I have a situation where Maree, a cousin of my wife, is looking for her birth mother as she was adopted out just after birth. She paid someone to do a search, cost a lot of money with no result, and was told that her file was missing or been destroyed. I said I would see if I could assist and she said that she was told by her life mother before she died, that she was born on 2 July 1956 as Nicole Ann Morrow at Darlinghurst in Sydney and that her birth mother was very young and named Marie Morrow.
I started searching and the only Marie Morrow I could find was a Marie Elizabeth Morrow, born 8 November 1939, which if she is the mother, would have been about 17 at the time. She was likely a student nurse at the time as I found in the 1958-1962 Electoral Rolls she was living at the RPA Hospital. The fact that she was living at the hospital, might indicate that she was from a country town instead of the city. In October 1962 she married a William Foster Thompson in Sydney. He was a Medical Practitioner. From 1968 on, they were living in Wagga Wagga, NSW and had six children. Marie died on 20 November 2004 and William died in 2013, both in Wagga Wagga.
I also need to say that my grandmother on my mother's side was a Morrow and I am interested, apart from the above, in seeing if there is a connection. However the information I found on Ancestry.com showed that Marie's parent's were unknown. I am unable to source her Birth & Death certificates because of the time frames. I have searched Trove for any newspaper articles without success.
Would love to see if we can confirm of delete Marie Elizabeth Morrow as the birth mother, and to investigate further who her parents were. Hoping someone can assist.
Regards,
Peter