I have two second cousins who were adopted by our farming family in Southwest Iowa. I do not know how my family got them but my family is from Creston, Iowa which is on the railroad line so it seems possible that they came on the orphan train. They are Jim O. Augustine born 1 January 1947 died 2003 and Jack G. Augustine born 2 January 1948 died 2005. I just put them on my ancestry family tree. These dates of birth, 1 January and 2 January, are fake. They did not know when or where they were born. Sam Sloan

Sam I think that the orphan trains were halted 20 years before the time frame you mention. RPaine -----Original Message----- From: Sam Sloan via Sent: Monday, October 26, 2015 11:42 PM To: DNAAdoption@yahoogroups.com ; genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com ; DNA-NEWBIE@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Bulk] [DNA] Orphan Train I have two second cousins who were adopted by our farming family in Southwest Iowa. I do not know how my family got them but my family is from Creston, Iowa which is on the railroad line so it seems possible that they came on the orphan train. They are Jim O. Augustine born 1 January 1947 died 2003 and Jack G. Augustine born 2 January 1948 died 2005. I just put them on my ancestry family tree. These dates of birth, 1 January and 2 January, are fake. They did not know when or where they were born. Sam Sloan ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GENEALOGY-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Sam. The Augustine boys may well have been from Creston or nearby. There is a findagrave memorial for one Clarence Augustine buried in Creston, but he died reportedly (no gravestone) in 1909. In 1940, however, there was one Augustine family in Spaulding, which as you know is just five miles away. The family then consisted of 44-year-old Ben Augustine, his 39-year-old wife Grace, his 5-year-old daughter Janet, and his 10-year-old son Frank. The 1950 census, when it comes out, may tell the rest of the story. For now ... According to his gravestone, Frank in fact was born in 1929, was married to the wife buried with him in 1951, and died in 2005. Unfortunately, there is no memorial for Ben, but two possible scenarios are suggested: (1) Ben and Grace were the parents of John and Jack, and your family adopted the boys after the deaths of Ben and Grace; or, less likely, (2) Frank, who would have been 18 in 1947, was married twice, had John and Jack, was widowed, and gave up the boys after their mother died or when Frank remarried. In the same cemetery with Frank is a Grace A. Augustine, but her year of death (again no gravestone) is listed as 1908. I wonder if it should be 1948 because there's an extract of a 1927 marriage in Creston of Benjamin Alvin Augustine and Grace Anna Hanson. Surnames of their respective mothers were transcribed as Luers and Hoakison. Loretta -----Original Message----- From: genealogy-dna-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:genealogy-dna-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sam Sloan via Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 2:43 AM To: DNAAdoption@yahoogroups.com; genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com; DNA-NEWBIE@yahoogroups.com Subject: [DNA] Orphan Train I have two second cousins who were adopted by our farming family in Southwest Iowa. I do not know how my family got them but my family is from Creston, Iowa which is on the railroad line so it seems possible that they came on the orphan train. They are Jim O. Augustine born 1 January 1947 died 2003 and Jack G. Augustine born 2 January 1948 died 2005. I just put them on my ancestry family tree. These dates of birth, 1 January and 2 January, are fake. They did not know when or where they were born. Sam Sloan