Person:George Derstine (2)

George Henry Derstine was transferred to White Hall Soldiers Orphan School from Lancaster Home 3 Sept 1875. Lancaster Home was part of the same school system.

He was discharged in 1881 and reportedly working in "the car shops" in Harrisburg, PA. George left the school when he was 16yo and was therefore a "sixteener"

His wife, Annie Derstine provided the information on the death certificate and gave George's father's name as Samuel -this is an error, his father's name was George.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 George H. Derstine, in Pennsylvania's Soldiers' Orphan Schools, Brief sketches and engravings of the several institutions, with names of pupils subjoined.
   Page 355, 1877.

   List of students, their date of birth, date of admission and discharge, transfer if applicable, whether a 16 er or not, post office when at home, and remarks concerning occupation, education, etc.

2. ↑ George H. Derstine, in Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1944
   File # 28010, , 6 March 1933.

   Certificate of Death issued in Dauphin county, city of Harrisburg, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania detailing date of death, sex, race, marital status, name of wife, parents, date of birth, age at death, occupation and cause of death.

3. ↑ George Derstine, in Annual Report of the Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans, of Pennsylvania for the year 1881
   362.7; page 39, 1881.

   Pennsylvania Soldiers' Orphans Schools Commission. "List of "Sixteeners" Below will be found the names of children, with their present residence and occupation, as far as could be ascertained, who, having arrived at the age of sixteen, were discharged from the several schools during the year ending May 31, 1881."
   This was found at the web site www.onentofl.com/chpaorphan1881.html.
   The twelve schools are listed in alphabetical order with the names of the sixteeners listed under each school heading.
   The "car shops" probably refer to the Pennsylvania Railroad shops where railroad cars were repaired. The Pennsylvania Railroad was a contributor to the organization of the Soldier's Orphans Schools.