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J. D. Hale
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CH   FIRST NAME   LAST NAME   DESCRIPTION
Pro   Maisie   Power   Vivian's sister. aka: Margaret Reynolds née Schatzman.
1           SPRUCE HARBOR, MAINE, 2011.
    Molly   Ayer   17 year old Penobscot Indian, father side.
    Dina   Thibodeaus   Molly's foster mother. Spruce Harbor Police dispatcher.
    Ralph   Thibodeaus   Dina's husband. Plumber.
    Jack       Molly's boyfriend.
    Jody       10th grade classmate of Molly.
    Susan   LeBlanc   Head librarian at Spruce Harbor Library.
    Vivian   Daly   Real name: Niamh Power. aka: Dorothy.
2           SPRUCE HARBOR, MAINE, 2011.
    Terry   Gallant   Jack's mother. Vivian's housekeeper.
3           NEW YORK CITY, 1929.
    Dominick   Power   Vivian and Maisie's deceased brother.
    James   Power   Vivian and Maisie's brother. Dominick's twin.
    Mark   Flannery   Owner of "The Irish Rose' pub.
    Bernard   Schatzman   Childless neighbor of Vivian's family. German.
    Agneta   Schatzman   Bernard's wife.
4           NEW YORK CITY, 1929.
    Mrs.   Scatcherd   One of the Orphan Train sponsors.
    Mr.   Curran   Another sponsor of the Orphan Train.
    Carmine   Luten   14 month-old boy in the Orphan Train.
5           NEW YORK CITY CENTRAL TRAIN 1929.
    Mr.   Kaminski   Vivian's landlord of their New York apartment.
6           UNION STATION, CHICAGO , 1929
    Dutchy       New name, Luke Maynard. aka: Hans.
    Jack       Member of Dutchy's gang. aka: Slobbery Jack.
    Whitey       A member of Dutchy's gang.
8           SPRUCE HARBOR, MAINE, 2011.
    Mr.   Reed   Molly's American History teacher.
    Lori       Molly's court-ordered social worker.
    Miss   Larsen   Vivian's favorite teacher.
9           THE MILWAUKEE TRAIN, 1929.
    Rebecca       One of the orphans on the train.
    Andrew       One of the orphans on the train.
10           MILWAUKEE ROAD DEPOT, MINNEAPOLIS, 1929.
    Barney   McCallum   One of the potential foster parents.
    Eva   McCallum   Garney's wife.
11           ALBANS, MINNESOTA, 1929.
    Lois   Byrne   Vivian's foster parent.
    Raymond   Byrne   Lois's husband. Works as a woman's clothier.
12           ALBANS, MINNESOTA, 1929.
    Fanny       Old woman who oversees Byrnes seamstresses.
    Bernice       Seamstress of the Byrnes.
    Joan       Seamstress of the Byrnes.
    Sally       Seamstress of the Byrnes.
    Mary       A young girl seamstress of the Byrnes.
14           SPRUCE HARBOR, MAINE, 2011.
    Mrs.   Tate   Molly's English teacher.
    Tyler   Baldwin   Molly's classmate.
15           ALBANS, MINNESOTA, 1929.
    Miss   Uhrig   Vivian's 4th grade teacher.
16           ALBANS, MINNESOTA, 1929-1930.
    Chester   Sorenson   Agent of the Albans Children's Aid Society.
    Wilma   Grote   Vivian's foster mother.
    Gerald   Grote   Wilma's husband.
17           HEMINGFORD COUNTY, MINNESOTA, 1930.  
    Mabel   Grote   Wilma and Gerald's daughter.
    Gerald   Grote Jr.   Wilma and Gerald's son.
    Harold   Grote   Wilma and Gerald's son.
18           HEMINGFORD COUNTY, MINNESOTA, 1930.
    Mr.   Post   Drives kids to school. Math teacher.
    Michael       Vivian's schoolmate.
    Bertha       Vivian's schoolmate.
    Darlene       Vivian's schoolmate.
    Lucy   Green   Vivian's schoolmate.
22           HEMINGFORD COUNTY, MINNESOTA, 1930.
    Nettie   Grote   Wilma and Gerald's youngest child.
23           HEMINGFORD COUNTY, MINNESOTA, 1930.
        Krasnow   Vivian's neighbor in New York City.
25           HEMINGFORD COUNTY, MINNESOTA, 1930.
    Mr.   Yates   Works for Miss Larsen's landlady.
    Mrs.   Murphy   Miss Larsen's landlady.
    Miss   Grund   A border of Mrs. Murphy. Shoe store clerk.
    Jenny   Early   Former boarder of Mrs. Murphy.
26           SPRUCE HARBOR, MAINE, 2011.
    Megan   McDonald   Molly's classmate.
27           SPRUCE HARBOR, MAINE, 2011.
    Patrick   Power   Vivian's biological father. Deceased.
    Mary   Power   Vivian's biological mother. Deceased.
28           HEMINGFORD COUNTY, MINNESOTA, 1930.
    Brigid       Vivian's aunt.
    Hank   Nielsen   Vivian's foster father. General store owner.
    Viola   Nielsen   Vivian's foster mother. Hank's wife.
30           HEMINGFORD COUNTY, MINNESOTA, 1930-1931.
    Bess       Cleans Hank and Viola's house.
    Miss   Buschkowsky   Vivian's 5th grad teacher.
    Adam       Hank's delivery boy.
    Thomas       Han's delivery boy.
    Vivian   Nielsen   Hank and Viola's deceased daughter.
    John   Slattery   Lost his right arm in an accident.
    Mrs.   Abel   Eighty-seven years old and blind.
31           HEMINGFORD COUNTY, MINNESOTA, 1935-1939.
    Judy   Smith   Vivian's schoolmate.
    Douglas       Judy's boyfriend.
    Ronnie   King   Dated Vivian and gave her a promise ring.
    Tom   Price   Vivian's classmate and homecoming dance date.
    Mrs.   Fry   Vivian's twelfth-grad English teacher.
32           SPRUCE HARBOR, MAINE, 2011.
    Donna   Ayer   Molly's biological mother.
    Dwayne   Bordick   Arrested with Molly's mother for stealing.
34           MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, 1939.
    Lillian   Bart   Vivian's friend and classmate when 19.
    Emily   Reece   Vivian's friend and classmate when 19.
    Richard       Lillian's fiancé.
35           MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, 1939.
    Karl   Maynard   Widower farmer who adopted Dutchy.
36           MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, 1940-43.
    Margaret       Accounts Manager of the Nielsen's store.
    Jim   Daly   Dutchy's best friend. Vivian's husband.
37           MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, 1943.
    May       Dutchy and Vivian's daughter. aka: Sarah Dunnell.
40           SPRUCE HARBOR, MAINE, 2011.
    Carmine   Luten Jr.   Carmine's son.
41           SPRUCE HARBOR, MAINE, 2011.
    Becca       May's granddaughter. Eleven years old.
    Stephen   Dunnell   May's son.
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