Hi All
Finally managed to break down part of a brick wall now that 1911 census is published, but it has only left me with new questions.
The whole story is quite long, but I am just putting the basic query here in the hope that someone will be able to help.
I am trying to track down the birth cert of my grandfather Robert, who was born in 1899/1900 in Bangor, North Wales. His mother was called Jane.
Robert spent most of his life in Neath, South Wales, representing himself on various documents as the son of Thomas Davies, who was actually his stepfather.
Thanks to the 1911 census I have been able to find out the names of Robert's half-siblings, so I am hoping a copy of one of their birth certs will confirm for me what Jane's maiden name - and therefore Robert's likely birth name - was.
There has, however, been a suggestion from family members that Jane was already a Davies before her marriage, so now that I know where he was born I have been looking for Thomas Davies' born in Bangor at the relevant time.
I have found a Robert J Davies born 4q 1900 in Bangor, when you view the record it is out of alphabetical order & is handwritten at the bottom of the page. It gives a volume of 11b but no page number - I think it says something like 'see j31'?
My question is, does this format suggest there is something 'odd' about the birth registration? My first thought is that he may have been adopted; possibly someone in Jane's family had a child out of wedlock & upon her leaving home to get married, she took the child. Though I believe adoption was not a formal thing at this time.
Thanks for any help you can give me,
Finally managed to break down part of a brick wall now that 1911 census is published, but it has only left me with new questions.
The whole story is quite long, but I am just putting the basic query here in the hope that someone will be able to help.
I am trying to track down the birth cert of my grandfather Robert, who was born in 1899/1900 in Bangor, North Wales. His mother was called Jane.
Robert spent most of his life in Neath, South Wales, representing himself on various documents as the son of Thomas Davies, who was actually his stepfather.
Thanks to the 1911 census I have been able to find out the names of Robert's half-siblings, so I am hoping a copy of one of their birth certs will confirm for me what Jane's maiden name - and therefore Robert's likely birth name - was.
There has, however, been a suggestion from family members that Jane was already a Davies before her marriage, so now that I know where he was born I have been looking for Thomas Davies' born in Bangor at the relevant time.
I have found a Robert J Davies born 4q 1900 in Bangor, when you view the record it is out of alphabetical order & is handwritten at the bottom of the page. It gives a volume of 11b but no page number - I think it says something like 'see j31'?
My question is, does this format suggest there is something 'odd' about the birth registration? My first thought is that he may have been adopted; possibly someone in Jane's family had a child out of wedlock & upon her leaving home to get married, she took the child. Though I believe adoption was not a formal thing at this time.
Thanks for any help you can give me,
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