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Now 100, the little Irish girl who rode an Orphan Train to Texas

An Irish woman who rode an Orphan Train from New York to Texas as an infant in 1922 recently celebrated her 100th birthday, possibly making her the last surviving Orphan Train passenger. ....

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The last living Orphan Train rider turns 100 in Eagle Lake

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Sandra C. Thomas Special To The Citizen
April 21, 2021 - 00:00
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The Orphan Trains carried as many as 250,000 children to their adoptive homes throughout the mid and southwest.
Beatrice Flanagan Polack Fojtik with her Orphan Train photo as the last known remaining Orphan Train Rider in the U.S.
Young baby Beatrice with her new mother Mary Kubes Polack.
The Foundling Hospital of New York which cared for abandoned infants and small children.
On Sunday April 25, 2021 Beatrice Flanagan Polak Fojtik will celebrate a century of life at the
Arbor Hills Healthcare Center in Eagle Lake, Texas with her children at her side. Beatrice’ life is of national significance, as she is the last known living Orphan Train Rider in the US. She represents an historical period of need for children’s aid and outplacements at a time of economic and social demand in the c ....

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