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JOHN KORCINSKY LAWRENCE DAMBORINO
John Korcinsky Damborino was born in N.Y.City, December 10, 1906, the son of Annie and Michael Korcinsky. His parents were Polish immigrants who returned to Poland.
He was admitted by the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul to the New York Foundling home on January 2, 1907.
He was one of the first groups of orphan children placed by the Sisters of Charity in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. He was indentured and adopted by Alex Damborino and his wife, Lena, on March 12, 1910 at the age of 3 years and 3 months.
He attended elementary school at Ripp's University, BSL, and High School at St. Stanislaus.
He was confirmed at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic church.
He married Margaret Heitzmann of Bay St. Louis, June 18, 1927 at Our Lady of the Gulf.
He went to work for the newspaper, Sea Coast Echo, then owned by Charles G. Moreau, and worked for 28 years before starting a newspaper of his own. He was owner-editor of the Hancock County Eagle (weekly) for 19-20 years before selling to Powell Glass, new owner of the Sea Coast Echo.
Admitting having an adopted child was NOT the socially "in" thing to do in the early 1900's. When John was a teen he suspected he was adopted. Grown and married he determined to find out. He wrote, and, visited the Sisters of Charity in N.Y. and with their help secured a birth certificate from the Bureau of Records, Dept, of Health, City of N. Y., dated Dec. 4, 1931.
His wife, Margaret Mary Heitzmann Damborino tells this storys "The Sisters graciously showed them around the 68th and Lexington building where babies are still left in a cradle and the mothers must ring the bell to admit the child. They were shown the room where the mother-babies are housed, and ushered to a room with an
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aged nun who remembers a lot of former orphans. The younger nun
said, "Please don't take Sister ___________ too seriously; she sometimes
gets mixed up'.' She gave Mr. and Mrs. Damborino this advice* "Don't spend too much time hunting your mother - it may be disappointing to