The writer of this blog can be contacted at shannoncolleen@msn.com. Yes we are still around and open for communication with family and other enquires. Please use Lucille Jordan as the subject line.
Sunday, March 27, 2022
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
November 16, 2014 Roderick's (birth name: Michael) Daughter found us!!!!
Slowly the pieces fall together. Kathleen came to find us after Roderick had passed away. The internet is a wondrous thing, isn't it? I am sorry that this is short, I haven't had time to sit down and really plan a post. I just wanted to let anyone else that may find this blog, that our family is growing and we invite any other possible relatives to contact us. We still welcome you!
Saturday, June 23, 2012
UPDATE: A reunion that was a lifetime in the making, took place today. My dad re-met his baby sister, Ann Marie. This blog page was the impetus. Ann's son, Dan, found this page and went through extreme efforts to locate me. Can you imagine that? It took 7 years to make that difference, but hey now is better than never. I write this update in hopes that other family will see that this can be a positive step towards making new connections. The reunion/meeting was a great day. Food, a lot of talk and a lot of comparing physical features and personality traits. So I say to you, if you are reading this because you are possibly one of the other siblings (or their family) we are here, waiting and welcome you.
Friday, May 27, 2005
Lucille Jordan AKA Sutherland
What I know:
Aboriginal female born in the 1920's or 30's......in Sault Ste Marie (or area), Ontario, Canada
Had atleast 6 children.......possibley up to 8.
Barbara Jordan
Michael (last name has been liste as Jordan and Sutherland on different documents)
Howard (as above)
RoseMary (as above)
Ann Marie (as above)
Allan John Sutherland
Allan is my father. At the tender age of 4 (or close too) he was taken away from his mother by the Catholic Children's Aide Society. All of his siblings were also removed from her care. The younger children were adopted.
My father rememebers the day the Children's Aide came to take him away. His mother went out for a short time. The neighbour lady was supposed to be keeping an eye on the children. Instead they were reported as abandoned. My father remembers helping the older children to barricade the door. Trying to avoid being taken from their home. Alas they were not successful and the children were removed. My father's last memory is of his mother coming to see him through a fence at the home he was staying in. She told him that she would be back for him. She never came back. I tear up as I think about it now. And over the years, tiny little glimpses of the little boy looking for his mom comes out in that grown man's face. I have searched many avenues, even cold calling Sutherland's in the Sault Ste Marie area. Nothing has turned up.
My dad did once meet a woman who was an apparent distant relative. She told my dad that Lucille had died in a car accident. But other rumors said that the woman who died was actually Lucille's sister. So it really isn't much in the way of hope or closure.
I don't know if anyone will read this. But I hope that maybe, just maybe in this big ol' world that right moment and person will come to read this.
Note: Barbara was located in adulthood. Having bounced through the system for years, she was never "permanently" accepted in to a family. Since she was one of the older children she has more memories of those long ago days. But she refuses to dicuss it.
Aboriginal female born in the 1920's or 30's......in Sault Ste Marie (or area), Ontario, Canada
Had atleast 6 children.......possibley up to 8.
Barbara Jordan
Michael (last name has been liste as Jordan and Sutherland on different documents)
Howard (as above)
RoseMary (as above)
Ann Marie (as above)
Allan John Sutherland
Allan is my father. At the tender age of 4 (or close too) he was taken away from his mother by the Catholic Children's Aide Society. All of his siblings were also removed from her care. The younger children were adopted.
My father rememebers the day the Children's Aide came to take him away. His mother went out for a short time. The neighbour lady was supposed to be keeping an eye on the children. Instead they were reported as abandoned. My father remembers helping the older children to barricade the door. Trying to avoid being taken from their home. Alas they were not successful and the children were removed. My father's last memory is of his mother coming to see him through a fence at the home he was staying in. She told him that she would be back for him. She never came back. I tear up as I think about it now. And over the years, tiny little glimpses of the little boy looking for his mom comes out in that grown man's face. I have searched many avenues, even cold calling Sutherland's in the Sault Ste Marie area. Nothing has turned up.
My dad did once meet a woman who was an apparent distant relative. She told my dad that Lucille had died in a car accident. But other rumors said that the woman who died was actually Lucille's sister. So it really isn't much in the way of hope or closure.
I don't know if anyone will read this. But I hope that maybe, just maybe in this big ol' world that right moment and person will come to read this.
Note: Barbara was located in adulthood. Having bounced through the system for years, she was never "permanently" accepted in to a family. Since she was one of the older children she has more memories of those long ago days. But she refuses to dicuss it.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)