Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-04-30

FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY
MARYLAND
Alphabetically No. ITO
IN RE: Adoption of Sally Ann
Butcher, minor, and Change
of Name to Sally Ann Tolson
Order of Publication
The object of this suit is for
the adoption of Sally Ann
Butcher, minor, and the change
of name of said minor to Sally
Ann Tolson. The Petition for
Adoption and Change of Name
is as follows;
That your Petitioners are
adult citizens of the United
States of America and residents
of Montgomery County, Mary
land, residing at 1922 Mort
Drive, Rockville, Maryland; that
the Petitioner, Betty Ellen Toll.
son was formerly married to
Fred E. Butcher, to whom was
born, on the Goth day of May,
1913, a white female child, viz,
Sally Ann Butcher; that the Pc.
titioner Betty Ellen Tolson was
divorced, A Vinculo Matrimonil,
from the said Fred E. Butcher in
1852 in the District of Columbia;
that the said Fred E. Butcher
has never contributed to the sup.
port and maintenance of the
minor child Sally Ann Butcher
during the past nine (9) years;
in that the said Fred E. Butcher
has not since or made any effort
to contact the Petitioner Betty
Ellen Tolson or said minor child;
that the whereabouts of the said
Fred E. Butcher, the natural ia.
Their of the minor child Sally |
Ann Butcher Is unknown unto
the Petitioners; that your Pc
titioners were married on or
about December q, 1858, in the
District of Columbia; that the
said Petitioner Betty Ellen Tol.
son joins in this Petition for the
purpose Of consenting to the
adoption of her minor child
Sally Ann Butcher by the Pc
titioner George C. Tolson; that
the Petitioner George c. Tolson
is self-employed as an automo-
bile mechanic at Horsman's
Amoco Station, Wheaton, Mary
land and earns a minimum an.
nual salary of Nine Thousand
Dollars $4,000; that your Pc.
titioners and the said minor
child are of the Methodist de-
nomination and attend services
regularly at the Rockville Meth
odist Church in Rockville, Mary
land; that your Petitioner
George c. Tolson decided to
adopt the said minor child as
provided by Article Sixteen (16)
of the Public General Laws of
the State of Maryland and that
said child is presently residing
with your Petitioners at the
aforesaid address; that your Pc.
titioners aver that the interest
and welfare of the said minor
child Sally Ann Butcher will be
best promoted by allowing the
Petitioner George C. Tolson to
adopt the said child; that your
Petitioner desires to change the |
name of the said minor child |
Sally Ann Butcher TO Sally Ann
Tolson; WHEREFORE, the
premises considered, your Peti.
TONERS pray as follows: That
this Honorable Court pass De-
cree declaring that the said mi
nor child Sally Ann Butcher,
born to Betty Ellen Tolson
(Butcher) and Fred z. Butcher,
be the legally adopted child Of
the said Petitioner George c.
Tolson; that the name of said
minor child be changed from
Sally Ann Butcher to Sally Ann
Tolson; And for such other and
further relief as the nature Of
this cause may require.
1T Is THEREUPON, this 9Th
day Of April, 1859, ORDERED,
by the Circuit Court for Mont
gomery County, Maryland, sit
ting in equity, that the Petition.
ers, by causing a copy of this
Order to be inserted in some
newspaper published In Mont |
gomery County, Maryland, once
in each Of four "a successive
weeks before the LIST day of May,
1859, giving notice to the said
natural father, Fred E. Butcher,
whose address is unknown, OF
the object and substance of the
said Petition, warning him to
be and appear in person or by
solicitor on or before the LIST
day Of June, 1859, and file his
answer or other defenses, show.
ing cause, If any, he has why
Decree should not be passed as
prayed.
KATHRYN J. LAWLOR,
True Copy-Test:
CLAYTON K. WATKINS