[or-roots] Portland Area Orphanages c. 1923

[Marsha BradleyLuthy]

How about state agency records, or sheriff

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 8:42 PM, <rowriver at aol.com> wrote:

> Thanks Marsha,
> There was no adoption in this case however.  After he was placed, my dad's
> grandmother came and got him from whatever orphanage he was in and raised
> him until he was 8 or 9. At that time he went back to live with his father
> and stepmother.
> I do not know if he was placed by his father or his mother's family after
> she died in 1922. I suspect it was his mother's family since mothers
> usually have the children and his dad had abandoned her when she became ill
> in 1921.
> Stephen
>
>
>
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> From: Marsha BradleyLuthy <PMML at MERITEL.NET>
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> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Portland Area Orphanages c. 1923
>
>  a clue, a few years ago tried to research adoptions.  I found at the
> archives there was books of all judges work and they were required to
> validate all cases.  So adoptions were listed in that book with all other
> cases.  If you know approxamite date of adoptio you can track it
> in that manner ? hope that helps
>
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Leslie Chapman <opera_70 at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> Before I ditched the search that got me the page I posted earlier I
>> thought I would browse a bit more to see what I could find, good thing I
>> did, not sure why this was not on the blue Book page;
>>
>>  Hi Yes the Waverly Baby home was there. I hope you have better luck
>> then I did. The home was started in 1887. It is now called the Waverly
>> Childrens Home. Although they do not do adoptions any more from what I
>> understand, they still have all the old records. But for the early 1920's
>> there is not much to go on. They do have a little. You can contact them
>> at.....
>> Waverly Children's Home
>> 3550 SE Woodward Street
>> Portland, OR 97202
>> Toni Swope
>> (503) 234-7532
>> You will need to have some records such as your birth certificate and any
>> record that will connect you to him for proof of family. Just call Toni she
>> is great to work with.
>>
>>  that info comes from;
>>
>>
>> http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=1&p=topics.orphans.us.or
>>
>>
>>  and there is some other discussion there that it would probably be
>> useful for you to read and some other people with the same search goals.
>> *          *                   *              *
>>
>>  Here is another one not on that list, perhaps because it wasn't around
>> in 1929;
>>
>>  Grace & Hope for Children - 465 N.E. 181st #210
>> http://www.grace-hope.org/
>>
>>  Not directly apropos of your quest, but relevant to the topic;
>>
>>  http://www.faqs.org/childhood/Me-Pa/Orphanages.html
>>
>>  *    *    *    *
>> Okay there is a mystery story that I suspect is part of the genealogy of
>> another member of the list, but the links are all dead now and I don't
>> remember who is researching these names;
>> louella brunner pinder parrett           the point being a mystery
>>  ancestor
>>
>>  About all I could find, will search google books in a bit to see if I
>> find anything else.
>>
>>  Les C
>>
>>
>>
>>
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