Orphan Schools

Orphan Schools

Orphan Schools in the United States

The casualties of American Civil War did more than simply reduce the male population of the country, they also dramatically increased the number of widows and orphans. Many states reacted to the crisis by erecting new (or taking over existing) buildings to "care for, educate and train the children of fallen soldiers."

Orphan Schools in Ireland

See Industrial school

References


*cite book|author=James Laughery Paul|title=Pennsylvania's Soldiers' Orphan Schools|publisher=Lane S. Hart Printer|year=1876|location=Harrisburg, PA

ee also

* Orphanage
* Foundling hospital
* Friends of the Orphans
* Bellefaire Orphanage (Ohio)
* Bethesda Orphanage (Georgia)
* Girls and Boys Town (Nebraska)
* Leake and Watt's Children's Home (New York)
* New York Foundling Hospital (New York)
* St Joseph's Orphanage (Crescent Hill, Louisville)
* St. Cabrini Home (New York)
* Carversville Christian Orphanage (Carversville, Pennsylvania)
* Light of Hope Orphanage (Gore Orphanage)
* Sequoyah High School (Oklahoma)
* Howard Orphan Asylum (Weeksville, Brooklyn, NY)
* Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum - Eureka Benevolent Society (San Francisco)
* Masonic Home for Children (Oxford, North Carolina)
* Catholic Charities
* Howard Association
* United States Children's Bureau
* Orphans International
* Charles Loring Brace
* Roman Catholic Orphan School


=External links=
* [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~orphanshome/ Orphans' Home Website]
* [http://www.genealogytoday.com/guide/soldiers-orphan-schools.html Records of the Pennsylvania Soldiers' Orphan Schools]


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