The Christian Home Orphanage

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Stock #:252793
Type: Postcard
City: Council Bluffs
State: Iowa (IA)
County: Pottawattamie
Size: 4.25" x 6.25" (11 x 16 cm)

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The Christian Home Orphanage, Council Bluffs, Iowa, was founded by Rev. and Mrs. J.G. Lemen, in 1882. It receives homeless children, aged, dependent women, and crippled and deformed patients from any part of the country. It cares for five hundred annually, supported entirely by voluntary contributions. All receipts credited in full itemized form every two weeks in the Christian Home, the official publication of the institution, issued twice each month. A complete itemized statement of all expenditures is published in the Home paper every sixty days. Further information on request

Reviews, Comments & Questions:

  • 2020-03-23 10:17:55 - lineeg2u@gmail.com:
    My husbands grandfather was adopted from this orphanage in 1899. Is there any way to get his records.
  • 2023-03-01 10:54:30 - nancygibbs1az@gmail.com:
    My mother was adopted from this orphanage in 1916. Can I obtain any records regarding her?
  • 2023-04-20 18:59:49 - aynotnichols55@outlook.com:
    My Grandmother was adopted in 1912 , im not sure of the orphanage... can i receive any info and or her original birth parents and names?

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