Would someone on the list do some sleuthing for me. My cousin was adopted through Catholic Charities in Dayton. We don't know the certain names of the parents. The more I search, the more it looks like it could be the Stella I see in the '30 census below. The mother is Nellie (close enough to Della as a child remembers.) She was divorced which could also give reason for her not to be able to care for her grandchild in 1945-1947 when her daughter Stella died at Stillwater. Here are the details on by cousin's birth certificate. She weighed 5 pounds, and was prematurely born at 8.05 months at St. Ann's maternity hospital, Dayton, Ohio, on October 24, 1945, at 6:40 p.m. Medical doctor was D. H. Davies from Dayton Ohio signed October 24, 1945 received by registrar, H.H. Williams, on November 5, 1945 Traditional history Her mom told her that the biological mother's name was Della and her mother's name was Stella or it might have been the other way around. The families were Polish. "Stella" had tuberculosis and was a patient at Stillwater Sanitarium. She was told that her husband was killed in WWII right after his daughter's birth. (It could have been that she was told the shocking news, and then went into labor) She suffered depression and gave up trying to live. She died sometime after giving birth in 1945 - probably to 1947. We don't know the married name of Stella...I suspect it's also Polish. I've reviewed the death's of all Montgomery Servicemen dieing in 1945, but that's assuming he came from Montgomery County. Can anyone else come up with ideas to find the birth parents, please. Pat in OK 1930 United States Federal Census Name: Stella Pomianowski Home in 1930: Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio Age: 14 Estimated birth year: abt 1916 Relation to Head of House: Daughter Parent's Name: Nellie