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Rachel Herbert

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Brenda

Brenda Report 25 Jan 2016 20:25

I am trying to find Rachel Herbert. She was born in 1954 in Stranaer, Scotland. Her maiden name was MacDonald. She married a James Patrick Haveron from Nothern Ireland (1951) and had 2 children (my son-in-law was one of them, James born 1977. He had an older sister Rachel Christina born 1975). She went on to have a relationship with George Macmillan Foy and had another son George John Haveron/Foye born 1979). She had another two children Rebecca Ann Louise McDonald born 1988 and another son Christopher David John James McDonald born 1984). She married again to a Frederick E Herbert in 1991 and was living at that time in Portsmouth. My son-in-law would love to be put in touch with his birth mother or any of his siblings. All of the children were adopted so they are difficult to trace. Please get in touch if you think you can help.

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 25 Jan 2016 21:16

Hi Brenda - welcome to the boards :-)

Use the "Search" facility, top right hand corner of this page to see if any of these people appear in any trees on this site - if you strike lucky you then have the option of making contact with the tree owner through the site

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 25 Jan 2016 21:20

possible marriage in Portsmouth sent by message

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

Rambling

Rambling Report 25 Jan 2016 21:38

Brenda, do you have the marriage cert for Rachel to Frederick please for his age?


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malyon

malyon Report 25 Jan 2016 21:46

brenda you should remove the dates of birth just put the year

Rambling

Rambling Report 25 Jan 2016 21:52

Brenda, It won't matter if you leave the dates for the children as long as you are sure they were adopted, but you should remove Rachel's exact DOB.

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+++DetEcTive+++

+++DetEcTive+++ Report 25 Jan 2016 22:34

Scotland and England both have Adoption Contact Registers.

Depending where her children were born, has your husband added his name to the relevant ones?
https://www.gov.uk/adoption-records/the-adoption-contact-register for England and Wales
http://www.birthlink.org.uk/ for Scotland.

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