Grace Hospital – 1929

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• Dear Shirley...I have just learned of the house I was most likely born in. My mother was unwed when I was born at Grace Hospital. I know she stayed in the mance until I was adopted out. So likely, this may very well have been the house she stayed in until she was well enough to go home to Chatham. She had given up another baby girl two years before I was born. We both were of the same mother and father who could not marry due to coming from "very different sides of the track".
  Seeing this photo does not make me sad. It only adds another piece of the puzzle for me.
  many thanks

• Hi Annie:
  This is indeed the home on Crawford ave for unwed mothers. It was called Faith Havens and I grew up next door. I remember the beautiful home. I would speak to the girls who lived there through the fence. It was run by the savation army. It was a beautiful home and the girls all seemed to enjoy the home while they were there. I believe it was 1970 when they closed the home. I remember when they tore it down it was very sad, my home was torn down as well in 1972 to be made into a parking lot as well as the faith haven home. Very sad that the great old mansions on Crawford were torn down for parking lots for a hospital that no longer exists. When I go to Windsor now and drive down that street it makes me so sad. So many good memories. Maybe I spoke to your mother. I hope this helps with a few details of the home for you.

• Can anyone confirm who owned the Ellis House previously. Family history has always claimed the original owner was John Thorburn of the Cameron and Thorburn store which became Bartlett's after the great Windsor fire of the late 1800"s.

• It looks like one of those old rest homes they had years ago where some with TB or a mental problem went to recoperate from their illness

• Re: Faith Haven
  Is there such a thing as an employee list around 1935-1943?
  Much appreciated.
  Regards, Ruth

• i was born here wow incredible to see this hospital Aug.1,1954

• I was told that I was born here as well on Dec 10 1964. I finally met my birthmother 2 or so years ago and found out many interesting and exciting tidbits. My mother was barely 18 when I was born and she was the only daughter of an Orthadox Russian so needless to say I had to go. My adoptive parents were more than great so all in all I had a winning experience. I have to say that seeing the hospital and its grounds in their current state is a tad depressing but maybe one day they will be returned to their former glory.

• My father was a doctor there delivering babies from the 1950s to 1970s. I spent a lot of time hanging out there waiting for him growing up. It's a shame and disrespectful what the city / province have done.

• Does anyone have the address for Faith Havens on Crawford? I'd like to be able to find a picture of the place to get a look at where my mother cared for me for 2 1/2 months till I was adopted. I ended up growing up on the Riverside block of Oak Ave. When I was in my mid 30's I found out that my birth mother had lived here with me in 1950 but died in 1959. Alot of kids moved through this place over the years, a shame it isn't still here.

• I read some of the comments. I was born May 2, 1960 at Grace Hospital. I was given up for adoption when I was a week old. Just wondering if this was still a place for unwed mothers at that time?