Summary
Registrant Norman Ashley is a member of the birth family looking for any of his birth family. The adoptee was born in California in 1943 on November 8th. She was born Helen Jean Ashley in South San Francisco in San Mateo County to 38 year old birthmother Delta Ashley (maiden name Foster).Online Genealogy and Family Research Resources
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California Adoption Record: # 105593
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Norman Ashley
Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: Helen Jean Ashley
Adoptive Name:
Date of Birth: Nov 8, 1943 (now 82 years old)
Gender: Female
Birth Location: South San Francisco city, San Mateo county, California USA
Birthmother's Info
Name: Delta Ashley (Foster)
Born: Feb 25, 1905
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 38
Religion: Unknown
Birthfather's Info
Name: John Wesley Ashley
Born: Jun 27, 1904
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 39
Religion: Unknown
Born at Hospital: South San Francisco Community Hospi
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency:
Additional Info
My aunt "Helen" who was taken away and adopted out, after her mother had a stroke 1945, by the State of California, social worker. The other children were returned. My father and Alice think it was a neighbor who wanted a child.\\\\n\\\\nHelen’s Father, John Wesley passed the year she was born.\\\\n\\\\nThey Lived at Lindenville housing project was a World War II naval built along the 40-line south of South San Francisco\\\\n\\\\nHelen Jean Ashley\\\\n\\\\nborn: 8 Nov 1943\\\\n\\\\nSan Mateo general hospital\\\\n\\\\nHer Father: John Ashley passed: May 1943\\\\n\\\\nAdopted from Redwood City Court House 1945\\\\n\\\\nHer Mother: Delta "Foster" 1949 had another stroke and confined to a state run hospital, passed: 1965 stroke\\\\n\\\\nSibling: Alice 1933 went to live with relatives in Iowa, passed: 2012 heart failure\\\\n\\\\nSibling: Norman, my father, 1935 emancipated and joined the Army age 14\\\\n\\\\npassed: 1994 massive heart attack\\\\n\\\\nSibling: John Wesley 1941 sent to foster home Dairy where he worked never learning to read and write passed: 1983 enlarged heart\n\nThe San Mateo Times states that the city is called Bayshore City\n
Registered: August 25, 2021
Other Birth Family looking for Any Birth Family
Norman Ashley
Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: Helen Jean Ashley
Adoptive Name:
Date of Birth: Nov 8, 1943 (now 82 years old)
Gender: Female
Birth Location: South San Francisco city, San Mateo county, California USA
Birthmother's Info
Name: Delta Ashley (Foster)
Born: Feb 25, 1905
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 38
Religion: Unknown
Birthfather's Info
Name: John Wesley Ashley
Born: Jun 27, 1904
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 39
Religion: Unknown
Born at Hospital: South San Francisco Community Hospi
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency:
Additional Info
My aunt "Helen" who was taken away and adopted out, after her mother had a stroke 1945, by the State of California, social worker. The other children were returned. My father and Alice think it was a neighbor who wanted a child.\\\\n\\\\nHelen’s Father, John Wesley passed the year she was born.\\\\n\\\\nThey Lived at Lindenville housing project was a World War II naval built along the 40-line south of South San Francisco\\\\n\\\\nHelen Jean Ashley\\\\n\\\\nborn: 8 Nov 1943\\\\n\\\\nSan Mateo general hospital\\\\n\\\\nHer Father: John Ashley passed: May 1943\\\\n\\\\nAdopted from Redwood City Court House 1945\\\\n\\\\nHer Mother: Delta "Foster" 1949 had another stroke and confined to a state run hospital, passed: 1965 stroke\\\\n\\\\nSibling: Alice 1933 went to live with relatives in Iowa, passed: 2012 heart failure\\\\n\\\\nSibling: Norman, my father, 1935 emancipated and joined the Army age 14\\\\n\\\\npassed: 1994 massive heart attack\\\\n\\\\nSibling: John Wesley 1941 sent to foster home Dairy where he worked never learning to read and write passed: 1983 enlarged heart\n\nThe San Mateo Times states that the city is called Bayshore City\n
Registered: August 25, 2021
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