Miss Hester Leslie died out at the county poor farm last Wednesday and was buried in the Potters field at the cemetery the next day. She was 42 years of age and had been a county charge for about thirty years. She had been helpless for about two years but was sick only about ten days.
1870 Census:
Home in 1870: New York Ward 17 District 26 (2nd Enum), New York, New York
Richard Leslie, 30, head, born Ireland
Hester Leslie, 24, wife, born Ireland
John Leslie, 8, son, b. NY
Louisa Leslie 5, daughter, b. NY
Hester Leslie 4, daughter, b. NY
Richard Leslie 2, son, b. NY
Julia Leslie 1 month, daughter, b. NY
Hester is the only Leslie buried in Washington County, Nebraska. She may have come to Nebraska on the Orphan Train.
The Orphan Train Movement was a supervised welfare program that transported children from crowded Eastern cities of the United States to foster homes located largely in rural areas of the Midwest. The orphan trains operated between 1854 and 1929, relocating about 250,000 children. The co-founders of the Orphan Train movement claimed that these children were orphaned, abandoned, abused, or homeless, but this was not always true. They were mostly the children of new immigrants and the children of the poor and destitute families living in these cities.
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National Archives; Wikipedia; obituary printed in the Wednesday, July 22, 1908 Pilot, Blair, Nebraska and courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska. Note: in the days of the Poor Farms, states and counties would bid as to how much they were willing to pay for the room and board of a person. The person couldn't have family that were able to take care of them, and the low bidder "won". After a certain number of weeks, the person would be put on a train, and sent to another county within the state, where the bidding would again start. In later years, many poor farms became nursing homes.
1870 Census:
Home in 1870: New York Ward 17 District 26 (2nd Enum), New York, New York
Richard Leslie, 30, head, born Ireland
Hester Leslie, 24, wife, born Ireland
John Leslie, 8, son, b. NY
Louisa Leslie 5, daughter, b. NY
Hester Leslie 4, daughter, b. NY
Richard Leslie 2, son, b. NY
Julia Leslie 1 month, daughter, b. NY
Hester is the only Leslie buried in Washington County, Nebraska. She may have come to Nebraska on the Orphan Train.
The Orphan Train Movement was a supervised welfare program that transported children from crowded Eastern cities of the United States to foster homes located largely in rural areas of the Midwest. The orphan trains operated between 1854 and 1929, relocating about 250,000 children. The co-founders of the Orphan Train movement claimed that these children were orphaned, abandoned, abused, or homeless, but this was not always true. They were mostly the children of new immigrants and the children of the poor and destitute families living in these cities.
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National Archives; Wikipedia; obituary printed in the Wednesday, July 22, 1908 Pilot, Blair, Nebraska and courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska. Note: in the days of the Poor Farms, states and counties would bid as to how much they were willing to pay for the room and board of a person. The person couldn't have family that were able to take care of them, and the low bidder "won". After a certain number of weeks, the person would be put on a train, and sent to another county within the state, where the bidding would again start. In later years, many poor farms became nursing homes.
Miss Hester Leslie died out at the county poor farm last Wednesday and was buried in the Potters field at the cemetery the next day. She was 42 years of age and had been a county charge for about thirty years. She had been helpless for about two years but was sick only about ten days.
1870 Census:
Home in 1870: New York Ward 17 District 26 (2nd Enum), New York, New York
Richard Leslie, 30, head, born Ireland
Hester Leslie, 24, wife, born Ireland
John Leslie, 8, son, b. NY
Louisa Leslie 5, daughter, b. NY
Hester Leslie 4, daughter, b. NY
Richard Leslie 2, son, b. NY
Julia Leslie 1 month, daughter, b. NY
Hester is the only Leslie buried in Washington County, Nebraska. She may have come to Nebraska on the Orphan Train.
The Orphan Train Movement was a supervised welfare program that transported children from crowded Eastern cities of the United States to foster homes located largely in rural areas of the Midwest. The orphan trains operated between 1854 and 1929, relocating about 250,000 children. The co-founders of the Orphan Train movement claimed that these children were orphaned, abandoned, abused, or homeless, but this was not always true. They were mostly the children of new immigrants and the children of the poor and destitute families living in these cities.
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National Archives; Wikipedia; obituary printed in the Wednesday, July 22, 1908 Pilot, Blair, Nebraska and courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska. Note: in the days of the Poor Farms, states and counties would bid as to how much they were willing to pay for the room and board of a person. The person couldn't have family that were able to take care of them, and the low bidder "won". After a certain number of weeks, the person would be put on a train, and sent to another county within the state, where the bidding would again start. In later years, many poor farms became nursing homes.
1870 Census:
Home in 1870: New York Ward 17 District 26 (2nd Enum), New York, New York
Richard Leslie, 30, head, born Ireland
Hester Leslie, 24, wife, born Ireland
John Leslie, 8, son, b. NY
Louisa Leslie 5, daughter, b. NY
Hester Leslie 4, daughter, b. NY
Richard Leslie 2, son, b. NY
Julia Leslie 1 month, daughter, b. NY
Hester is the only Leslie buried in Washington County, Nebraska. She may have come to Nebraska on the Orphan Train.
The Orphan Train Movement was a supervised welfare program that transported children from crowded Eastern cities of the United States to foster homes located largely in rural areas of the Midwest. The orphan trains operated between 1854 and 1929, relocating about 250,000 children. The co-founders of the Orphan Train movement claimed that these children were orphaned, abandoned, abused, or homeless, but this was not always true. They were mostly the children of new immigrants and the children of the poor and destitute families living in these cities.
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National Archives; Wikipedia; obituary printed in the Wednesday, July 22, 1908 Pilot, Blair, Nebraska and courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska. Note: in the days of the Poor Farms, states and counties would bid as to how much they were willing to pay for the room and board of a person. The person couldn't have family that were able to take care of them, and the low bidder "won". After a certain number of weeks, the person would be put on a train, and sent to another county within the state, where the bidding would again start. In later years, many poor farms became nursing homes.
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Several years ago, a young man did an Eagle Scout project on Potter's Field, recording all the stones he found. About ten years later, my husband and I went through Potter's Field, photographing all the stones we found. Hers was not there.
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