Summary
Registrant Kim Applen is a member of the birth family looking for birth father. The adoptee was born in Illinois in 1942 on August 11th. She was born Karen Lynn Beebe Or Sommerfeld in Chicago in Cook County to 17 year old birthmother Lillian Alma White (maiden name Sommerfeld ). Her adoptive name became Karen Lynn White.Online Genealogy and Family Research Resources
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Illinois Adoption Record: # 80160
Other Birth Family looking for Birth Father
Kim Applen
Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: Karen Lynn Beebe Or Sommerfeld
Adoptive Name: Karen Lynn White
Date of Birth: Aug 11, 1942 at 12:05 am (now 81 years old)
Gender: Female
Birth Location: Chicago city, Cook county, Illinois USA
Birthmother's Info
Name: Lillian Alma White (Sommerfeld )
Born: Apr 6, 1925
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 17
Religion: Unknown
Birthfather's Info
Name: Beebe
Born: Unknown
Age at Adoptee's Birth: Unknown
Religion: Unknown
Born at Hospital: 2502 W Vanburen
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency:
Additional Info
My grandmother (birth mother) gave birth to my mother (adoptee) in 1942, out of wedlock, when she was 17 years old. The only information I have regarding my mother’s birth father is that his last name was Beebe, possibly Harry or Harrison Beebe, a married man with a wife and children, in his early 40s. My grandmother was the babysitter for the Beebe family, and became intimate with the head of the household, Beebe. I was also told that my grandmother became pregnant by Beebe approximately 2 years prior to the birth of my mother, and that Beebe forced my grandmother to have a “bathtub†abortion, said he was a doctor. My grandmother married Thomas Joseph White, my “grandfather†on December 12, 1944, and was told by my mother’s sibling that my “grandfather†officially adopted my mother. My mother, grandmother, and grandfather are deceased.
The information provided above came to me after I submitted my DNA to Ancestry.com and was presented with several possible DNA matches with the last name of Beebe.
Registered: October 31, 2017
Other Birth Family looking for Birth Father
Kim Applen
Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: Karen Lynn Beebe Or Sommerfeld
Adoptive Name: Karen Lynn White
Date of Birth: Aug 11, 1942 at 12:05 am (now 81 years old)
Gender: Female
Birth Location: Chicago city, Cook county, Illinois USA
Birthmother's Info
Name: Lillian Alma White (Sommerfeld )
Born: Apr 6, 1925
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 17
Religion: Unknown
Birthfather's Info
Name: Beebe
Born: Unknown
Age at Adoptee's Birth: Unknown
Religion: Unknown
Born at Hospital: 2502 W Vanburen
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency:
Additional Info
My grandmother (birth mother) gave birth to my mother (adoptee) in 1942, out of wedlock, when she was 17 years old. The only information I have regarding my mother’s birth father is that his last name was Beebe, possibly Harry or Harrison Beebe, a married man with a wife and children, in his early 40s. My grandmother was the babysitter for the Beebe family, and became intimate with the head of the household, Beebe. I was also told that my grandmother became pregnant by Beebe approximately 2 years prior to the birth of my mother, and that Beebe forced my grandmother to have a “bathtub†abortion, said he was a doctor. My grandmother married Thomas Joseph White, my “grandfather†on December 12, 1944, and was told by my mother’s sibling that my “grandfather†officially adopted my mother. My mother, grandmother, and grandfather are deceased.
The information provided above came to me after I submitted my DNA to Ancestry.com and was presented with several possible DNA matches with the last name of Beebe.
Registered: October 31, 2017
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