Genealogy Chat

Alice (nee Netherton) was a widow in 1911 - see census above

Yes I did see that but was ??

The man who married Netherton apparently died in 1910, although I can't see any record to back up the suggestion

Name: Alfred John Howe
Gender: Male
Age: 6
Birth Date: Jul 1878
Admission Date: 8 Dec 1884
School: Union Street School
Father: William Howe

HOWE, ALFRED JOHN MILLER
GRO Reference: 1878 S Quarter in SAINT OLAVE SOUTHWARK Volume 01D Page 311

The children of the Howe/Netherton marriage were with their maternal grandmother in 1911

In all honesty, I think this is a 'dead end'

It does seem that Douglas was illegitimate and his mum registered his birth with some false information to cover it up

Maybe as he was fostered out to a fairly local lady it was soon after his birth as his mum is back in Poplar by 1914

Different sides of the Thames !

I was born in the Greenwich area and lived there to the 1960,s so am very familiar with that area of south east London

Both Richard Samuel Howe and Mary Kathleen Howe bap gives father----Alfred John Howe-- as a ----Clerk.