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Gwen my mother born 1916Her mother Alice died 1917 Is there any way of finding out who brought her up

Jean, what part of the world did they come from?

Hi Jean

We might need more details for you mom and grandmother


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As it looks like her mother was married, maybe her father brought her up

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Births Jun 1916 -

Day Gwendoline A L - Fenner - Epping 4a 1009

Marriages Dec 1915

Day Harry - Fenner - Epping 4a 1457
Fenner Alice M - Day - Epping 4a 1457

England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2005
about Gwendoline A L Day
Name: Gwendoline A L Day
Mother's Maiden Surname: Fenner
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1916
Registration district: Epping
Inferred County: Essex, Suffolk
Volume Number: 4a
Page Number: 1009

You might have to wait for the next census to see who your mom is with - 1921

Sadly it looks like she lost her father first


Harry Day
Birth 1890 in EPPING ESSEX,ENGLAND

Death 12 Oct 1916 in Thiepval Memorial France

stayed in the same area . maybe the cert wil give some clues

Name: DAY, Gwendoline A L
Registration district: Epping
County: Essex
Year of registration: 1937
Quarter of registration: Apr-May-Jun
Spouse's last name: Atkinson
Volume no: 4A
Page no: 968
Name: ATKINSON, William C
Registration district: Epping
County: Essex
Year of registration: 1937
Quarter of registration: Apr-May-Jun
Spouse's last name: Day
Volume no: 4A
Page no: 968


with both parents lost she may have been in a home

Thankyou so much for your help I have not been using genes reunited for along while so have forgot what to do I beleave a aunt might have brought her up

I would suggest grandparents or aunt/uncles raised her


but that will be difficult to find out until the 1921 census is released in 2021 ....... which will probably take until 2022 to appear on the internet becuase of the length of time needed to do the transcriptions.


It might be worth it to buy her marriage certificate, if you do not have it, to see who is mentioned on there .............. it might only be her father's name shown as deceased.

Have you tried looking in the newspapers around the time of her birth and parents' deaths, and when she got married to see if the local paper had any reports?



Adoption did not become a legal event until mid-1927, so there are very few records of adoptions before that date.




sylvia

Thankyou for your help Sylvia sorry I am late in replying dont realy know what I am doing I have never looked in newspapers but I have got marriage cert with fathers name only on it
Thanks again Jean