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Summary Information
Milwaukee County Orphans Board Records 1899-1945
- Trustees of Milwaukee County Orphans Board
Milwaukee Series 52
0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes)
UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)
Records of the Milwaukee County Orphans Board, 1899-1945. Established by a special act of the Wisconsin Legislature in 1871, the Orphans Board supported orphan asylums with distributions from the proceeds of estates without heirs. A series of Wisconsin Supreme Court cases ended this practice in the 1930s. The Board distributed funds to various orphanages including St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum, St. Aemillian's Orphan Asylum, St. Rose's Orphan Asylum, Lutheran Children's Home, Milwaukee Orphan Asylum, Milwaukee Jewish Orphan Home, St. Vincent's Infant Orphan Asylum, St. Joseph's Home, and St. Joseph's Home of St. Raphael. English
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