Summary
Registrant Charles Burr is an adoptee looking for birth mother. The adoptee was born in Illinois in 1930 on November 18th. He was born in Chicago in Cook County to 19 year old birthmother Marcella Kodym (maiden name Kodym). The Cradle, Evanston, IL handled the adoption. His adoptive name became Charles Shoup Burr.Online Genealogy and Family Research Resources
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Illinois Adoption Record: # 79621
Adoptee looking for Birth Mother
Charles Burr
Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: Unknown
Adoptive Name: Charles Shoup Burr
Date of Birth: Nov 18, 1930 at 4:05pm (now 92 years old)
Gender: Male
Birth Location: Chicago city, Cook county, Illinois USA
Birthmother's Info
Name: Marcella Kodym (Kodym)
Born: 1911
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 19
Religion: Unknown
Birthfather's Info
Name: John Spencer Johnston
Born: Dec 7, 1906
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 23
Religion: Unknown
Born at Hospital: Belmont
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency: The Cradle, Evanston, IL
Additional Info
I have found my birth father's family through Ancestry DNA match.
Marcella married Thomas V James 13 Aug 1932 in Cook County, IL, file no. 1349507. She died in Sarasota County, FL June 1969 and was buried in Acacia Park Cemetery, Chicago. Obit in Chicago Tribune 2 July 1969 naming their children, Barbara, Carol, Gerald and Kathleen.
Registered: October 4, 2017
Adoptee looking for Birth Mother
Charles Burr
Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: Unknown
Adoptive Name: Charles Shoup Burr
Date of Birth: Nov 18, 1930 at 4:05pm (now 92 years old)
Gender: Male
Birth Location: Chicago city, Cook county, Illinois USA
Birthmother's Info
Name: Marcella Kodym (Kodym)
Born: 1911
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 19
Religion: Unknown
Birthfather's Info
Name: John Spencer Johnston
Born: Dec 7, 1906
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 23
Religion: Unknown
Born at Hospital: Belmont
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency: The Cradle, Evanston, IL
Additional Info
I have found my birth father's family through Ancestry DNA match.
Marcella married Thomas V James 13 Aug 1932 in Cook County, IL, file no. 1349507. She died in Sarasota County, FL June 1969 and was buried in Acacia Park Cemetery, Chicago. Obit in Chicago Tribune 2 July 1969 naming their children, Barbara, Carol, Gerald and Kathleen.
Registered: October 4, 2017
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