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Surnames: Chapin
Classification: Query
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I am the youngest daughter of the late Sandra Chapin born August 27,1937 - 08/27/37 . On
some records I have also seen a birthdate which is listed as November 15, 1936 - 11/15/36
. Her maiden name was Sandra Claudette Hall born in West Palm Beach, Florida to Ola Mae
Cannon and Russell B. Hall. I have one brother I know named William Denver who was born in
1955 and raised by my grandmother.
I am searching for 3 children born to my mother. Two boys, and one girl. Unfortunately I
do not know the names or ages of these children but I strongly believe that they would
have all been born somewhere between the years of 1957 and 1969.
The circumstances surrounding their adoptions are a mystery to me. I believe that they may
have been born in either Oklahoma or in Texas but I could be wrong. I don not know if they
were adopted out as infants or as older children, but this may have happened in either
Texas or Oklahoma as well.
My mother was incarcerated in Macalister Penitentiary in Oklahoma from 1970 to 1972 after
being arrested in Texas for car theft and I believe this may have been what lead to their
adoptions or them possibly being placed into state custody or maybe even being raised by
their fathers.
I am unsure if these children were all born with the same father's or not. My mother
was married several times that I have found out about. Some of her married names and
possibly the children's last names would be:
Hall, Chapin, Cannon, Hinchey, or Kirn. She lived in many different states including
Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Florida, & California that I know of but it is
possible there may have been other states as well.
I suspect they might have been placed in either Oklahoma or Texas as that is where it
looks like my mother ran into trouble. If anyone has any information regarding these
children I would greatly appreciate knowing that they are ok and safe if nothing else.
My name is Christy Lynn Chapin, born September 27, 1973 in Oklahoma City, OK at St.
Anthony's Hospital. My biological father is Ronald Danley who resides in Washington if
this is of any help.
If you have any information please contact me at ChristyLPalmer(a)aol.com or
Mizzbehaving(a)hotmail.com.
My mother passed away March 22, 2005 in Port Saint Lucie, Florida. I would like to let
these children know that she did straighten her life up and stayed on the straight and
narrow through-out my life with her. She was a wonderful and caring mother, but the pain
involved in asking her what happen to these children was just to much for her to bare
sharing with me.
Thank you,
~Christy Chapin~