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Indentured Children of Des Moines County

Sources:

1) Indentured children 1844-1883 A-W - Film #1613065 Item 2

2) Indentured children, series 2 1852-1886, Heitmeier, Charles - Young, John - Film #1683718 Item 2

 

The number in the source column tells you which film it was on. Documents on the film usually included the agreement documents between the parties involved. This is a list of indentured children for Des Moines County, Iowa. Indentured basically means they were hired out or apprenticed in some way. To the left is an example of the agreement the Children's Aid Society used. This was one way a young adult could get placed in Iowa, whether they were an orphan or not. If you have any further information on these children, please let us know about it.
~ originally submitted by Madonna Harms
 
Child Parents Guardian Date Filed Source
Birtha M.A. Adams n/a Theodore Eickhoff 10 Dec 1883 1
Miles W. Babb Elizabeth Downer Enos Wright 15 Mar 1861 1
Marinda Bane Bridget Bane William Johnson 17 Nov 1856 1
Feliz Moses Banks n/a John A. Martin 10 Oct 1855 1
Feliz Moses Banks n/a George Murray 16 Jan 1882 1
Nancy Banks Harrold & Mary Ann Banks Henry Tate 09 Jan 1852 1
Sarah Jane Banks n/g James Firth 07 Feb 1853 1
Solomon Nickine Banks Benjamin Landridge Luke Palmer 04 Aug 1852 1
Ekken Barr James Barr Ephraim 08 Oct 1857 1
John Barr James Barr John Hull 07 Oct 1857 1
John Thomas Barr Ellen W. Barr John A. Bar 06 Mar 1857 1
Robert Barr James Barr Peter Hull 07 Dec 1857 1
George Bennett n/g Samuel Ward 27 Jun 1863 1
Thomas Bennett n/g David E. Moter 03 Jul 1863 1
Anna Bodenhoefer George Frederick Bodenhoefer Wm. Tubbesing 03 Dec 1873 1
Clara Boorstron n/g E.D. Jaggar 26 Dec 1857 1
George Boyer Mikel Boyer Thomas Hughes 13 Oct 1852 1
John Boyer Mikel Boyer Thomas Hughes 13 Oct 1852 1
William Burshar Angeline Stewart William Phipps 11 Apr 1863 .
John D. Carter n/g O.C. Wightman 13 Jan 1862 1
Cora Belle Cavanaugh William Cavanaugh J.L. Backus 18 Sept 1860 1
Harriet Lezeur Cavanough William Cavanaugh J.L. Buckus 18 Sept 1860 1
Elizabeth Cavenaugh Peter Cavenaugh Philip Kirwan 20 Jan 1861 1
Timothy Corcorran n/g Mrs. Catherine McDonald 27 Jan 1870 1
Maggie Coyne John Coyne Moses Dunn 22 Sept 1869 1
Richard Wilson Curtis John Curtis George Lindner 20 Dec 1870 1
Oscar Dankwardt Charles Otto & Mariana Dankwardt Wilhelmina Diercks 09 Dec 1875 1
Margaret Lucy Desmott Timothy Desmott John Ogden 17 Feb 1857 1
Mary Elizabeth England n.g Mary Ann Selders 15 Apr 1854 1
Eva Cornelia Faker Philo & Amelia Faker Oscar F. Gear 26 Mar 1855 1
Anna Christine Frost Frederick Frost Henry W. & Eliza Miller 03 Mar 1855 1
Clarissa Gable Matthias Gable W. B. Smith 21 Jul 1858 1
James B. Gibbs, Jr. James B. Gibbs, Sr. Henry B. Griffith 08 Oct 1881 1
n/g Mary E. Inghram n/g n/g n/g
Lucinda Elizabeth Green n/g Cooper Harris 28 Jan 1852 1
Francis Haberty n/g John & Eliza Murphy 16 May 1861 1
Edna Myrtle Harmon Charles Harmon F.W. & Catharine W. Churchill 09 Mar 1883 1
n/g - Sanders & Mary Ella harmon n/g n/g n/g
John Harris n/g Charles H. Marshall 25 Mar 1858 1
Charles Fritzche Heitmeier Charles Heitmeier Henry Jung abt 1880 2
Elizabeth Hellenthal Peter & Catherine Hellenthal John Huppenberg 19 Jan 1875 1
William Henry Heys n/g E.T. Gardner 15 Nov 1861 1
Frank Hirt Tobias Hirt Augustus Hermann 27 Jun 1859 1
Mary Ellen Hirt Tobias Hirt William & Christia Peffurman 25 Jul 1859 1
Amos Hodgens Mary Ann Hodgens Franklin Renner 30 Nov 1858 1
Infant Son Hogan Susanna Hogan L.W. Waldo 26 May 1858 2
Mary Hogans n/g George W. Kelley 31 Oct 1837 1
Sophia Hook Frank Hook Anton Bohner 06 Dec 1872 1
Ada Louise Houston Clarence J. Houston Hugh I. & Louise A. Henderson 28 May 1920 1
Washington Huestis Mary S, (Huestis) Chamberlen Peter Moore 4 Nov 1854 1
Rebecca Ellen Hutson Mary Elizabeth Hutson James Jarvis 14 Dec 1870 1
Infant Pauper n/g O.F. Gear 08 Oct 1857 1
Hyrum Infant n/g Robert Maines 02 Oct 1852 1
John Wesley Asbury Kite John Kite Peter Shurts, Sr. 18 Jul 1863 1
John Kitts John Kitts Robert McComb 27 Oct 1854 1
Mary Kitts John Kitts Robert McComb 27 Oct 1854 1
John Knox n/g Launcelot Snyder 20 Nov 1851 1
Mary Ann Lane Smith Lane & Katie Reeves James Best 24 Jul 1878 1
Charles G. Larson/Anderson Peter Pierson Jonathan Zion 24 Jun 1862 1
Anna Mary Leidinger Peter Leidinger John Peter Steudebach 13 May 1878 1
Conrad Leidinger Peter Leidinger John Mohler 08 Mar 1879 1
Edward Lestrom Peter G. Lestrom David Ramsey 04 Apr 1871 1
Mark Luke P.A. Coleman Josiah Settle 16 Mar 1846 1
Emma Golden McCandless Emma N. McCandless Cummins Sarah T. Penrod 30 Aug 1899 1
Daniel McKinney W.J. & Mary A. McKinney Matthew & Sarah J. Gasaway 28 Sept 1893 1
Virgina McLain n/g Nicholas Renz 09 Feb 1857 1
Gottfried Miller Friederich Miller Kreuzer Walz 28 Feb 1859 2
Charles Milton Samuel Milton Charles F. & Emma L. Behrens 22 Apr 1890 1
William Moog John Moog Henry W. Mueller 19 Aug 1876 1
Charles E. Morgan Ezekiel Morgan Henry Smith 06 Feb 1860 1
Romulus Morris n/g E. T. Gardner 16 Jan 1862 1
John Wesley Mozena Clarrisa Mozena Joseph M. Chapman 11 Oct 1862 1
Stephen P. Nelson Nathan Nelson Jon D. Johnes 22 Oct 1859 1
Charles William O'Keefe Charles J. O'Keefe Edward Murphy 30 Dec 1861 1
Mary Ann O'Keefe Charles J. O'Keefe Edward Murphy 30 Dec 1861 1
Gifford H. Obert n/g E.T. Gardner 15 Nov 1861 1
Henry Ohrt Jalices Ohrt Frederick Becker & Co. 31 Oct 1865 2
George Henry Olds n/g J.W. Talbot 19 Aug 1871 2
Susanna Jane Orsborn John L. Orsborn Zalmon H. Morton 27 Apr 1875 1
Andrew Petersen John Petersen M.S. Hopkins 25 Aug 1857 1
Maggie Jane Reding Martha L. Reding Taylor William D. & Mary Dodds 09 May 1883 1
Maria C. Reinerd J.J. Reinerd Dan Reinerd 04 Apr 1885 2
Frank Dwight Remick Calvin Remick D.E. Baker 13 May 1856 2
Chauncey D. aka Baker n/g n/g n/g n/g
John Van Vyn Renerd Jan & Diva (Meyer) Van Vyn John Koestner 10 Jan 1885 2
Dorothy Reyling William Reyling Enos Lowe 12 Feb 1844 1
John Nelson Evans Rhodes Mrs. Lucinda Rhodes John Fees 08 Feb 1855 1
Mabel Richards Alvin & Louise Richards Sister M. Barbara 16 Oct 1855 2
Sophia Willhelmina Rosean Simon S. Streed n/g 30 Aug 1855 2
n/g Rosine/Rosien n/g Paul Dorn 06 Aug 1856 1
James Scofield n/g John W. Bolthof 11 Apr 1853 1
Mary Scurry Patrick Scurry John McNertney 18 Feb 1862 2
John Franklin Searcy Beverly Searcy B. J. Hale 09 Oct 1860 1
Clara Emma Sistern Mr.  & Mrs. Sistern M.L. & Sarah  Ballard 24 Apr 1883 2
Thomas Raymond Smith T.L. & Lizzie Smith n/g 15 Nov 1886 2
Ellen Tidd Jason W. Todd Warner Miller 30 Dec 1861 2
Arthur Triebel Bruno Triebel Daniel Fritz 10 Jan 1885 1
Benjamin F. Triplet Margaret Triplet Thomas French 06 Feb 1852 1
Dennis Triplet Cassius Triplet Mrs. Eliza Clarke 08 Mar 1859 1
Dennis Triplett Cassius & Margaret Triplett Alfred Clark 04 Sept 1852 2
Anna Elizabeth Tufts James Tufts H. W. & Eliza Miller 20 Jun 1877 2
Ira Walker n/g David & Rebecca Ramsey 08 Jan 1852 1
Ira Walker Henry William Walker n/g n/g 2
John Young Margaret Young Hugh Simon 22 Jan 1855 2
Henrietta Zerber Samuel Zerber John Hollingsworth 02 Jan 1852 1

 

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