Illinois Adoption Record #80160

Illinois Adoption Record: # 80160

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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 83 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