Herman ELFERS, my mother's adoptive father b. GERMANY.

Record	Source Website	Type	Created
Marie Louise ELFERS-LEWIS, Acton, CA abt 1965	Forces War Records	Image	28 Jun 2008
WAINIO-ADOPTED-ELFERS-MARRIED-marie-l-LEWIS.jpg	Forces War Records	Image	28 Jun 2008
Lora Margaret LEWIS-HANDIBOE b. DC	Forces War Records	Image	19 Sept 2007
elfers-herman-death-notice-ny-times-1960.jpg	Forces War Records	Image	25 Oct 2008
01LEWIS-BLAKE-C-10-09-MD.jpg	Forces War Records	Image	6 Oct 2008
HANDIBOE-LEWIS-ROOTS	Forces War Records	Memorial	12 Sept 2008

URL	Events	Description
Some link's and some information of some HANDIBOE'S (HANDEBO'S) & some LEWIS' and their relatives, etc/		My mother who was adopted by Herman & Katherine ELFERS, in NYC., NY, 1925, was one of 5 children by the 2nd marriage of Franc or Frank d'WAINIO b. Turku, Finland 1888, dec'd CA 1978. My mother's mother died in NYC, leaving 5 young children, only 2 adopted, two stayed with their father and one remained in the adoption home, all her life and died at abt age 80 or in the early 1990's thereabouts.
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Birth
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925
U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925
U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Arrival
New York Petitions for Naturalization
Arrival
1920 United States Federal Census
Marriage to Katherine Margaret EVERS
Residence
Residence
1930 United States Federal Census
Arrival
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Death
Residence
Origin
Departure
Residence
Residence
Katherine M EVERS 1886 – 1965
John ELFERS  1915 – 1918
William ELFERS  1918 – 2005
Marie Louise ELFERS  1921 – 2001
Family Group Sheet
Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003

Source	Events
This specific info, though I'm sure it was in the Newspapers, was given to me by William ELFERS.	Death
http://www.ancestry.com	Birth, Marriage, Other