There may have been more midwives in our local area of South Brook, Midland and Pasadena but the one I've heard so many residents discuss is Mrs. Stella Ryan. Sometime she helped bring into this world all the children in a family. I'm sure there are many families around like that.
Mrs. Madeline Whiffin told me that her oldest brother George was the first child Stella born as a midwife. My father Albert Finlay went for Mrs. Ryan on a horse. I recall hearing him tell how fast he got that horse to go and how his bottom was sore by the time he brought her to our house. That was in 1955.
I'm posting this as I would like to hear from anyone who has a story or fact to share.
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