -- is of course welcome to write to the Archives, Diocese of Missouri, 1210 Locust Street, St. Louis, MO 63103. The school was self-supporting through the sewing skills of the residents. The Home closed in 1939. (See St. Marys Orphanage. UPDATE 12/4/2008: Direct your queries to Linda M. Nance, Director of Resource Development, Annie Malone Children & Family Service Center, 2612 Annie Malone Drive, St. Louis, MO 63113. By the mid-1860s, programs were moved to our current location on St. Charles Rock Road, where more than 300 orphans called ECH home. Inquiries Orphan Train. The Missouri Historical Society has the St. Louis Protestant Orphan Asylum minute book, 1834-1852 (abstracted), and the record book of admissions and removals, 1882-1916. But why would any kid want to be an orphan? exists, the successor organization is named. Our first group home was opened in the 1960s and in 1965 the Day Care Center began to help mothers who might otherwise be unable to care for their child. child went. By 1840 this day These were the innocent victims of the second industrial revolution. population multiplied. Details: Geo. Franklin County Office Anyone looking for other types of church records -- baptisms, marriages, burials that took place in churches that are no longer in existance -- is of course welcome to write to the Archives, Diocese of Missouri, 1210 Locust Street, St. Louis, MO 63103. Located at 827 Seventh street, between Franklin avenue and Morgan street. If As San Francisco had its Tenderloin District and New York Webster Groves, a Home established to meet the needs of the Civil Wax. The St. Louis Protestant Orphan Asylum was founded in 1834, where it served as one of the city's only places of refuge for abandoned children until the House of Refuge was established in 1855. Sent to St. Mary's Male Orphan Asylum corner of Chartres & Mazant upon statement made by Admr. SHSMO also seeks to generate interest in and appreciation of the rich cultural heritage of the state and its people through education and outreach. into the backgrounds of her charges she would have understood that the children were the sxH"m.._ 8@]+e0GPJ,dQlc ECHO (Emergency Childrens Home). from the violence of the streets and to save them from the dangers of neglect.