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Surnames: Zerby, Stout
Classification: Query
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Hello,
I have a question,
I received information from Ruth Stout that her mother Estella Florence Zerby Stout was
adopted by Michael J Zerby and his wife Mary Snyder. She says that her mother was
American Indian (at least part) and that she was adopted with when she was 3 when her
biological family, living in Lima OH was unable to care for her. Does anyone have any
idea if there may be a family member who might know about this incident? Or of a way to
find early adoption records if this was a "legal" adoption? I would be very
interested in verifying this account. Ruth Stout was the youngest sister to my
great-grandmother Ada Belle Stout and is the only family member remaining who is in good
enough health to communicate well.
Mandy Cummings Colgan
dau of Sharon Ott Cummings
dau of Eugene Ott
son of Ada Belle Stout Ott
dau of Estella Florence Zerby Stout
dau of Michael J Zerby
son of David Zerbe
son of John Zerbe 3rd
son of John Zerbe 2nd
son of John "The Miller" Zerbe
son of Martin Zerbe of Kettenbach