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Thu Nov 19 13:58:53 PST 2020

connected with the Albertina Kerr adoption people.

Barb
wulf at bendcable.com
http://home.bendcable.com/wulf/Project/siteMapNoImage.htm
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Chapman" <khanjehgil at presys.com>
To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 11:26 PM
Subject: RE: [or-roots] Baby Louise Home in Portland

> Nancy;
>
> It looks like from the stuff Barbara found that it was definitely a
> hospital, it is possible that the term inmate was used in the broad
context
> of "resident in an institution" rather than "prisoner" as we think of it
> now. My webster's defines inmate as " one of a group occupying a single
> residence" as well as prisoner or asylum resident.
>
> I encountered this when I found one of my dad's ancestors, I forget
whether
> it was grandmother or aunt, who was a teacher. I thought it was a prison
> when I saw the column of inmates, but then down the side it gave the name
of
> the school.
>
> Les C
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
> [mailto:or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us]On Behalf Of Nancy Noble
> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 1:01 PM
> To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
> Subject: [or-roots] Baby Louise Home in Portland
>
>
> Can anyone out there tell me about the Louise Home in Portland?  In the
1930
> census, the girls there are all called "inmates", but it seems to me that
I
> can remember a time when it was a prenatal residence and birthing hospital
> for unwed mothers....and were adoptions arranged thru the home, also?  Any
> information about the Home would be welcome!
>
> Nancy in Salem
> ---

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<DIV>From what I can remember of growing up in Portland during the '=
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<DIV>Carroll (Cooper) Summers</DIV>
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2px solid">From the other stuff I found from Google.com&n=
bsp; it looks like they were connected with the Albertina Kerr adoption p=
eople. Barb wulf at bendcable.com http://home.bendcable.com/wulf/P=
roject/siteMapNoImage.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leslie=20=
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os.state.or.us > [mailto:or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us]On Beh=
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