Summary
Registrant Tami Smith is a biological sister looking for her brother. The adoptee was born in Illinois in 1959 in July. He was born Whennen to 14 year old birthmother Ellen Louise Stanton (maiden name Whennen).Online Genealogy and Family Research Resources
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Illinois Adoption Record: # 21784
Biological Sister looking for Adoptee
Tami Smith
Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: Whennen
Adoptive Name:
Date of Birth: Jul 1959 (now 63 years old)
Gender: Male
Birth Location: Unknown city, Unknown county, Illinois USA
Birthmother's Info
Name: Ellen Louise Stanton (Whennen)
Born: Sep 29, 1944 (now 78 years old)
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 14
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
Mom said she was at a 'all girl's home in St. Louis Missouri for most of her pregnancy which was located close to General Hospital. The baby was born between July 4 - 10th. Ms. Chapin (a probation officer/court officer from Illinois) handled the adoption arrangements back in Decatur, Illinois where the adoption was finalized in the judge's chamber. We have been told that it was a doctor and his wife that worked with my aunt that adopted him but do not know for sure but my aunt kept in touch with them over the years. (She passed before we found this out).
Registered: February 17, 2013
Biological Sister looking for Adoptee
Tami Smith
Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: Whennen
Adoptive Name:
Date of Birth: Jul 1959 (now 63 years old)
Gender: Male
Birth Location: Unknown city, Unknown county, Illinois USA
Birthmother's Info
Name: Ellen Louise Stanton (Whennen)
Born: Sep 29, 1944 (now 78 years old)
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 14
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
Mom said she was at a 'all girl's home in St. Louis Missouri for most of her pregnancy which was located close to General Hospital. The baby was born between July 4 - 10th. Ms. Chapin (a probation officer/court officer from Illinois) handled the adoption arrangements back in Decatur, Illinois where the adoption was finalized in the judge's chamber. We have been told that it was a doctor and his wife that worked with my aunt that adopted him but do not know for sure but my aunt kept in touch with them over the years. (She passed before we found this out).
Registered: February 17, 2013
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