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Child Apprentices (Orphans & Impoverished Children) in America from Christ's Hospital, London 1617-1778: Child Apprentice Surnames [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [R][S] [T][U] [V] [W] [Y] [Z]

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37th Boston Children's Mission Annual Report - The Thirty-Seventh Annual Report of the Executive Committee of the Children's Mission to the Children of the Destitute, In the City of Boston, with an Account of The Proceedings at the Annual Meeting, May 26, 1886. Rooms of the Children's Mission, 277 Tremont Street, opposite Common Street, 1886. [$]

Almshouse Cemetery Plot, Potter's Field in Yaphank, Suffolk County, New York 1871-1876

Cemetery Records of the Suffolk County Almshouse, Yaphank, New York, 1871-1953 Searchable Index [Records were maintained for people who died while in residence at the the Almshouse. A journal was kept to record the name of the person, age at the time of death, the date of death and the burial location in the Almshouse cemetery in Yaphank, NY. Notations in the record indicate when a child from the Suffolk County Children's Home was buried in Potter's Field, when a body was removed from the cemetery, in addition to notes pertaining to the race of the deceased]

 

 
 

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