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The Historian of July 2008- Hancock County Historical Society	http://www.hancockconntyhistoricalsociety.com/newsletter/newsletter..
Page 2	THE HISTORIAN OF H4NCOCK COUNTY
THE
HISTORIAN
OF HANCOCK COUNTY
Eddie Coleit'kan, Editor Linda-Lou Nelson, PJ>Ksher
Published monthly by the HANCOCK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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Charles Gray', Executive Director Scott Bagley, President Edward Gibson, First Vice President Jean Arm Thriffiley, Second Vice President Barbara Warner, Treasurer Zita Waller, Secretary Linda-Lou Nelson, Publicity Ames JLer^sien, Historian Ellis Cuevas, Membership
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children. As a result, the New York Foundling Hospital, operated by the Sisters of Charity, opened in January 1870.
In 1873 the Sisters of the New York Foundling Hospital joined with the Children’s Aid Society, founded and directed by Charles Loring Brace, in sending many of these orphans westward on orphan trains to be placed with farm and other families in rural America as indentured servants or as adoptees. The idea was that families would provide the children food, clothing, and a living space in return for their help on the farms. It was hoped that the children would become an integral part of the families.
To find homes for the children, priests along the rail routes were notified that the Foundling Hospital had children who needed homes. Parishioners made requests, often very specific, for these children. For example, prospective parents might request a child of a specific sex, hair and eye color, and complexion. The hospital made every effort to honor these requests so that the child would “fit in” more readily with the chosen family.
An “indenture" form was used to place the children. It was a legal document that gave the Sisters of the Foundling Hospital legal recourse without going to court in case the child needed to be removed.
At least two of these trains made stops in Bay Saint Louis in 1909 and in 1910. Among the orphans brought here were Margaret Oakley Fayard Cuevas, John Korcinsky Law-
rence Dambormo, Annie Richt-ner Adams Graham, and Thomas Mitchell Luc
MARGARET OAKLEY FAYARD CUEVAS
Margaret Oakley Fayard Cuevas was born on June 5, 1908, in New York City. She traveled to Bay Saint Louis from the New York Foundling Home aboard one of the orphan trams in September 1910 and was indentured to Mrs. Almieda Fayard on September 14, 1910. Unfortunately, Mrs. Fayard died in 1914, but the child was reared by Mrs. Fayard’s son, Freddy, and his wife, Sidonia.
Margaret Fayard attended school in Bay Saint Louis and married Monroe Frank Cuevas on June 25, 1932. They had seven children: Monroe, Jr., Milton, Rose Marie, Donald, Anthony, Irvin, and Vincent.
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