The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-12-16
APART SIXTEEN YEARS.
Publication of Letter Brings Mother
and Daughter Together.
A REMARKABLE STORY is TOLD.
The Joyful Women Returning to Their
Comfortable Home In Boston-Ihe
Girl Is Blue Eyed and Pretty but In
Now 81 Years Old.

q ALBANY, N. ", Dec. 16.-Througb the
,vs trumentality of the Boston Journal
dsus ,hter's search for her mother, whom
she ba d not seen since babyhood, has
proved successful. December o, letter
WAS rece, we'd at the Boston post Office ad-
dressed t.v "the leading newspaper In
Boston. al Vi it was sent to the Journal.
The letter .vead as follows:
ia Frpsr syTREET, ALBANY, n. ",
Nov. 30 1892
To the Editor OF the Leading Paper IN
DEAR % srsMi am writing you in refer
ence 10 NV mother = whereabouts. When
was but q baby thu zee or four weeks old
WAS adopted by a gel Vleman named Mr..
Frederick Banfill, us VIE pelng my
mother by adoption. rms adoPtlon oc-
CURED about fourteen ears anu nlhe Vi
name was Street or Scott. MRS. r: bahnii
died about seven years alyo, In looo' III
such a person as the forme named can DC
found in that city she will Ninoly opllge
me, her own daughter. by wrltlng me
personally or coming persoL@ily 10 see
me. Would the editor kindly answer
this. informing me how much IL Will cost
me for advertising this in as few Worus as
YOU can arrange, a. am worklhy Blrl
and cannot afford to pay more than nee
"a
me know as soon as possible, AMI the
money will be forwarded Immediately"
Yours very respectfully,
HETTIE LOUISA BANFILLs
The Journal correspondent called at tin
address OF the writer in Albany few
DAYS ago. Miss Banfill-as she called
herself-is
A Blue Eyed, Pretty Girl.
md she told an interesting story. When
she was baby but four weeks old she
was taken from her mothers arms and
legally adopted by neighbor, Mrs. Ban
ali. She grew up in the family, and OF
course, thought that she was Mrs. Ban
fills own child, az she was always calico
by her name. short time ago she
learned in some way that she was not
daughter Of the Banfills.
Ever since the knowledge came TO her
she had mission TO find her own mother,
of whom she had not the slightest recol-
lections, and of whose very name and
identity she was ignorant. Her foster
mother died when she was eight years
old, and her foster father married again
This father, all she had ever known, was
kind in his treatment, but Henrietta
could not get him to say anything re
garding her real father or mother. She,
however, learned that her real name was
Scott, and sent the letter which found It's
Yesterday the Journal correspondent
discovered that the girls mother had
come to this city TO claim her daughter,
and In the morning he sought her out.
Mrs. Street, for that Is the mothers name,
frankly told her story, which, with few
Embellishments, would read as novel, TO
the reporter whom she perceived already
knew the essential points of IL. She said:
"A little over 10 years ago, when l was
mere girl, between 16 and IL years OF age,
.AI arfl in
Boston, for whom soon formed a school
girls affection. The courtship was short
Und we were married.
Six months afterward, to my consterna-
tion and horror, discovered that
He Had Deceived Me.
and that, besides being q dissolute and
unprincipled fellow with no fixed busi-
meas or means OF livelihood, he had al
ready had wife living. My mother about
that time removed to Albany. i left my
friends in Boston, where / was known,
came to her here and remained Till my
child was born. There was, mother at
AZ; without husband according to the
law, although had been legally married
and had my marriage certificate.
"All these facts were known TO Mr.. and
Mrs. Banfill, and when my baby girl was
nbout four weeks old they adopted her,
and gave promise not to reveal my
identity to her OF seek her out, but to let
her grow up in ignorance of the fact that
she was not their child. i have kept my
promise till now, and since my daughter
herself, now grown up and in need OF
mothers care, has sought me to consider
myself absolved, especially since she dis
covered the truth herself and / am in a
position to give her a pleasant comfort
able home which could not do when she
was born.
was not aware that she knew the truth
Till saw her plaintive letter published in
the Boston Journal, calling for the moth
er she had never known. / at first was at
loss what to do, but finally told my
present husband, Mr.. Street, the whole
story, and he gave me permission TO write
Henrietta (Henrietta louise Is the name
bestowed on her by her foster parents)
and tell her / was coming 10 take her back
with me TO our home at the Highlands,
Boston. did so, and here am, prepared
TO take her home with me.