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Lawrence Goley born July 1909 - parents Deloss C Goley & ?

birdnfly1 — 2013-04-27 23:34:28Z

In the 1910 Census Lawrence is shown as age 10/12 (Census was taken May 2). Deloss said his wife was Catholic and her parents would not accept their marriage outside their faith. When the baby was born, Deloss was told it died at birth and the parents wouldn't let him talk to his wife. They took her from the hospital and, it turns out, the baby really wasn't dead but was put into the St Agnes Baby Home, Abernathy, Clackamas, Oregon. Where we found him in the 1910 Census. He found the Goley family years later...Deloss had passed. He told of his unhappy life and he must have had one, I've found he drank did some drugs and burgled when he had no money. I have a name someone suggested might be his mother, Susan Mulligan, but have no proof that is the correct person and can't find information on her or her family. I've only found a marriage license for Deloss and a Fanny Williams. So I'm hoping to find out the mothers name and what happened to her. Do the records for this home and their charges still exist? If they do does anyone know where they are? Or, does anyone have a hint where else I should look? I don't know what hospital he was born in. No one else in the family knows either. Thanks for any assistance you can give...

April 2,1966-baby boy

tamist_j — 2012-12-23 21:09:08Z

Trying to locate birth mother of baby boy adopted from Waverly in 1966-Joseph Hickman name given at birth. Birth mother d.o. b is January. 1944. She was married in new Jersey in January 1961,separated in September, then returned to Oregon where she gave birth to her first daughter in 1962,she gave birth to 2nd daughter in 1964. She remarried in Washington in 1964, they separated for a time then he returned home in January 1966. She began prenatal care her 5th month with 3rd child, the baby boy. She gave birth APRIL 2,1966, paternity was in question,she took baby home until paternity could be proven, 2nd husband not the father, she returned baby to Waverly & put him up for adoption. He was 7lbs 13 1/2 oz, reddish blonde hair. She gave him the name Joseph Hickman. If any of this sounds familiar to you, please contact me via email. I'm helping my friend find his birth family & any info is helpful.I'm helping fill a void in his heart. Thank you for reading this.

Re: Waverly Baby Home

lydiarutis — 2012-12-21 18:53:31Z

been trying to locate my son David Fuchsia.He was at the Waverly HomeIN Aug/Sept of 1963. Need to get contact maybe for a bone marrow donor.thank you for all your help, Robert David Fuchsia

St. Agnes Baby Home, Oregon City, Oregon

azsunbums2 — 2012-06-18 16:10:31Z

My father was born in 1922 and at some point was living in St. Agnes Baby Home in Oregon City, OR until 1925 when he became a foster child and was eventually adopted by the same couple. Catholic Charities in Portland, OR has been my only hope so far in discovering more about my dad's background.
I would love to learn more about the circumstances leading up to his placement at the home. I only know the name of the doctor who delivered him - Allen Noyes. Am hoping to find out where dad was born - possibly Hutchinson General Hospital (now Willamette Falls Hospital) which was a maternity hospital started in 1918, and located near St. Agnes Baby Home. Any information will be appreciated.

Belva D Clark, born 1/1912, Salt Lake and left at orphanage 1913.

smus659099 — 2012-03-05 13:47:33Z

mother left at orphanage (I was told a convent)at age 1 or 2. Birth certificate say she had a sibling. Left at age 17 to live with uncle's family in Portland. I have not been able to find any information on her parents or her until she married my father in 1940.

Re: Waverly baby home,portland,ore

wong0913 — 2012-01-01 08:06:42Z

i would like to find out how can i find when a child was there and for how long if possible in the latter 50's

Re: Waverly Baby Home-Portland, Or

lmchilders — 2011-12-17 23:46:29Z

Oregon DHS: Voluntary adoption registry
www.oregon.gov/DHS/children/adoption/adopt.../registry.shtml... 14, 2009 – If the adoption was through Waverly Children's Home, they may be reached at 503-233-0187. Please contact the private adoption agency ...

Re: Waverly Baby Home-Portland, Or

lmchilders — 2011-12-17 23:42:45Z

You may need to write to Trillium Family services instead located in Portland OR The Waverly Childrens home has been sold and is scheduled for demolition. I do not know if Trillium will have those records but they merged with Waverly and two other Organizations.

Re: St.Agnes Baby Home

Jeanot7 — 2010-09-24 00:51:16Z

Laura Marie Dunham of Martinez, is seeking information of her birth and her "mother" Margaret Robison. Laura believes she was placed in the St. Agnes Baby Home in Oregon City, Oregon about 1925. She may have a "sister" Dorothy Louise, from McMinnville, Oregon. Laura graduated from St. Mary's Academy in Portland and was confirmed as a Catholic at The Cathedral in Portland. If you have any help for Laura, you can contact the Mt. Diablo Genealogy Society at MDGS Post Office Box 2062, Walnut Creek, CA 94596 (in 2010: jcbed@sbcglobal.net)

Gardiener Home Portland,Or

mampania1 — 2009-05-14 19:38:06Z

need Information about this home

Waverly baby home,portland,ore

stephone2 — 2008-07-26 04:10:24Z

I was wondering if anyone has info on what type of services Waverley baby home provided back in the 60's and 70's???Adoption services,care for handicap children,etc.Thank you, jules

Re: Waverly Baby Home-Portland, Or

RegNMINiles — 2008-07-21 02:14:47Z

http://registration.classmates.com/registration/;jsessionid=...

Re: Waverly Baby Home-Portland, Or

RegNMINiles — 2008-07-21 02:13:40Z

I have no answer to your specific inquiry. All I can offer is this bibliographic citation from the Adoption Bibliography Center, all of which is on my computer:

Oregon Baby Home, Portland. Annual Report. A collection of reports (1911-1916) are in the Oregon State Library, Salem. Also catalogued as: PORTLAND, Or. Baby Home. The “Baby Home” [report].

The Baby Home was later known as the Waverly Children's Home.

Reg Niles
RegNMINiles#cs.com
(change pound sign to at sign)

P.S. Classmates can be a resource when seeking students from a specific school. I avoid using it because they force you to pretend to be a member of a specific class in a specific school in a specific city.

Re: Waverly Baby Home-Portland, Or

shyfawn — 2008-07-17 17:32:58Z

Hey Reg, or anyone...
Do you know how I can find out who "worked" at the Waverly Baby Home in the 1918 - 1925 time frame?
I have called them and their records back then are in a total mess and they have no idea.

I have an old photo album from a Baby Home in Portland, I assume its Waverly, but before they moved into the new building.
Pics of the Camp Fire Girls, OSU - Sigma Nu Frat. Odie - Orin Dadmun is one of the frat brothers and a KEANE???

Any one know how I can get records of graduating class of Behnke-Walker Business College? It seems these girls that worked there, most went to Behnke-Walker. Sad thing is, most names in this album are First and Nick Names, very few last names.
Any help or suggestions may help.
Thank you in advance,
shyfawn11@hotmail.com
Some last names are
Vermillion, Dadmun, Horner, Moore, Kelley, Budd,
Coyle or Coles, Pickens, Catsforth, johnson, Keane, Boyd, Marenco, Ferry, Jenkins, Foster, Chandlers,
I Believe that a MOORE family ran this baby home...

PS Reg, I have NILES in my line too, from NY.

Re: Waverly Baby Home-Portland, Or

RegNMINiles — 2006-08-26 20:25:10Z

I'm too old to remember the details about each state, but I found this citation in the data base I possess for the Adoption Bibliography Center :

ROBBINS, Jim. Where Adoption Is Suddenly an Open Book. in> The New York Times, May 17, 2001, p. D1. Blurb: "Discusses the effects of legislation in Oregon which makes birth certificates and records available to adult adoptees . . . [and] the reunion of Robert Crabtree with his mother, Janet Freese."--Academic Search Premier. (Adoptees--Identification) (Adoptees--Legal status, laws, etc.) (Crabtree, Robert) (Birth certificates) (Oregon)

Better yet, enquire of this nonprofit group of adoptees :

www.bastards.org

Reg Niles

Re: Waverly Baby Home-Portland, Or

2006-08-25 04:25:13Z

Reg- I got my Oregon "real" birth certificate but didn't know if they were releasing any other records. Do you know?

Re: Waverly Baby Home

2006-08-25 04:15:55Z

I spent almost 5 months at Waverly Baby Home in 1941. I am looking for an older brother that was adopted twice .(his adoptive father died thus the 2 adoptions.) He was born March 27,1937
Anyone know anything about Waverly?

Looking for Sidney

2006-08-23 22:34:07Z

In 1966 my parents took in a 2-month old baby named Sidney (boy) as foster parents. I was 9 years old then and Sidney became the light of my life and my dream come true. I had two older biological brothers and Sidney was the third foster child to become part of our family. We knew nothing about his parents except that they were unwed, the father was African-American and the mother Caucasian. Just when Sidney had found his way deeply into our hearts and my parents were ready to start adoption proceedings, 4 months later his birth mother decided to take him back, which was her right and within the 6-month time limitation. I was devastated and cried for weeks. He was the little brother I'd always wanted. I have no last name for this now-40-yr.-old man, and we were not allowed to gain any information or follow up on his life, but I've always wanted to know what became of him. If anyone can look through the records and find out about a baby named Sidney who went to the Weller foster family in N.E. Portland in 1966 and can lead me to a non-confrontational way of communicating with him or finding anything more about him, I'd realize another dream come true.
Thank you.

Carol

Re: St.Agnes Baby Home

2006-03-22 19:54:27Z

My Mom was also placed in St. Agnes Baby Home. I have two places that might be of some help? You can try contacting "The State Of Oregon For The County Of Multnomah".
Or you can try "The Catholic Charities". Pregnancy & Adoption Services.
address: 447 NE 47th Ave. Suite 100
Portland, Oregon ( 97213-2324)
Hope this helps. Diane

Re: St. Agnes Baby Home

2006-01-25 00:32:01Z

My sisters and I are trying to locate my father's siblings. I believe some of them may have been placed in St. Agnes Baby Home also. The years are most likely between 1920 and 1929. Their last name was Moore.

Re: Waverly Baby Home-Portland, Or

RegNMINiles — 2005-07-21 00:39:09Z

If anyone wants to read some early annual reports, here's a citation :

Oregon Baby Home, Portland. Annual Report. A collection of reports (1911-1916) are in the Oregon State Library, Salem. Also catalogued as: PORTLAND, Or. Baby Home. The ?Baby Home? [report]. The Baby Home was later known as the Waverly Children's Home.

By the way, the adoptees won the court battle and their records were opened. The man who opposed the adoptees and mounted the court challenge died.

Reg Niles

Waverly Baby Home

2005-02-09 06:20:26Z

Here is a picture of my sister (left) and me (right) in front of the Waverly Baby Home. We spent some time there while our Dad was in the Navy during WWII. Lucky we weren't adopted out from there!

Re: St.Agnes Baby Home

2004-12-28 05:38:32Z

My Mother was placed for adoption in 1920. Does anyone have any information on records kept by the sisters?
Kyra

Waverly Baby Home

ToniFosterHarris — 2004-04-09 15:14:32Z

Does anyone have any info on this Home. I know it was in Oregon but that is all I know. I am searching for adoption records on my deceased mother.

Thank-You Mary

ToniFosterHarris — 2004-04-09 15:14:32Z

My mothers adopted name was Jeanne Charlton. Her adopted parents were Gordon and Violet Charlton.

Re: Waverly Baby Home-Portland, Or

ToniFosterHarris — 2004-04-09 15:14:32Z

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.

Good Luck on Your search.

Re: Waverly Baby Home-Portland, Or

2001-09-17 12:56:52Z

Thank you for the information you posted. It was interesting to me because I am looking for my father's adoption. I was just wondering when the Waverly home was in use? My father was born in Portland, Oregon on 1 December 1919 and was supposedly put up for adoption. Would Waverly have been open in 1920 and if not, do you have any suggestions as to where I can find out any details about my father's adoption like where he would have been placed after his birth? From what my mother has told me, my grandfather was away during WWI and when he returned home, my grandmother already had my father picked out for adoption. If you can offer any suggestions as to where to look, I would appreciate the suggestions.

St.Agnes Baby Home

whittleus1w — 2001-07-21 22:06:09Z

Hi, My name is Diane. I started doing my Family Tree after my Mother passed away.My Mom was also placed in St.Agnes baby Home.(1925) If you want to know more about St.Agnes Baby Home go to: www.gesswhoto.com/state-aided.html.St.Agnes Baby Home is towards the bottom of the page.I also obtained a Photo of St.Agnes Baby Home through the Oregon Historical Society.The Address is: 1200 Southwest Park Avenue. Portland,Oregon (97205-2483) Diane

adopted from Waverly Home

2000-03-06 18:19:08Z

Find as many family history boards in the Portland to Salem, OR, area's and post as much info as you can (without getting too personal) about your mom. Birth date, when adopted, area adopted parents lived, and other information. Sometimes, someone will have a clue that might lead you to something. If given any clues, no matter how small, keep them and hopefully they will lead you to something promising. With so many people looking at family-web-boards, someone might remember some history of how your mother got into Waverly Home. Good luck! Mary

Waverly Baby Home-Portland, Or

2000-03-06 17:41:22Z

Toni,

I believe the Waverly Baby Home was in Portland, Or. It may be a children's counseling/help center now. I am not sure how you might get ahold of any adoption records. Oregon has very tightly closed all adoption records and is in the process of a legal battle to open the availability to original birth cert.'s which voter's had approved but birth moms said "No way!" and took it to court. Children that went through Waverly Baby Home were usually adopted through social services provided by the State. Perhaps by listing your mothers adopted name, someone might run across information to connect you with her birth family. I wish you luck in your search, Mary

St. Agnes Baby Home

2000-02-16 07:29:44Z

my mother(Mary Elizabeth Casciato) was placed as an infant in 1932 or 33 at St. Agnes Baby Home. the home shut down several years ago. anyone having information, please contact.
thnakyou.