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This is a story based on fact that follows a husband and wife who emigrate from Scotland to Wisconsin in the 1850s. They work very hard and become welcome citizens of their new town, Eureka. They have six children. They prosper in the husbands boat building business. But when their eldest is 12, tragedy strikes the family, and the 12-year old is burdened with a terrible task which he handles as well as any adult could.
This is the story of the Eunson family and their attempt to establish a new life for themselves in America. Jo and Robert Eunson have come from Scotland and are soon well established in their new home of Eureka. They and their 6 children fit in quickly in their new community. Tragedy strikes however when one of the boys contacts diphtheria. He recovers but patriarch Robert succumbs to the disease. As a single parent, mother Jo works as a seamstress but she too dies, of typhoid. On her deathbed, she asks the eldest, 12 year-old Robbie, to find good homes for all of the children. On Christmas day, he sets out to find homes for each of his siblings.
Glynis Johns
Jo Eunson
Cameron Mitchell
Robert Eunson
Rex Thompson
Robbie Eunson
Patty McCormack
Annabelle Eunson
Ernest Truex
Dr. Adam Delbert
Hope Emerson
Mrs. Pugmeister
Alan Hale Jr.
Tom Cullen
Sylvia Field
Lelia Delbert
Royal Dano
Howard Tyler
Reta Shaw
Mrs. Runyon
Stephen Wootton
Jimmie Eunson
Tom Nolan
Kirk Eunson
Yolanda White
Elizabeth Eunson
Rita Johnson
Katie Tyler
Ellen Corby
Mrs. Raiden
Rosalyn Boulter
Mrs. Stephens
Francis De Sales
Mr. Stephens
Jon Provost
Robbie Eunson - age 6
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