Summary
Registrant Phyllis Denman is an adoptive relative looking for any of her birth family. The adoptee was born in Michigan on March 5th. She was born Helen E. Church in Ann Arbor in Washtenaw County to 31 year old birthmother Mabel Alice Church (maiden name Watkins). Michigan Children's Home Society Re handled the adoption. Her adoptive name became Phyllis Gregory.Online Genealogy and Family Research Resources
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Michigan Adoption Record: # 27179
Adoptive Relative looking for Any Birth Family
Phyllis Denman
Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: Helen E. Church
Adoptive Name: Phyllis Gregory
Date of Birth: Mar 5
Gender: Female
Birth Location: Ann Arbor city, Washtenaw county, Michigan USA
Birthmother's Info
Name: Mabel Alice Church (Watkins)
Born: Feb 15
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 31
Religion: Unknown
Birthfather's Info
Name: Unknown
Born: Unknown
Age at Adoptee's Birth: Unknown
Religion: Unknown
Born at Hospital: University Of Michigan Homeopathic
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency: Michigan Children's Home Society Re
Additional Info
Helen E. Church was born 5 march 1908 at the Homeopathic Hospital (now the University of Michigan Hospital) in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Her mother, Mable Alice Watkins Church was born 15 Feb. 1877 in Putney, Windham, Vermont.
Helen E. Church (Phyllis Gregory) was my mother and Mable Church would be my grandmother. In the adoption papers Mable Church names her husband, Herbert Harold Church as being my mother's father.
Registered: April 24, 2014
Adoptive Relative looking for Any Birth Family
Phyllis Denman
Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: Helen E. Church
Adoptive Name: Phyllis Gregory
Date of Birth: Mar 5
Gender: Female
Birth Location: Ann Arbor city, Washtenaw county, Michigan USA
Birthmother's Info
Name: Mabel Alice Church (Watkins)
Born: Feb 15
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 31
Religion: Unknown
Birthfather's Info
Name: Unknown
Born: Unknown
Age at Adoptee's Birth: Unknown
Religion: Unknown
Born at Hospital: University Of Michigan Homeopathic
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency: Michigan Children's Home Society Re
Additional Info
Helen E. Church was born 5 march 1908 at the Homeopathic Hospital (now the University of Michigan Hospital) in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Her mother, Mable Alice Watkins Church was born 15 Feb. 1877 in Putney, Windham, Vermont.
Helen E. Church (Phyllis Gregory) was my mother and Mable Church would be my grandmother. In the adoption papers Mable Church names her husband, Herbert Harold Church as being my mother's father.
Registered: April 24, 2014
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