Sharon (Perrine) Newby

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Biography

My birth parents were Robert William Perrine and Margie Evaughn Tabler. They married in her hometown of Kouts, Indiana in 1942. Two years later I was born in Valparaiso, Indiana. We lived in Kouts at one time near my maternal grandparents. I remember living with my paternal grandparents on their farm in Wheeler, Indiana when I was a toddler. Eventually my parents bought a small house in Valparaiso. That house is where I grew up and lived until my marriage. When I was five years old, my parents divorced. Shortly after that Robert remarried. That marriage produced a son who is my half brother. My mother also remarried to David Kinne. They had no birth children, but adopted her nephew when he was a few weeks old. They continued to live in the house that Robert Perrine bought until the early 1990's.

When I got engaged, I began wondering exactly when David Kinne had adopted me. I was about to change my last name again and was curious about when it was changed previously. Much to my surprise, I learned that when I entered third grade I was illegally enrolled as Sharon Kinne. From then on, all of my official records, including my social security card, used the name Kinne. All of my records were fraudulent. I felt my only option was to have my stepfather adopt me. Shortly before my wedding, my stepfather and I stood before a judge and made the name Kinne official.

In 1993 my husband and I moved back to Indiana. I began doing genealogy research. The illegal name change gave me a strong desire to discover my roots. I was astounded to find that my ancestors on both sides have been in America for a very long time. My roots go back to the earliest days of American settlement.

Sources

• Indiana, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1907-1944:Name: Sharon Kaye Perrine; Gender: Female; Birth Date: 3 May 1944; Birth Place: Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana, USA; Registration Year: 1944; Certificate Number: xxxxx; Roll number: 60871.IDX.002_I1415177; Volume Range: 51-55

• 1950 United States Federal Census: Name: Sharon Perrine: Age: 5; Birth Date: abt 1945; Gender: Female; Race: White; Birth Place: Indiana; Marital Status: Never Married (Single); Relation to Head of House: Stepdaughter (Step Daughter); Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana, USA; Street Name: Fair; House Number: 206; Apartment Number: 2on; Dwelling Number: 160; Farm: No; Acres: No; Household Members: David Kinne: 23; Head;Margie Kinne: 26; Wife: Sharon Perrine: 5; Stepdaughter (Step Daughter)

• Indiana, U.S., Marriage Certificates, 1960-2012: Name: Sharon Kay Kinne; Gender: Female; Age: 19; Birth Date: abt 1944; Birth Place: Indiana; Marriage Date: 25 May 1963; Marriage Place: Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana, USA; Marriage Registration Date: 1963; Description: Howard-Whitley; Reference Number: 1; Bx1452; Reference Number: 2; Tr8501; Spouse: Roy Edward Newby: Box Number: NA; Volume Number: NA; Certificate Number: 63-052596