33 Percy St., Dublin - 1939 / Adoption

[Christopher]

Hello Feehily,

Welcome to RootsChat.

33, Percy Street looks as though it was an address used in cases of unofficial adoptions. The best I can find online at the minute is an article relating to Irish adoptions between 1945-52. http://tinyurl.com/4pzcax

Christopher

[Feehily]

Morning Christopher,
Thanks for your prompt reply. It looks like we will have to do a lot more digging. I agree the Percy St address appears to be that of a solicitor involved in child adoption. My dad was sent to a family in Sligo and was never formally adopted by them so we only discovered his Birth name when he went looking for a Birth Cert. I get the impression that Percy St was used by parents who didn't want to be traced easily. Appreciate your help
Anne

[Natasha-7]

Hi there all,

have been reading your messages and i too am looking for information on 33 Percy place.  My mother was adopted from there in 1943.  i don't know where to go from here.  Can anybody help?

Thanks.

[George K]

The person listed in the 1934 Thom's   is K . Dalton . She was the daughter of the original owner .  The 1965 Thom's has the occupier as
St Brendan's Nursing Home, which is now a private residence at 39 Percy Place, Donnybrook, Dublin .

It appears that many of the baptisms for this home would have been in
St Mary's Church,Haddington Rd, Dublin.

I will try and get some more info for you

George K

[Natasha-7]

Hi george,
 Thanks for that- yes i found out that she was a nurse called Kathleen Dalton- she was a nurse there and she was a sponsor to alot of babies.  Her name has appeared on a lot of Bat. Certs.  She died not too long ago.  I spoke to a priest at St. Mary's this morning and he said she may have made up alot of these names on childen's Bert Certs and Bap.certs.  I'm going to get my mam to write a letter to the tracing agency at the Adoption support and see if they can come up with anything.  But it's not looking good for all those children who were told they were born in this "private nursing home".

Thanks again, talk to you soon,
Natasha.

[Taidquest]

don't know if this will help.hope so.
                                            Anne

http://www.adoption.ie/

[shanew147]

the 1949 edition of Thom's lists the following for Percy place

  39  Mrs. K. Dalton
   "    St. Brendans Nursing Home

as one house with a single rateable valuation


Shane

[Natasha-7]

Thanks Ann.

[GOODDOG]

i may be wrong but didn't legal adoption only come into force in the late forthies and early fifties. the reason i say this is i knew someone who was legally adopted in around 1956.the parents said they had a job getting to court despite having the baby? since birth. was this due to the outdated thinking of the government of the day