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Index #1: Orphans brought to Iowa, containing name of child
(surname first then given name),
adoptive parents (surname first then given name) and town. The
'Additional Information' column was added in 2017. This list was originally compiled by Madonna
Harms between 2003-2005.
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| Child's Name | Family | Town | Addition Information |
| Rachmalowitz, Katie | Sandvich, Henry A. (updated 5/26/2017) | Milford Twp (updated 5/26/2017) | 1905 (Nevada), Milford, Story Co., IA census; 1910 Milford, Story Co., IA census (updated 5/26/2017) |
| Radford, George | Martin, Behyl | Dubuque | |
| * Rahm, Clestine | Rahm, Martin | St. Benedict, Prairie | 1905 Prairie, Kossuth IA census (updated 5/27/2017) |
| Randolph, Edward | 1) White, Gilman | Jackson, Clarksville | 1895 Jackson, Butler Co., Iowa census |
| 2) Van Scharrell, L. | Jackson, Clarksville | 1905 Jackson, Butler Co., IA census | |
| 3) | |||
| 4) Jenny, Albert H. | Allison | b. Jan 1886 NJ; 1900 Jackson, Butler Co., IA census | |
| Randolph, Elsie Dora | 1) Green, Fred | Jackson/Clarksville | 1895 Jackson, Butler Co., Iowa census; (updated 5/27/2017) |
| 2) Wade, Judd | |||
| 3) Stevenson | Shell Rock | ||
| 4) Forney, Alex | Clarksville (updated 5/26/2017) | b. Aug 1889, NY; 1900 Dayton, Butler Co., IA census; 1925 Butler, Butler Co., IA census; m. Paul Harris (updated 5/26/2017) | |
| 5) Kochers, George | Dayton | 1905 Dayton. Butler Co., census; (updated 5/27/2017) | |
| Randolph, Ernest | Hamsley, Fernando J. | Clarksville | b. 1885, N.J.; 1895 Jackson, Butler Co., Iowa census; (updated 5/27/2017) |
| Randolph, Margaret R. | Poisal, George W. | Clarksville | b. 8 Nov 1891, NJ; 1895 Clarksville, Butler Co., Iowa census; 1900 Clarksville, Butler Co., IA census; 1905 Clarksville, Butler Co., census; 1910 Clarksville, Butler Co., IA census (updated 5/27/2017) |
| Randolph, Maude | Hubbel, Dr. & Mrs. | Clarksville | b.1888, NJ; 1895 Clarksville, Butler Co., Iowa census; d. 1896 (updated 5/27/2017) |
| Rathke, Ernest | Garvey, P.W. | Boone | |
| Ray, John Noble | McCabe, Michael | Defiance | |
| Raymond, Louis | 1) Flynn, James | Neola | |
| 2) Riddle, Mrs. | |||
| 3) Kenneally, Edward | Neola | ||
| Real, Jack | Blaine, James | Marengo | |
| Real, Krisangela | Blaine, William | Marengo | |
| Reck, Edward | Kelley, F.W. | Afton | |
| Reed, Daniel William | Hamburg | ||
| Reed, Ella V. | Keish, Michael | Mason City | |
| Reed, George Victor | 1) Hickey, Michael | 1) Farley | |
| 2) Tench, John | 2)Epworth | ||
| Reed, James | Tilton | Algona | |
| Reed, Emily F. | 1) Parker, | Chicago | placed Mar, 1906 |
| 2) Brown, | LeClaire | placed Aug 1906 | |
| 3) Kellogg | Lansing, MI | placed 8 Jan 1908 | |
| 4) Mikkelson, C.H. | Wisconsin | placed 1908 | |
| 5) Courtney, George | Janesville, WI | placed Apr 1910 | |
| *Reichart, Amy | Reichel/Recker, George | Dubuque | |
| Reise/Reis/Reifs, George | Parks, | White Cloud | |
| Remer, Tilla | Walker | ||
| Remore, Maggie | 1) Leon | placed 1904 | |
| 2) Maxwell | placed 1905 | ||
| 3) New York | |||
| Renshaw, Ferdinand | Cooper | Waterloo | |
| Reuber, Carrie B. (updated 5/28/2017) | 1) Herndon, Frank | 1) Audubon | placed 23 Jun 1903; b. 19 May 1897 Kings Co., NY; 1910 Leroy, Audubon, IA census; 1920 Leroy, Audubon, IA census (updated 5/28/2017) |
| Reuhl, Frank | 1) Fletcher, William | Ocheydon | placed 1885 |
| 2) Illinois | placed 1890 | ||
| 3) Iowa | placed 1896 | ||
| Reynolds, George | 1) Charles, Beth | 1) De Witt | Placed 04 Jan 1906 |
| Reynolds, Jesse | 1) De Witt | Placed 04 Jan 1906 | |
| Reynolds, Olivia B. | Sell, Martin | Knoxville | |
| Ricard, Matthew | Mack, C.O. | Clarion | |
| Rice, Charles W. | Independence | ||
| Ricketts, Eleanor | Wolf, Henry C. | Northwood | |
| Ricketts, John E. | Low, Oscar | Northwood | |
| Ricks, Marie | Inglis | Marion | |
| *Riegler, Frank | Riegler, | Dubuque | |
| Riehl, Frank | Gast, A.H. | Waukon | |
| Riehl, Helen | Buntrock, John | Waukon | |
| Riehl, Josephine | Kelley, O.B. | Waukon | |
| Rifenburg, Claude | Sumner | not placed | |
| Rifenburg, Edith | 1) Bornik,John Z. | 1) Sumner | |
| 2) Tibbits, Roy | 2) Sumner | ||
| Rifenburg, Herbert | Schultz, A.F. | Sumner | |
| Rifenburg, Ida | Young, Martin | Sumner | |
| Riggs, Anne | left in Buffalo to go to Canada | ||
| Riley, John | Hayzlett, W.P. | Springville | |
| Risberg, Edward | Raveling, Hans | Rock Rapids | |
| Risberg, Mary | Raveling, Hans | Rock Rapids | |
| Ritchie, Dorothy | Pier, James M. | Maquoketa | |
| Rivers, Leon | Thiele, Henry | Carroll | |
| Robinson, Adele M. | Heinz, Albert | Waterloo | |
| Robinson, Alice | 1) | 1) Stanberry, MO | placed 26 Oct 1905 (updated 5/28/2017) |
| 2) | 2) Princeton, MO | placed 18 Jan 1906 (updated 5/28/2017) | |
| 3) Johnson, Dr. Elton M. | Afton | placed 1906; 1910 Afton, Union Co., IA census; (updated 5/28/2017) | |
| Robinson, Elizabeth | Iowa City | twin sister of William L. | |
| Robinson, Ellen L. | Miles, | Ringgold Co. | |
| Robertson, Herbert | 1) Stanberry, MO | placed 26 Oct 1905 (updated 5/28/2017) | |
| 2) Afton | placed in 1906 | ||
| 3) Creston | |||
| Surber, William F. | 4) Oakland/Wright | b. 1896, NY; 1910 Wright, Pottawattamie Co., IA census (updated 5/28/2017) | |
| Robinson, William L | Iowa City | Twin brother of Elizabeth | |
| Robinson, Willis | 1) Stanberry, MO | placed 26 Oct 1905 (updated 5/28/2017) | |
| 2) Princeton, MO | placed 18 Jan 1906 (updated 5/28/2017) | ||
| Afton | placed 1906; (updated 5/28/2017) | ||
| Roche, Elizabeth | Wichman, | Dubuque | |
| *Rock, Francis | Rock, John | Marshalltown | |
| Roessel, Charles | Copeland, De Witt | Independence | |
| Rogers, John | Trentle, Leopold | Lansing | |
| Rogers, William | McCormac, Frank S. | Sumner | |
| Romano, Clara V. | Neumeyer | Des Moines/Carroll | |
| Rose, Mary R. | Russell, Abraham | Des Moines/Stuart | |
| Rosenthal, Alexander | Hatch, D.R. | Sumner | |
| Rosenthal, Erastus | Cochran, George | Center Point | |
| Rosenthal, Nestor? | Dawson, Thomas | Sumner | |
| Roses, Joseph | Hawkins, Joseph | Pomeroy | |
| Ross, Bertha M. | Charles City | ||
| Ross, Frances E. | Derner, Frank | West Bend | |
| Roth, Alexander | Shields | Greenfield | |
| Roth, Annie | Armstrong, A. | Grinnell | |
| Roth, Henry | Leader, Hermand | Center Point | |
| Roth, William | Leader, Hermand | Center Point | |
| *Rothens, Mary | Rothens, Henry | Dubuque | |
| Rousseau, Alma | Bartholomew, Anna M. | Dubuque | |
| Rowland, Ira | LeClere, A.D. | Hopkinton | |
| Rowland, Joseph | Kurth, Ben | Hopkinton | |
| Roy, Francis | 2) Heedwell, Gothard | 2) Ogden | |
| Ruby, Frank | Neola | ||
| Rude, William | Medary, T.C. | Lansing | |
| Ryan, James J. | Powell, Charles H. | Oakland | |
| Ryan, Mary J. | Hand, John | Emmetsburg | |
| Ryan, William | Thompson, James M. | Lansing |
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