Hello I am helping a friend in search for the family of a May C. Keever born in 1893- I am copy/pasting a letter from her to explain circumstances - thanks for any help that anyone might be able to offer. Beth W. Letter: I am searching for my paternal grandmother, May C. Keever. I did find >listings of her as a employee at the Dayton State Hospital from November >1915 till 1918 at the Ohio Historical society a couple of years ago. She >was also listed in the Dayton Ohio phone book during those years. > >She gave birth to my father on October 20, 1915 in Dayton (Miami Valley >Hospital). I have my father's birth certificate as well as a copy of the >adoption papers. > >I've been searching for my grandmother since 1983, when my father, who was >terminally ill, told me about his birth parents. I have been unable to >find a birth listing for May. I think she may have been born in 1896 (If >she told the truth on my father's birth certificate). I've spent days and >days in both Lebanon and Dayton government offices searching through old >books containing birth dates, marriage dates and death listings and have >found no trace of her. > >I do know that: > >She lists Mason, Ohio as her place of birth > >She listed her occupation at that time as a shell loader > >She went to Dayton to give birth to my father > >She was unmarried. The father was Ralph LeFever (I have found this family >and even have pictures of Ralph and keep in contact with one of his >daughters from his marriage to Belle Nixon) > >I think maybe she had an open adoption and knew the family that adopted my >father (Lonie and Lillie Franks from Dayton) > > >Some the obstacles have been: > >I don't know who her parents are > >I don't know where she went after the employment at Dayton St. Hospital in >1918. > >I don't know if she ever married and changed her name > >I don't know if she remained in Ohio or moved away > >I don't know when she passed away > > >After all these years, there's three things I'd like to find (1) her birth >date and her parents' identity (so I know which Keever line I'm >from) (2) Somehow find a picture of my grandmother and (3) Find her grave >so I can say hello and goodbye to her. > >I thank you.