Posted on: Hampshire County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/WV/Hampshire/1425 Surname: HAY, GIBSON, SCHUMACHER, MEADE ------------------------- LOOKINMG TO CONNECT WITH SOMEONE WHO IS RESEARCHING OR HAS RESEARCHED THE "HAY" SURNAME IN AND AROUND HAMPHIRE COUNTY. INTERESTED IN THE 1900'S TO NOW. PARTICULAR INTEREST IS "DOROTHY HAY." DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT DOROTHY EXCEPT IN THE MID 1940'S, DOROTHY WAS LIVING AND WORKING IN AND AROUND THE LOGAN COUNTY AREA. DOROTHY BECAME PREGNANT, AND ON MAY 20, 1947 GAVE BIRTH TO A DAUGHTER. THE CHILD WAS DELIVERED BY A "DR. GIBSON" WHO WORKED IN AND AROUND THE CABELL COUNTY AREA. THE HOSPITAL WAS THE (NOW GONE) MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, IN HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA. DOROTHY HAD MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO ADOPT THE CHILD AT BIRTH. THE ADOPTIVE PARENTS WERE MY AUNT AND UNCLE, THE CHILD BECAME MY FIRST COUSIN, AND MY BEST FRIEND. MY AUNT AND UNCLE HAD REQUESTED TO ALL WHO KNEW OF THE ADOPTION TO NEVER TELL MY COUSIN. IT WAS ONLY AFTER HER MOTHERS DEATH IN THE 90'S THAT MY COUSIN FOUND OUT SHE WAS ADOPTED. ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO MY COUSIN TOLD ME THIS STORY AND ASK FOR MY HELP IN FINDING OUT ABOUT "DOROTHY HAY." THE FAMILY THAT KNEW OF THE ADOPTION ARE NOW GONE, AND OTHER THAN AN ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE THERE WASN'T MUCH TO GO ON. HERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS, I HAVE PUT TOGETHER. HOPE IT JOGS SOMEONES MEMORY. 1. DOROTHY WAS ABOUT 20 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF BIRTH, THAT WOULD PUT HER BEING BORN IN 1927 GIVE OR TAKE A YEAR. 2. DOROTHY WAS SAID TO HAVE HAD "RED HAIR and GREEN EYES" 3. DOROTHY WAS TALL AND SLENDER, WITH SODT FEATURES. 4 ON THE ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE DOROTHY ONLY NAMED HERSELF, SHE DIDN'T NAME A BIRTH FATHER. 5. DOROTHY NAMED HER DAUGHTER "SHARON KAY" POSSIBLY A FAMILY NAME? 6. ALTHOUGH NO BIRTH FATHER WAS NAMED, DOROTHY GAVE THE CHILD THE LAST NAME OF "SCHUMACHER" MAYBE HER HUSBANDS NAME IN AN EARLIER OR LATER MARRIAGE? IF ANY OF THIS RINGS A BELL, PLEASE CONTACT ME. THANKING YOU IN ADVANCE, CHARLES MEADE CBMEADE@AOL.COM 304-522-0244