Summary

Registrant Shelley Thomas is a biological sister looking for her sister. The adoptee was born in New York in 1956 in October. She was born Mary Handerhan in Lackawanna in Erie County to a 17 year old birthmother with the maiden name of Handerhan.

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New York Adoption Record: # 74397

Biological Sister looking for Adoptee
Shelley Thomas

Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: Mary Handerhan
Adoptive Name:
Date of Birth: Oct 1956 (now 67 years old)
Gender: Female
Birth Location: Lackawanna city, Erie county, New York USA

Birthmother's Info
Name: Margaret Alice (Handerhan)
Born: Oct 7, 1938 (now 85 years old)
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 17
Religion: Unknown

Birthfather's Info
Name: Unknown
Born: Unknown
Age at Adoptee's Birth: Unknown
Religion: Unknown

Born at Hospital: OLV
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency:

Additional Info
Birth mother lived at Baker Home for unwed mothers in Lackawanna at time of birth. Adoptee was born in October '56 and according to staff stayed there until November until she was adopted out.


Registered: February 13, 2017

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