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Looking for my grandfather's real parents HELP!?

My grandfather was adopted when he was a baby. All of his life he searched but never came up w/ anything. I've been trying since he died, the internet andetc. have come along way since then, but I'm not really sure what to do. I've come up w/ nothing. All I know is that his mother's name was Lucille Bonadelle Padgett. He was born in Des Moines Iowa on June 22 1929, Lucille was born in Morrocco, Indiana. This is the only info I have. I'm sure she isn't still around but there are probably other family members. If anyone can point me in the right direction or help in any way, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks:-)


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: 1930; Census Place: Des Moines, Polk, Iowa; Roll: 674; Page: 34A; Enumeration District: 14; Image: 356.0.

Name: Lucille Padgett
Home in 1930: Des Moines, Polk, Iowa
Age: 20
Estimated birth year: abt 1910
Birthplace: Indiana
Father's BP: Unknown, "US" penciled in above
Mother's BP: United States
Race: White
Location: WCTU Benedict Home


Couldn't find her in 1920.


Morocco (one "R") is in Newton County.

1910 Census, Washington Township, Newton County, Indiana:
(Name, approx birth year, BP, relation)
Herschel M Padgett, abt 1888, Indiana Head
Maud S Padgett, abt 1888, Indiana, Wife
Lucile B Padgett, abt 1908, Indiana, Daughter
Howard G Padgett, abt 1909, Indiana, Son


Given that, I looked at 1920 again and found:

Year: 1920; Census Place: Washington, Newton, Indiana; Roll: T625_449; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 137; Image: 1144.

Herschel Padgett 32
Lucile Padgett 31
Maud Padgett 11
Howard Padgett 10

Lucile didn't show up the first time I looked because the enumerator switched the names, making Lucile 31 instead of 11.


http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/f...
has

Howard Gaylord Padgett
Birth: 6 Dec 1909 Place: Washington Township, Newton County, Indiana
Death: 10 Mar 1971
Father: Herschel M Padgett
Mother: Maude S. Light

Submitter:
Robert Elmer WILLIAMSON
303 W. College Avenue, Box 168, Morocco, IN 47963-0168


and

Herschel M Padgett
Birth: 28 Sep 1887 Place: Washington Township, Newton County, Indiana
Death: 27 Mar 1952 Place: Florida
Burial: 31 Mar 1952 Place: Buswell Cmty, Washington Twp, Newton Co, IN

Father: James Ambrose Padgett
Mother: Flora Jennie Peterson
Spouse: Maude S. Light
Marriage: 6 Feb 1907 Place: Washington Township, Newton County, Indiana

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Two people on
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.c...
have James Ambrose. They may have contacts with the family; they may not. Roger Williamson looks like your best bet.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~innewton/marria...
has a bunch of Padgett marriages. You might direct your attention there, by posting on a Newton County site or, if you have a decent long-distance plan, using a web-based phone book to call everyone in the county with the last name Padgett.