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On the 1939, Richard is described as a coal carman: exactly the same occupation as Jesse. If anyone were an ARP warden, firefighter or had particular skills, that would be noted on the right hand page, but there is no mention.
Did Jesse go off to war? Were there any bombing raids in the neighbourhood? I can imagine in WW1 someone might well take in an orphaned baby or a sister's little accident. As this was before formal adoption, it might be very difficult to discover who the true parents were.
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Thanks to you all for the help. Will have to wait for the release of next census to see if it throws more light on the subject, if not it will remain a mystery.
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Richard would have been of age for the second world war a relative did say she thought he had absconded from the army and suffered with mental problems but how true this is, is anyone guess. |
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Surely they Would of had to register the birth? For instance if Florence had a fling and Richard was the result. |
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If Jesse and Florence had a baby, then yes, they should have registered the birth (though some people did not).
Formal adoption did not come in until the late 1920s, so if Richard appears on the 1921 census as Richard Andrews, there may be no way of establishing whether his parents were in fact Jesse and Florence.
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Yes, they would, but if Florence wasn't his birth mother, we don't know what name he would have been registered under.
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