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Private adoption brought grief, Brigitte Martin lost new baby after six days
Private adoption brought grief, Brigitte Martin lost new baby after six days

Private adoption brought grief, Brigitte Martin lost new baby after six days

Date4/12/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Private adoption brought grief; Brigitte Martin lost new baby after six days
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Photographs
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0021474F
Single Parent Adoptions are rare in Canada because the Child Welfare Act says only under special circumstances can they be allowed. Helen Rutherford, (...)
Single Parent Adoptions are rare in Canada because the Child Welfare Act says only under special circumstances can they be allowed. Helen Rutherford, (...)
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
n.d.
Child Welfare - Adoption - Timbrell Case
Child Welfare - Adoption - Timbrell Case
Griffin, Doug
9/28/1967
Furor in Kenya over Janet's Adoption, Bill Radfords came to Toronto to escape color bar
Furor in Kenya over Janet's Adoption, Bill Radfords came to Toronto to escape color bar
Geo, Mario
n.d.
Screaming with grief and fury, Margaret, 10, and Daryl Anne Timbrell, 16, yesterday attacked the social worker who came to get their foster sisters. J(...)
Screaming with grief and fury, Margaret, 10, and Daryl Anne Timbrell, 16, yesterday attacked the social worker who came to get their foster sisters. J(...)
Griffin, Doug
9/28/1967
Orphaned Daniel can see again, It's good new when Daniel Gundy, 4, raids the fridge these days
Orphaned Daniel can see again, It's good new when Daniel Gundy, 4, raids the fridge these days
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
12/13/1978
Happy father, Nicholas Pawley, rear, and his second wife, Christine, right, and family pet Anais relax at their Moberly Ave. home after Pawley brought(...)
Happy father, Nicholas Pawley, rear, and his second wife, Christine, right, and family pet Anais relax at their Moberly Ave. home after Pawley brought(...)
Griffin, Doug
4/2/1979
There was food and love aplenty today for Tiny Tim, an abandoned 6-day-old baby found lying wrapped in a blanket on the grass in an East York backyard(...)
There was food and love aplenty today for Tiny Tim, an abandoned 6-day-old baby found lying wrapped in a blanket on the grass in an East York backyard(...)
Norris, Dave
4/26/1969
Baby Frank (Found Baby New Born)
Baby Frank (Found Baby New Born)
Calleja, Frank
10/24/1989
Ordeal over: Sonia and Khachadour Atikian leave a Toronto court yesterday after charges of starving their 17-month-old baby daughter were tossed out
Ordeal over: Sonia and Khachadour Atikian leave a Toronto court yesterday after charges of starving their 17-month-old baby daughter were tossed out
Atikian, Lorie
3/2/1992
This baby was found in a parking lot less than five minutes after she was born Saturday
This baby was found in a parking lot less than five minutes after she was born Saturday
Geo, Mario
12/1/1969
Every Day's a Busy Day to Barbara Sime
Every Day's a Busy Day to Barbara Sime
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
2/15/1968
A new home for baby Indira, Indira, a 15-month-old orphan from India, is greeted at Toronto International Airport last night by her new parents, Tim a(...)
A new home for baby Indira, Indira, a 15-month-old orphan from India, is greeted at Toronto International Airport last night by her new parents, Tim a(...)
Dutton, Don
7/21/1978