Texas - Orphan Finder

Bayland Orphans’ Home, Houston (1866) (indigent, orphans) (ages 6 to 18) (M/F)

Bell Haven Orphans’ Home, Luling – Church of Christ (1899) (orphans) (M/F)

Buckner Orphans’ Home, R. 3, Dallas (1879) (needy, orphans)

Children’s Home, 1206 East Eleventh Street, Austin – Helping Hand Society (1902) (children of working women) (M/F)

De Pelchin Faith Home, 1918 Chenevert Street, Houston (1892) (orphans) (M/F)

Fort Worth Benevolent Home, Fort Worth – County of Tarrant (1885) (dependent, indigent) (M/F)

Galveston Orphans’ Home, Center Street and Avenue M, Galveston (1880) (orphans)

Home for Homeless Children, 1019 Avenue K, – Galveston Society for the Help of Homeless Children (1894) (homeless) (M/F)

Infants’ Home, 1920 Oak Street, Houston (1896) (Illegitimate Infants) (M/F)

Juliette Fowler Christian Home, Grand Prairie – National Benevolent Association of Christian Church (1904) (orphans) (ages 3 to 12) (M/F)

Methodist Orphanage, 901 Herring Avenue, Waco (1894; Methodist Episcopal Church, South (destitute, orphans) (ages 2 to 13) (M/F)

Peniel Orphans’ Home, Peniel (1901) Holiness churches (orphans, abandoned) (M/F)

Presbyterian Home for Orphans, Itasca – Presbyterian Church in the United States (1905) (destitute, orphans) (M/F)

Protestant Home for Destitute Children, Kentucky Avenue, San Antonio (1880) (orphans, destitute, neglected) (M/F)

Rest Cottage, Pilot, TX Founded by Rev. and Mrs. J.P. Roberts- Church of the Nazarene (1903-1975) Home for unmarried mothers and child placement agency. Records, photos, documents

St. John’s Orphanage, West Houston Street, San Antonio – Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word (1890) (orphans) (under age 14) (M)

St. Joseph’s Orphan Asylum, Military Plaza, San Antonio (1870; Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word; (orphans) (F)

St. Joseph’s Orphanage, Oak Cliff P.O., Dallas – Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word (1907) (orphans) (M/F)

St. Mary’s Orphanage, Forty-first Street and Avenue R, Galveston – Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word (1869) (orphans) (over age 2) (M/F)

St. Matthew’s Home for Children, Grand Avenue, Dallas (1900) (orphans) ages 3-8) (M/F)

State Orphans’ Home, Corsicana – State of Texas (1889) (indigent, destitute) (M/F)