Assisi Mother & Baby Homes

[Damian Keady]

Hi Elisabeth...

Thanks so much for posting... and it's so refreshing to hear your positivity.

Non of us can change the past, I for one know that, all we are asking for is information, nothing more.

I am so glad you managed to touch base with your mother.. and to post on here, as it gives encouragement to others who are also searching.. we are all running out of time as we get older, but to know a little about our start in life and our maternal and paternal backgrounds is all most of us need to know..

I wish you peace and happiness..

Best wishes
DAMO

[Michele D'Acosta]

Hi Kathryn Bryant,

Thanks to you starting this thread back in 2013 regarding ASSISI, I found my BIRTH MOTHER!

Words cannot express how I feel to have found my mum (Winifred) after decades of searching for her.

Kathryn, my gratitude to you knows no bounds. You sent me a photograph of Assisi, and this picture gave me hope when I was in despair.

If you are reading this post and still searching for your birth mum, please respond and let me help you.

I was born in Assisi in the 1960's

My heartfelt thanks and much love to all of you.

Shelley

[michaelrobert]

I was born at Assisi Home 1960's.  My mother was Lina Mangion (her official name was Mary Carmen) from Malta.  I wonder if anyone remembers her.

[KathrynBryant1]

Hi Shelley.  Your message to me is so touching it nearly made me cry.  I am so pleased that I was able to help in some way, shape or form.   I trust that you have made contact with your Mum and that all is well?

I did find my Mother but sadly she passed in February 2011.   I had the great pleasure in meeting her and I was with her when she passed, very, very sad but at least I had comfort and hopefully she did also in us having met.   I also found my Father.   Mum and Dad weren't married, he being a real womaniser and Mum did like a chap or two.   I did not have the pleasure of meeting my Father as he had died in 1961.  I traced him from Ireland to London then London to Brighton where he lived for the last few years of his life until he passed.   I managed to find his burial place, also in Brighton, visited and I've tended the grave ever since.  Do keep me updated with your news as and when you have time.   Kindest regards to you Kathryn xx

[aliceweston]

Hi,

I am looking to trace my grandparents or find more information regarding my mothers adoption.

Birth name Catherine Geoghegan. born march 1964, Alton, Hampshire.
Adoption administrate work show she was at Mother and Baby home in Hindhead?

Not sure if I am on the right line here but if anyone has any information it would be immensely appreciated.
 

[SusieKelly]

Just lost a few hours researching this place, Im helping my friend with genealogy she was born in May 1965 at a MBU Hindhead, Greyshott Surrey, and her birth registration was Alton Hampshire, she was raised by her birth mother who would have been 25 when she gave birth, now her mum has passed away so she felt it was time to search for her father, we done the DNA and found her to be of Maltese/Italian heritage from her paternal side. (She was told he was Italian from her mother) She was told by her mother she went to a MBU to give birth and she returned to work not long after giving birth and the baby stayed at the unit and she visited regularly and financially supported the baby, when the baby (my friend) was 2 her mum told her family about her and her mother and sister travelled to Surrey and took her and the child home. Now how true all this was we will never know, reading everyone else’s stories on here, the pattern seems to be, you give birth and 6 weeks later your out either with or without your baby, maybe my friends mum gave her to foster parents while she worked. So does anyone know where the baptism records for the baby would be held, or even if any records exist of babies born within the MBU.  @KathrynBryant1 who started this thread Im wondering if her mum was there when you were.

[ClareMG]

Hi there, not sure if this thread is still active, but I am very interested in finding out more about the Assisi home in Hammer Lane, Grayshott. My adopted brother was born to a young unmarried mother in 1961. All I know is that he was born in Grayshott, and then given up for adoption immediately afterwards, to something called the Southwark Catholic Children's Rescue Society (?). It only a guess that he was born at the Assisi home, but having stumbled across this thread recently I think it's likely! Sadly my brother died a few weeks ago. He was only 62.
Kathryn Bryant, are you still working on a history of the home? I would love to hear from you if so.

[KathrynBryant1]

Morning all.  Does anyone know where copies of the Baptismal Records are kept for babies born at Assisi please?  I did see a post somewhere where am sure the person got a copy from a Church nearby but am not 100% sure on this.  I might be having a senior moment!!

Kathy

[ClareMG]

Yes, Kathy, it was probably me (Clare) who you remember telling you about the baptismal records! They are indeed held at the nearby church, and that's where I found confirmation that my brother Chris was born at Assisi. However, the church is Catholic, and exempt from the usual "freedom of information" rules that C of E churches have. So there's no automatic "right" to access their records. If you'd like details I will send you an email. x