The Adrian Girls Training School was created in 1879 by the Michigan Legislature.
The girls, mainly ages 12 to 17, many of them orphans and runaways, were sent there by the Juvenile Division of the Probate Court of many Michigan counties. The school taught cooking, sewing, homemaking, horticulture and music.
Official attire was white dresses and bonnets.
1940 Federal Census - Girls Training School, Adrian Township, Lenawee county
Andress, Mary Ellen, 17, b. MI, resided in 1935 - Marquette, Marquette, Michigan
Chippewa, Lorraine, 14, b. MI, resided in 1935 - unknown
Evans, Lilliam, 16, b. MI, resided in 1935 - Harbor Springs, Emmet, Michigan
Henry, Clara, Bell, 15, b. MI, resided in 1935 - Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Nyberg, Lillian, 15, b. MI, resided in 1935 - Rural, Emmet, Michigan
Finding Aid Records of the Girls Training School - Adrian, Michigan
History of the Industrial Girls School
Was records kept until closing of the school & how can I see the yr 1980 to 1982?
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