St Teresas maternity Hosp , Wimbledon

[butterflyk]

My Brother was born here and then Adopted in Merton his birth date is 3.12.1967 his Birth Name was Darren Lewis Palmer. I have been looking for him for over 30 years now, if anyone knows any information regarding Darren please get in contact with me (*)

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[dawnsh]

Hi butterflyk

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Have you put your names on the GRO adoption contact register?

https://www.gov.uk/adoption-records/the-adoption-contact-register

or here

http://www.adoptionsearchreunion.org.uk/default.htm

or here

http://www.missing-you.net/categories/adoptions.php

in the hope that he too has registered to find his birth family.

Do you know what his name became after adoption? If not, there is no way of linking an entry in the GRO birth index with an entry in the GRO adopted childrens index and so very little way of tracing him through the normal routes.

Good luck!

Dawn

[butterflyk]

oh ok sorry I didn't know I wont put up any more personal details then, yes im registered on the gro and have messages everywhere on loads of different sites, am actually in the process of my local council adoption are helping me but I saw a previous message about a woman who lives in Buckinghamshire and says her husband being adopted there so I thought maybe it may be him as one of the names on my possible list is a man from Buckinghamshire, I don't know his adopted name yet, there is a lot of circumstances to his adoption so its so hard trying to find him, im trying every resource I can here x

[dawnsh]

He may not even know he's been adopted.

If he does know and googles his name he will find this entry and 6 others.

Good luck if you are working with an approved intermediary.

[Sas2010]

Hi all ,

 I am doing some research for a friend regarding a baby boy born at St Teresa maternity hospital . The baby was born in 1959 , according to my friend , the baby was left at the hospital when he was only a few days/ weeks old . I am trying to find out if this story is true and if so , would I be able to find out from hospital records / staff .

Thank you 

[dawnsh]

Hi Sas

It's highly unlikley that you will get access to the records, if they survive, as they are too recent.

In the first instance, try looking for a male birth registered in the Surrey North Eastern district in 1959 with the maiden surname of the mother.

[maggiewhiteley]

Hi,   I have just been reading up on this hospital, apparently it contracted 40 out beds to the   South-West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board  for about 20 years, the contract ceased about 1967.        It was run by the Sisters of St Annes.     I suppose it was mainly private, but the contract allowed nhs patients to be assured a maternity bed.   

[sarah]

I would like to reply to this person and have no idea how to go about it I have registered on your site. I too was born at Teresas Wimbledon and then adopted in 1970 I have a birth certificate but am trying to trace my parents - thank you

Posted on behalf of new member Lucyjazzbabe. To reply to topics you just need to click on the " blue reply" button that appears at the bottom of the thread

Regards

Sarah

[GeorginaT]

I was born there in July 1966 (to an unmarried student nurse) and adopted through Crusade of Rescue (name of the Catholic brigade at the time). She was called Teresa. I was called Teresa at birth. Born in St Teresa's. My birth was registered in Merton - and also Poplar. No idea why.