Olive was born in 1884 and this document was written in 1893. She would have been 9 years old. This is an agreement between the Warrick Co. Orphan's Home and Adam Maurer for; The use and benefit of said child, a pauper child and an inmate. Signed by the Matron of the Orphan's Home, Hester Hartley.
Olive and her 4 siblings were abandoned by their parents and never saw them again.
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