Fred, Gabriel & John Aveline, Orphans of Royal Native American Lineage St. Joseph’s Orphan Asylum Home to Native American Princes By Diana Vice & Karen Brand Vice and Brand are Historians with the General de Lafayette Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution in Lafayette, Indiana. My friend and co- DAR Historian, Karen Brand, and I have been researching orphans who had once lived at the St. Joseph’s Orphanage Asylum in Lafayette, Indiana.   The orphanage was founded in 1876 by the local Catholic Church and ran until 1938 when it closed. Our goal is to capture as many personal stories as we can.   [For previous orphan stories, you can read about this writer’s grandfather , Roy Hanthorn , and Con Kennedy , known as the Carnival King.] Karen recently came across an interesting story about three brothers who had lived there at the turn of the 20 th century who were famous for their genealogical heritage. In fact, they were considered to be of royal Native ...