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adoptions around 1870

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Janet

Janet Report 22 Nov 2005 22:02

How could I find the records of my great grandmother? I know birth name and approx. date and who adopted her but can't find any records of her birth. Although she was adopted by the age of 2, interestingly her father's name and occupation are on her marriage certificate. She may have been born in England or Wales. Please does anyone have any ideas?

Jeanette

Jeanette Report 22 Nov 2005 22:08

What was his name? jeanette

Heather

Heather Report 22 Nov 2005 22:13

There werent any official adoptions then Im afraid - not til about the 1920's I believe. It was all very informal. Often the child of a neighbour or a relative who had died. Just give the details you have and people will try to find her birth.

Elaine

Elaine Report 22 Nov 2005 22:14

Janet, Have you traced her on any census? Elaine x.

Unknown

Unknown Report 22 Nov 2005 22:29

Formal legal adoption didn't occur until 1927 so there wouldn't be any official records. Have you tried tracing her or the father named on her marriage cert on the census? Do you know why she was adopted - did her parents die? nell

Janet

Janet Report 26 Nov 2005 12:48

Thanks everyone for your thoughts. I don't think I'm going to finf Lillie Alice Roberts easily. Her adopted father was Joe Bancroft and the real one wasJohn Roberts. How do you begin towork out who's who on the census with such common names. Virtually everyone in the Wrexham area seems to have been called Roberts!

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 26 Nov 2005 14:09

Do you know that she was born in the Wrexham area? If not there is this birth on Ancestry:- Name: Roberts, Lillie Alice Record Type: Births Quarter: March Year: 1879 District: Salford County: Greater Manchester Lancashire Volume: 8d Page: 186 Kath. x

Kath near the Crooked Spire

Kath near the Crooked Spire Report 26 Nov 2005 21:14

Hi, You could try the registry office where you think she was born especially if you know her fathers name and approximate date of birth. Kind Regards X

Jeanie

Jeanie Report 26 Nov 2005 22:58

My husbands grandfather Edmund Atkins 1867 was 'adopted'. On his birth cert was his mothers name so we have traced her. On the 1871 he is described as adopted but given the name Atkinson though his 'parents' were the Greenaways . On the 1881 he is described as a boarder. The woman who 'adopted' him, Mrs Greenaway, used to be the servant of his birth mothers grandfather. All this was gathered from censuses.