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Flip

Flip Report 25 Nov 2012 14:39

Dea,don't know about you but I can't find any connection between the adoptive parents to the natural parents. Can see both John William Ashworth and Ann Chapman through the census but no connection with either natural parent. There won't be any adoption records either as it is too early.

Without having a clue as to where the natural parents were born it will be almost impossible to find them with any certainty as their names are too common. Also being a dock labourer could mean Thomas moved to the area for work and could have been born anywhere.

Don't know what to suggest, sorry

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Dea

Dea Report 25 Nov 2012 14:53

Me too Flip! :-(

Dea x

TeresaL

TeresaL Report 25 Nov 2012 16:36

Thanks Dea & Flip for your efforts. You've pretty much come to the same conclusions as I have.

Without a marriage certifcate for Thomas Jones & Mary Clarke I can't get back any further. All the likely candidates we've found so far can be found on the 1911 census - which means they can't be my grandparents. :-(

Teresa x

Dea

Dea Report 25 Nov 2012 16:42

You could try following Annie (the daughter) born c1898 - she was old enough when they 'adopted' Thomas to remember some details.

Perhaps she passed them on down the family?

Dea x

TeresaL

TeresaL Report 25 Nov 2012 16:50

We have been in touch with Annie's grandson and have a few photos but many of them were destroyed by a jealous 2nd wife (of Annie's daughter's widowed husband) a while back......

Teresa x