Orphan Timeline

Significant and once-off events from 1947 – 2026 and hopefully beyond

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Timeline Overview (updated 30/07/2026 Adelaide 10 AM)

Timeline of significant/interesting/once-off events from 1947 – 2026 and hopefully beyond. Many notable things happened in between too — see Leaving Australia Book 1: Before the After

BTW I started this Middle of July 2026 expect to work on it for the rest of 2026, this is how far I have gone so far

1947
Birth – Battle Creek, Michigan Terry Lawrence Miller – father = Lawrence Miller Interactive birth chart
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1948–1950
1948 – 1950 orphan in Troy New York
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1950
Adoption – Terrell Kenneth Adsit
1950 adopted name changed Terrell Kenneth Adsit – new father Kenneth Adsit adoption day photo / new brother Robert Adsit
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1964
Left home on motorcycle due to a track meet that changed the course of my life
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1967
Stowed away on a ship from New Orleans headed (I thought) to the UK – caught – six months in prison
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1968–1969
California/New York – hundreds of LSD trips and lots of crystal meth
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1969
Carol Ann
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1969–1978
Holy Order of MANS – Hawaii cult Holy Order of MANS (Brother Terrell Adsit / Brother Arthur Adsit)
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1972–1974
Escaped cult – Street artist in New Orleans
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1974–1978
Back in cult – multiple cities:San Francisco, Cheyenne Wyoming, Wichita Kansas, Syracuse New York, Baltimore–Towson Maryland
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1977
Self Realization (really)
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1978
Freedom Again – Hello World
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1980
Hello Australia
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1981
Hawaii first son born
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1981
Move to Australia
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1981–1988
Tofu manufacturer in Adelaide, South Australia
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1983
1983 to USA looking at tofu factories – second son Leigh conceived – FIRST CONTACT WITH BIRTH FAMILY
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1984
Yippie – ex-wife
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1984
Single parent – Visit to USA Leigh age 2.5 & Sacha 5 & me 38
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1987
First contact with birth family – letters – mother’s side – me age 40
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1988
Bankrupt – No more tofu business – still a single paren
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1992
to USA for holiday with children age 9 & 11 – met sister from mother’s side for first time
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1981 - 2005
University: BA Journalist (Deakin U Melbourne) Masters literature (Deakin) Ph.D. (University of South Australia)
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1998
Leigh signs with LA Dodgers baseball goes to USA - pitcher
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2001
Jettyday (some call it marriage) Narda (still married 25 years later) we move to USA
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2002
we move to USA
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2002
meet brother from mother’s side for first (and only) time in Hilo, Hawaii
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2003
Leigh commits suicide
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2010 - 2014
Narda & I teach at Dalian International School Dalian, China
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2015
back to Australia
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2026
meet brother from father’s side first time me age 78
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