The orphanage that is the focus of my blog, has been known by many different names, making it very difficult to research or gather information about. See post below where I have listed all the names that I have found so far. I'm hoping that through the help of this blog those of us who have had family either living in this children's home, or family that has worked there and contributed in some way to this children's home, can gather here and help all of us learn more about those days in this home. If you have additional information or stories that you would like to share you can either comment below on one of the posts, or send an email to me at gspne61@gmail.com (Photo is from the Elizabethtown College: Church of the Brethren Photograph Collection and may be used only for non-commercial educational purposes.)

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

1930 Census Report for the Neffsville Brethren Home Orphanage

I have finally located a copy of the 1930 census report showing children's names for the Brethren Home Orphanage in Neffsville, PA. One of the reasons I have had such a difficult time locating this report is because they had it filed under Manheim Township instead of Lititz or Neffsville. I am also going to add a section to this blog for newspaper articles that pertain to this orphanage in the hopes that it can help more and more families locate their ancestors who lived in this home. Please feel free to contact me with any additional news stories at gspne61@gmail.com or any other stories or names of children from this home.

Here are the names from the above 1930 census report (note that the orphans are listed as inmates):

Dotterer, Jesse (Head) age 60, Stewart of orphanage
Dotterer, Nora V (Wife) age 39, Matron of orphanage
Dotterer, Philip E (Son) age 20, Plumber
Dotterer, Elizabeth J (Daughter) age 14
Dotterer, Ellis S (Son) age 2
Springer, Elverta (employee) age 19, Nurse of orphanage
Lehman, Willard E (Inmate) age 12
Lehman, Lloyd E (Inmate) age 11
Lehman, Edith S (Inmate) age 10
Lehman, Elias A (Inmate) age 9
Smith, Clarence O (Inmate) age 9
Purcell, Lloyd E (Inmate) age 9
Purcell, Caroline (Inmate) age 7
Purcell, Geraldine (Inmate) age 6
Rueppel, Harry F (Inmate) age 9
Myers, William (Inmate) age 9
Myers, Robert (Inmate) age 5
Ristenhlatt, Clara (Inmate) age 11
Ebling, Mary (Inmate) age 9
Ebling, Sarah (Inmate) age 6
Stoner, Harriet (Inmate) age 7
Thompson, Raymond (Inmate) age 5
Nicholas, Raymond (Inmate) age 5
Zellers, Earl (Inmate) age 3




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