Have you checked the Ella Andersons in TX in the 1880 census at familysearch.org? Also, I believe there were some orphanages in Dallas in the late 1800s. --- janemc <[email protected]> wrote: > Were there any poor houses in Dallas County in > the 1870's? Did orphans wind > up there ever back then? My great grandmother > and her brother were abandoned > by their parents down by the Trinity River > bottoms between Wilmer and Ferris > in Ellis county. Wilmer being in Dallas County. > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com