The Making of Mary Ann

Mary Ann arrived in the United States from Germany at the age of 16. She began her new life as a young nanny for a minister’s two children. After marrying a field hand, she gave birth to six young daughters. Then her husband died of TB. Four of her daughters were taken from her and put on the Orphan Train by the local Trustee. Her own journey, with two babied takes her through the dirt roads of Gibson county to her friend’s house in Buckskin. She began her search for the other four girls while she worked as a caretaker for an alcoholic woman. The girls, who had little knowledge of their early life, began their own search for their birth mother after hearing the delirious musings of one of the girls as she was suffering from influenza.

They separately find their original home, finally uniting with Mary Ann. There is trauma, tragedy, and pathos in this story of a little German girl whose journey takes her from Pforzheim, Germany to Southern Indian in search of a better life. Her courage and fortitude give hope to all who journey with her on this eventful trip.

The Making of Mary Ann

A young girl leaves her homeland for a better life in America. She discovered some laws could rob her of her children and that miracles do happen to good people. This is a story of hope.

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