Location: Bath, Maine
The Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum was founded in Bath, Maine, in 1866, by a group of women to help care for the orphans and half-orphans left after the Civil War. Sarah Sampson served as the first director.
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Records
- List of Children in the Orphanage: 1903 Roster
- Admissions and Departures of the Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum, 1898-1906, Transcribed by Erin Childs, 2019
Matron's Records
- 1875-1876
- Matron's Records of the Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum, 1875-1882, Transcribed by Erin Childs, 2019
Children Who Died While at the Home
List of children of died while staying at the Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum Home. Transcribed from the written record at FamilySearch.org.
First Name | Last Name | Death date | Age | Buried | FindAGrave Link | |
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Bessie | Church | 3 Jan 1870 | 8 yrs | Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine | Find A Grave: Memorial #42360239 | |
Geo. H. | Smith | 12 Dec 1870 | 8 yrs 9 mo | Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine | Find A Grave: Memorial #42361788 | |
Orris | Yeaton | 3 Apr 1871 | 5 yrs | Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine | Find A Grave: Memorial #42361969 | |
Elizabeth | Turner | 5 Feb 1874 | 7 yrs | Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine | Find A Grave: Memorial #42361877 | |
Jerry | Conner | 15 Apr 1877 | 4 yrs 4 m | Lewiston, Maine | Find A Grave: Memorial #247444914 | |
Everett | Page | 3 Jul 1877 | 1 yr 4 m | Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine | Find A Grave: Memorial #42361370 | |
Georgianna F. | Butler | 27 Oct 1877 | 6 yrs 6 m | Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine | Find A Grave: Memorial #42360138 | |
Ira | Quimby | 6 Feb 1882 | 6 yrs | Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine | Find A Grave: Memorial #42361478 | |
Sarah | McCorrison | 14 Apr 1882 | 9 yrs | Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine | Find A Grave: Memorial #42360860 | |
Wm. H. | Douglas | 1 May 1882 | 12 yrs | Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine | Find A Grave: Memorial #42360377 | |
Ada | Bean | 15 Aug 1886 | 16 yrs | Vienna, Maine | Find A Grave: Memorial #247444815 | |
Flossie | Brown | 14 Aug 1886 | 6 yrs | Benton, Maine | Find A Grave: Memorial #247444870 | |
Hannah B. | Hopkins | 5 Aug 1887 | 14 yrs | Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine | Find A Grave: Memorial #228206379 | |
Edith | Gibbs | 27 Aug 1896 | 17 yrs | Maple Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine | Find A Grave: Memorial #234229009 | |
Ella | Reeves | 12 Aug 1904 | 12 yrs | Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine | Find A Grave: Memorial #42361569 |
Sources
- Maine Orphans, History of Institutions, Bath Military and Naval Orphan's Asylum, accessed 26 Apr 2018, http://www.maineorphans.com/History-of-Institutions.html
- Maine History Online, Sarah Sampson: Caring for Soldiers, Orphans, by Candace Kanes
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