Summary
Registrant Stephanie Cottrell is an adoptive relative looking for birth father. The adoptee was born in California in 1958 in October. He was born Bertrand Raymond Green in Newhall in Los Angeles County to a 22 year old birthmother with the maiden name of Trottier. His adoptive name became Stephen Howard Strittmatter.Online Genealogy and Family Research Resources
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California Adoption Record: # 78159
Adoptive Relative looking for Birth Father
Stephanie Cottrell
Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: Bertrand Raymond Green
Adoptive Name: Stephen Howard Strittmatter
Date of Birth: Oct 1958 (now 67 years old)
Gender: Male
Birth Location: Newhall city, Los Angeles county, California USA
Birthmother's Info
Name: Joan Elizabether (Trottier)
Born: Unknown
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 22
Religion: Unknown
Birthfather's Info
Name: Unknown
Born: Unknown
Age at Adoptee's Birth: Unknown
Religion: Unknown
Born at Hospital:
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency:
Additional Info
Looking for birth father of my dad who was put up for adoption in 1958. Joan Trottier/green/proctor/tate....gave up four children for adoption, the last being my father. I'm trying to locate who his birth father could be. Joan died in 1975- ruled a suicide at first then murder in the 1990s. Joan's family do not know who the birth father could be.
I am also searching for my father's sisters, two of whom may be still alive, Gail Baxter and Kimberly Johnston are their adopted names.
Registered: July 22, 2017
Adoptive Relative looking for Birth Father
Stephanie Cottrell
Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: Bertrand Raymond Green
Adoptive Name: Stephen Howard Strittmatter
Date of Birth: Oct 1958 (now 67 years old)
Gender: Male
Birth Location: Newhall city, Los Angeles county, California USA
Birthmother's Info
Name: Joan Elizabether (Trottier)
Born: Unknown
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 22
Religion: Unknown
Birthfather's Info
Name: Unknown
Born: Unknown
Age at Adoptee's Birth: Unknown
Religion: Unknown
Born at Hospital:
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency:
Additional Info
Looking for birth father of my dad who was put up for adoption in 1958. Joan Trottier/green/proctor/tate....gave up four children for adoption, the last being my father. I'm trying to locate who his birth father could be. Joan died in 1975- ruled a suicide at first then murder in the 1990s. Joan's family do not know who the birth father could be.
I am also searching for my father's sisters, two of whom may be still alive, Gail Baxter and Kimberly Johnston are their adopted names.
Registered: July 22, 2017
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