Summary
Registrant David Shanahan is looking for his biological birth sibling. The adoptee was born in California in 1946 in October. Adoptee was born Gildea in San Francisco in San Francisco County to 24 year old birthmother Margaret Mary Morrissey (maiden name Gildea).Online Genealogy and Family Research Resources
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California Adoption Record: # 111601
Biological Brother looking for Birth Sibling
David Shanahan
Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: Gildea
Adoptive Name:
Date of Birth: Oct 1946 (now 79 years old)
Gender: Unknown
Birth Location: San Francisco city, San Francisco county, California USA
Birthmother's Info
Name: Margaret Mary Morrissey (Gildea)
Born: Apr 15, 1922
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 24
Religion: Catholic
Birthfather's Info
Name: James George Shanahan
Born: Apr 23, 1920
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 26
Religion: Catholic
Born at Hospital: Perhaps Letterman Army Hospital
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency:
Additional Info
Birth Mother was an Army Medical Corps officer in Nagoya Japan when she met Army Captain James Shanahan. She was transferred to Letterman Army Hospital in August 1946 and her record annotation was that she was 7 months pregnant. Inferred birthday is early October 1946.
Registered: January 2, 2024
Updated: January 4, 2024
Biological Brother looking for Birth Sibling
David Shanahan
Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: Gildea
Adoptive Name:
Date of Birth: Oct 1946 (now 79 years old)
Gender: Unknown
Birth Location: San Francisco city, San Francisco county, California USA
Birthmother's Info
Name: Margaret Mary Morrissey (Gildea)
Born: Apr 15, 1922
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 24
Religion: Catholic
Birthfather's Info
Name: James George Shanahan
Born: Apr 23, 1920
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 26
Religion: Catholic
Born at Hospital: Perhaps Letterman Army Hospital
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency:
Additional Info
Birth Mother was an Army Medical Corps officer in Nagoya Japan when she met Army Captain James Shanahan. She was transferred to Letterman Army Hospital in August 1946 and her record annotation was that she was 7 months pregnant. Inferred birthday is early October 1946.
Registered: January 2, 2024
Updated: January 4, 2024
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