“A pleasant scene occurred at the Northwestern depot this morning when thirty-five small children passed through Ashland on their way to their homes in Bayfield County.” The Daily Press, Ashland, Wisconsin, Thursday, June 12, 1902.

“--thirty-five children arrived in the city Wednesday morning from the New York Foundling and Orphan Asylum, an institution supported by the Catholic Church, and were placed in homes in this city.” Bayfield Press, Bayfield, Wisconsin, June 14, 1902.

“Frank (Conlon) is the only one left of the 17 children who arrived in Bayfield in 1902 aboard an orphan train from New York.” Bayfield County Press, Bayfield, Wisconsin, October 10, 1985.

So were there 35 or 17 children brought to Bayfield? Following is the list of the 19 adopted children that I can find throughout Bayfield County. I found no adopted children that fit the criteria in Ashland County. With the addition of the two children who fit all the criteria except they are called step children, the total is 21.

Reconstructed List of Orphan Train Children who arrived in 1902, extracted from the 1905 Wisconsin and 1910 Federal Census of Bayfield County, Wisconsin. All were born in New York and listed as adopted (with 2 step children included).

Child Birth Year Adoptive Parents

1 Yetta Bachand abt. 1899 Nelson A. and Matilda A. Bachand
In 1905 she was Yetta Bachand and lived in Bayfield with her parents.
In 1910 she was Yetta Bachand and lived in Bayfield with her parents.
In 1920 she was Yetta Bachand and lived in Duluth with her parents.
In 1930 she did not live with her widowed father and brother in Portland, Oregon
In 1989 Yetta M. Weickgenant died a widow in Akron, Ohio.