I drive past the Good Shepherd home every day. My son took art classes there one summer and I've been to various community meetings there. I don't think there would be any records remaining at the site, although the Tilth garden and the grounds are fun to visit. My understanding was that it had been a home "for wayward girls" to go have their baby. Although I had remembered the facility as Catholic I also have it in mind that Good Shepherd facilities are Lutheran. I would suggest contacting the Seattle Lutheran organization or Catholic diocese to check on where records might have gone. Terri Terri Smith-Weller Seattle, Washington smithwel@u.washington.edu On Tue, 1 Dec 1998, Ralph Seefeld wrote: > I can't help with finding records, but here's a little information about > the Good Shepherd's Home. It was located at about the 4700 block of > Sunnyside Ave. in the Wallingford district of North Seattle. During the > 1940's I lived near the delivery entrance to their grounds, on Bagley > Ave. It was a Catholic home for girls, not necessarily orphans, I > think. They had a laundry facility where the girls worked doing laundry > for ships' crews. I had occasion to visit the facility a few years > ago. The main building is used now to house various public service > organizations, the Senior Center for one. The extensive grounds are now > a public park, accessed from the corner of Meridian Ave. and 50th St. > > Ralph Seefeld > Archivist > GenSoc of South Whidbey Island > > JOHuffER@aol.com wrote: > > > > In trying to track down some of the loose Partee family ends, my aunt told me > > that Florence Partee, daughter of John Bernard Partee and Katherine Keefe was > > put into the Good Shepherd Home and she thought it was in Seattle. There must > > be a tragic story behind this family as John or "Uncle Bern" as he was known > > by, disappeared and resurfaced years later destitute and living in the skid > > row section of downtown Seattle. > > > > John was born to Lewis and Hannah Louisa (Cassil) Partee March 24, 1877 in > > Defiance, OH. He married Katherine Keefe on September 17, 1900, only child > > Florence (that the family bible record shows). John had a photography > > business in Snohomish, WA. According to family tradition he is buried in > > Monroe I.O.O.F. cemetery near his parents. > > > > I would like to locate records on Florence. Her mother, according to my aunt, > > was the daughter of Dr. Keefe, a prominent physician in Snohomish at the turn > > of the century. > > > > Anyone have any suggestions? Thank you. Evelyn > > > > Researching: PARTEE, WILSON, LEYDE, CASSIL, CHASE, DAY in Snohomish and King > > Counties. Also, FORD, TOWERS, WOOD, BRITTAIN, JACKSON, WILSON. > >