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Would you want to PM me her name and what you have found so far? I could take a look at it, if you like.

I did see three young ladies in Brooklyn with that surname in that time period at ancestry. Their given names all started with the same letter, which some families will do. I didn't investigate further to see if they were sisters or not. One in a college yearbook and two in high school yearbooks.

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That's a great start!

You might be able to find her if she later married by looking at obituaries for her parents (and siblings, if any) - they may mention her married name and even residence, if you're lucky.

Nothing. I’m really wondering if her given name was made up or actually a middle name. Worst case scenerio the 1950 US census is released next year and as she was born in 1942 or 43 should be on it… but not sure I can wait the suspense of 8 months 🤣 

Hello all:

I'm a NYer usually on here trying to research my family in England. Today, I'm trying to help a friend who was given up for adoption in 1965. He recently obtained the name of his birth mother on his birth certificate and while he feels confident she may have died (due to rumors he heard about her life and the circumstances of his birth), he still wants to know about that side of his family. I have tried every search site I can think of, including old local papers and can find nothing on this woman. The closest I found was a woman with the same surname, but different first name, living at the address listed on the birth certificate. When I search for info on her, there is noting but the name and address. I don't even know if she is still alive. I don't really want to blindly send a letter unless it's a last resort.

The person I'm searching for is as follows:

Surname Farrar (I don't know if I'm allowed to post her first name in case she is still alive)
No birth father listed
DOB Cir. 1943 - Listed as 22 at time of birth in September of 1965
Residence -Brooklyn, NY

Any help or advice would be appreciated.

I'm wondering if your Thomas was a brother or a cousin to my GGGG Grandfather Charles Broadbridge (1787-1862)? They were obviously the same family.. similar age, same profession and Broadbridge's in Stoke Newington. The "only" (Eleven!) siblings I know of for Charles were:

John , Elizabeth, William, George, Maryanne, Rebekeh, Joseph, Caroline, Henry and a half sibling, Elizabeth.

Charles' parents were John Broadbridge (1749 of Finsbury) and Elizabeth Crow for most of those kids and woman named "Mary" fir the 2nd Elizabeth

Then his father I have listed as a Henry BRADbridge & Elizabeth... Whether Bradbridge was the original spelling or just written based on sound I don't know...

David

Hi David,
I'm looking for the father of Thomas Broadbridge, a plumber in the Stoke Newington area, born in 1792 and married to Ann Morris. Have you come across him?