Alice Sorensen
1886-1962
Born: Glenwood, Sevier, Utah, United States
Died: Lakewood, Los Angeles, California, United States
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1886-1962
Born: Glenwood, Sevier, Utah, United States
Died: Lakewood, Los Angeles, California, United States
<p><font size="3"><font face="georgia,palatino">My mother was born in Salt Lake City in 1905 in a home for unwed mothers. During her life, she half-heartedly looked for her birth mother. At one point, a Salt Lake Co. clerk allowed my mother to copy a name from a huge volume of original birth records, [which were altered so that adopted childrens' records showed only the names of the foster parents.] The name my mother wrote was Alice Sorensen. That's all she knew until one day in 1962 [I was 19], she showed me an obituary clipped from the Salt Lake Deseret News with that name and a photo and asked me if the woman resembled her. I remember being stunned because this Alice Sorensen had the same square jaw and in other ways did look like my mother. In that moment I committed the name of Alice Sorensen Duffin to my memory and have wondered if this is my grandmother and what her story might be. <br></font></font></p><p> Obviously, the evidence purely circumstantial and the decendants of this Alice Sorensen may not know anything about another daughter, nor may they care to consider the possibility. All that would be understandable. However, there's been a lot of water under the bridge since my mother's birth in 1905, to say nothing of the time until her passing in 1994. It would be personally gratifying for me at age 64, to be able to find some cousins who share some DNA, and even search family photos for resemblances. Perhaps with the wonders of electronic technology, I can find somebody out there in cyber-family willing to entertain the possibility.</p><p>Just as a hint, since genetic proclivities often pass through the generations, my mother began learning the piano when she was six, and later taught piano and served as a church [ward] organist for over 60 years of her life. I have 2 older brothers, one who enjoyed singing barbershop much of his life, and another who became a musicologist [history of music], retiring from Columbia Unversity about 6 years and who continues to reside on the East Coast. I am a flutist and have taught privately for many years. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>