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Date: Thursday, 1 September 2016, at 12:20 p.m.

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There was a column in many Newfoundland newspapers called "Searching For Family" that was managed by Judy Ash.

Much Canadian family information can be gleaned from the submissions to this column.

Inevitably, many of the subjects of these entries have not ever been located, so our hopes are that repeating

these extracts will help that effort.

This extract is from April 1999:

 

NAME: Vivian (daughter) 

SEARCHER: birth mother 

BORN: June 4, 1968 

PLACE OF BIRTH: V.S. Memorial Hospital, St. Lawrence 

 

NAME: Jamie (birth son) 

SEARCHER: birth mother 

BORN: Aug. 15, 1977 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Grace General Hospital, St. John's 

RELIGION: United 

 

NAME: Marjorie Lillian (adoptee) 

SEARCHING FOR: birth mother (Olive Matthews) 

BORN: Jan. 19, 1937 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Glenbrook Home for Unwed Mothers, St. John's 

WEIGHT: 7 lbs. 

NOTE: I would appreciate it if anyone out there would help me find my roots. 

 

NAME: Gerard or Jerome Rose (son) 

SEARCHER: birth father 

BORN: Dec. 27, 1961 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Come by Chance Hospital 

WEIGHT: 5 lbs., 10 oz. 

 

NAME: Scott (adoptee) 

SEARCHING FOR: birth family 

BORN: Dec. 30, 1974 

PLACE OF BIRTH: St. John's 

WEIGHT: 5 lbs., 4 oz 

. RELIGION: Salvation Army 

 

NAME: Stephen (son) 

SEARCHER: birth mother 

BORN: Feb. 26, 1970 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Burin Cottage Hospital, NF 

 

NAME: Stewart (son) 

SEARCHER: birth mother 

BORN: July 1, 1966 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Western Memorial Hospital, Corner Brook 

RELIGION: Anglican 

 

NAME: George Terrance (half-brother) 

SEARCHER: half-sister 

BORN: May 21, 1967 

PLACE OF BIRTH: James Paton Memorial Hospital, Gander 

NOTE: Would the searcher please contact Judy Ash immediately. 

 

NAME: Mildred 

SEARCHING FOR: birth family 

BORN: Sept. 15, 1969 

WEIGHT: 7 lbs., 1 oz. 

 

NAME: Michael Todd (adoptee) 

SEARCHING FOR: birth family 

BORN: Feb. 12, 1968 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Corner Brook 

 

NAME: Victoria (daughter) 

SEARCHING FOR: birth father 

BORN: April 8, 1968 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Come by Chance, NF. 

 

SEARCHER: adoptee 

SEARCHING FOR: birth family 

BORN: March 27, 1932 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Grace Hospital, St. John's 

NOTE: Birth mother is deceased. 

 

NAME: Stephen Henry (birth brother) 

SEARCHER: birth sister 

BORN: Early 60s (would be around 35 or 36 years of age) 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Inverness County Hospital, CB, NS 

NOTE: Angeline Googoo used to know the searcher's mother. 

 Due to urgency please contact Judy Ash. 

 

NAME: Lawrence or Lawrence Dion (adoptee) 

SEARCHING FOR: Birth family 

BORN: Nov. 16, 1974 

WEIGHT: 6 lbs. 9 1/2 oz. 

NOTE: Clara Sparkes was Welfare Officer at time of adoption in Corner Brook.  

Biological grandfather had asthma. Birth family may have surname House or Norma or Holmes. 

 

NAME: Edgar (searcher) 

SEARCHING FOR:Birth family 

BORN: March 7, 1945 

NOTE: A Mrs. Miller brought a letter written by Isabel Garland,  

welfare officer in St. John's, to Edgar's adoptive parents in May 1948.  

Edgar was nicknamed Teddy. 

 

NAME: Michael Phillip 

BORN: Sept. 15, 1964 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Grace Hospital, St. John's 

SEARCHER: Birth mother