Address where born - Napier NZ

[Flowery]

I have someone born in 1929 at  76 McDonald St. Napier.
Was there an unmarried mothers home there.

They were adopted so wondered  if it was a private house or for unmarried mothers


THANKS    Gay

[mckha489]

I wonder if?

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DTN18920617.2.11?items_per_page=10&phrase=2&query=Macdonald+street&snippet=true&title=BA%2cDTN%2cHAST%2cHBH%2cHBT%2cHBWT%2cWAIPM

[Flowery]

Doesn't sound very nice place?? 
Would the 1931 Electoral Roll be able to help

[mckha489]

The 1928 roll is on ancestry and the first page I picked had 72 Macdonald street. But sadly the roll is  not sorted by streets.

Who was the informant. Might that be a name we could look up. To save paging through,

[Flowery]

The person has this address on their Birth Certificate so have no idea who would have lived there. Trying to think of a way to work out if it was a private house or unwed mothers as he was adopted.
The only name it could be is Limbrick but not sure.

[mckha489]

1928 supplemental roll for Napier has at 76 Macdonald

Jack Johnstone Paterson, an engineer.

there are not any other Patersons at that address.

[TwiggyTree]

Might the Wises Postal Directory microfiche be helpful to confirm owner or occupants too?

The Napier City Council may also have property records; but I am thinking that the library may be another historic source instead to either confirm address of Home for Destitute Children, or any information about the address you do have.

Sent a PM.

[kiwihalfpint]

Might the Wises Postal Directory microfiche be helpful to confirm owner or occupants too?

The first sighting I can see for the NZ City & Area Directories for a Jack J Paterson is in 1947 for Napier.


Cheers
KHP

[TwiggyTree]

As an aside (ie not all maternity homes), there is a book about Children's Homes in the Hawkes Bay that I stumbled upon called "Who Cared?" : https://www.rootschat.com/links/01q8l/