Concordia in Cloud County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Miriam Malford Roering Zitur
June 21, 1906 - January 19, 1995
— Orphan Train Rider to Freeport, Minnesota in 1908 —
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 4, 2021
1. Miriam Malford Roering Zitur Marker
Miriam was born in New York. She was about 19 months old when the Orphan Train took her from the New York Foundling Hospital to Freeport, Minn. The Roerings had requested a baby girl no older than 2 years, with brown hair and blue eyes. Herman and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Roering raised her along with their eleven children.
Miriam was married in February 1923 to Michael Charles Zitur Jr. They had eight children by 1940. She was a homemaker and was ahead of her time as she worked outside the home mainly as a cook starting in 1940 and continued working until she was injured in 1964. Miriam was loved by all that she encountered in life and on her 80th birthday 168 people came to celebrate with her. As of the 110th anniversary of her birth, she had over 220 blood descendants.
Erected 2016 by National Orphan Train Complex; and Miriam Zitur's 200+ descendants.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1908.
Location. 39° 34.287′ N, 97° 39.578′ W. Marker is in Concordia, Kansas, in Cloud County. Marker is on West 6th Street just west of Broadway Street, on the left when traveling west. Marker and sculpture are located along the sidewalk, beside the street
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. George Jacobs Ducrow (within shouting distance of this marker); Irma Craig Schnieders (within shouting distance of this marker); Joseph Fuourka / Joseph "Joe" Roguet Aillet (within shouting distance of this marker); Elmer Barney Malone & Ethel Barney Malone Staley (within shouting distance of this marker); In Memory of George C. Padgett (within shouting distance of this marker); Leo Clement, Gerald Clement, and Alton Lou Clement (within shouting distance of this marker); Michalena Birraglio / Lena Nelson (within shouting distance of this marker); Cora Alice McVicker / Eugenia Alice Cullivan Mulligan (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Concordia.
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Orphan Train Movement
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1. New statues in Kansas commemorate Orphan Train movement. Miriam was just 19 months old in 1908, an orphan in New York, when she and others like her were gathered up by the Children's Aid Society, placed on trains and sent west — some to loving families, some not so much. The ads in rural
2. Marker detail: Miriam Zitur
2. A History of the Orphan Trains. When the Orphan Train movement began, in the mid-19th century, it was estimated that approximately 30,000 abandoned children were living on the streets of New York. And over the 75 year span of the Orphan Train movement, it is estimated that between 150,000 and 200,000 children were relocated to new homes via the Orphan Trains. (Submitted on November 13, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 4, 2021
3. Miriam Malford Roering Zitur Marker & Sculpture
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 4, 2021
4. Miriam Zitur Memorial Bench
In memory of Orphan Train rider Miriam Malford Roering Zitur
by her 220+ descendants
Credits. This page was last revised on December 24, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 13, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 171 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 13, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
