Origins 1946 - 1949

I was born on August 14, 1946. I have no idea who my birth parents are. I was given up for adoption at birth. Then about a year later Mom decided to come back and get me, Or so I am told. It appears that I was discharged to my Mother August 12, 1947.

My Real Mother, the one who raised me, said that the case worker for my adoption said that My Birth Maternal Grandmother pushed my Birth Mother to come get me back at a time when there was a man in her life. I do not know what happened, but the man left and after while I was taken from my birth mother.

I was readmitted to De Pelchin on March 16, 1949.




I was discharged to be adopted on June 17th 1949. I have some memories of this formative period but have no memories at all of my Birth Mother. I remember looking out a window from De Pelchin and seeing kids playing in a playground surrounded by buildings. When years later I described this memory to my Mother she said it sounded like De Pelchin. I also remember a visit, probably the day they took me from my mother, from what must have been a case worker. She took me downstairs to a grocery store very close to where I lived, and she bought me an ice cream.

I also remember being at a foster home in Alvin and the foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sellars. It was a happy place.




I moved in with my Real Parents John and Sally Pearson later in 1949, sometime before my birthday. My parents had this made to send to relatives to announce my "birth" into their Family. I was Home. The only real home I have ever known.



This was taken in 1950 in May. My Adoption papers were just being finalized at this point. I was legally Roy Edward Pearson. An Orphan no more.

After I left Home, I lived as a nomad, each residence a temporary place to rest my head. Until my 60's I never lived in one place more than a year. I moved on an average of every 6 months.