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Pamela Edna Harrison

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Sandra

Sandra Report 18 Feb 2010 07:31

I'm looking for Pamela Edna Harrison who gave birth to a baby girl in London in 1941, and had her adopted. Adoptive mother was Violet Ann Beckett, AKA Violet Bourchier, Kyrle Bellew, Kyrle Bourchier. Can anyone help please?

Penny

Penny Report 18 Feb 2010 07:48

was Pmela married at the time? How old was she?

Susan

Susan Report 18 Feb 2010 08:19

Pm'd
possible marriage for her

Researching:
Haycock ...London and Gloucestershire , Walters... South Wales and Gloucestershire , Lewis... South Wales , French ...Nottingham and Essex.

Sandra

Sandra Report 21 Feb 2010 06:26

Apologies everyone, I'm new to this and floundering a bit! We have absolutely no information about Pamela apart from her name and a handwritten message to the adoptive mother. We know the baby was born in St Mary's Hospital Paddington, but they won't give out any of Pamela's details. So, no DOB, nothing. Many adoption records were lost during the war.

Penny

Penny Report 21 Feb 2010 06:57

Many adoption recoreds were said to be lost in the war...and you'd be surprised that many are also supposed to have been lost in fires, floods and other disasters. Funny thing is, no one remembers them happening

To an extent, it does depend on who is asking the Q's, nd who they are asking them of.

Local social services dept usually manage to extract the files but only for the adoptee themselves.

is it the adoptee themselves that is asking the questions?

Sandra

Sandra Report 21 Feb 2010 10:28

I'm doing the research from Australia, my sister is working in UK - it's for a friend of mine who is the adoptee.
She visited a social worker over here who helped her get her court records for the adoption, and she has approached the hospital for records etc. herself - the rest is up to us. And it's proving very difficult!!

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 21 Feb 2010 10:31

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.asp?wci=thread&tk=1205996

Might be a good idea to delete the other thread on Surname board especially as it has no replies

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

Sandra

Sandra Report 24 Feb 2010 06:32

We've just discovered this lady changed her name by deed poll, so now we can get her birth certificate. Still looking for a Harrison marriage though, possibly after the name change took place in 1950.