I have found my great aunt's secret child aged 5 is a boarder under the name of Frederick Crisp (full name was Arthur Frederick Lacey Crisp) together with another child (unrelated) aged 1 in a household in Portsmouth headed by a 63 year old widow Harriet Elizabeth Miller who describes herself as a "Registered mother".
Does this suggest she is fostering in some official capacity? Any ideas as to who would have registered her? Frederick's son knew that he had been brought up by a couple called Neal, and Mrs Miller has a married daughter in the house by that name.
Edit to say:I've found that Portsmouth City Museum & Records Office have a Register of children under control of Guardians (1901-47), so that may well hold the answer.
Does this suggest she is fostering in some official capacity? Any ideas as to who would have registered her? Frederick's son knew that he had been brought up by a couple called Neal, and Mrs Miller has a married daughter in the house by that name.
Edit to say:I've found that Portsmouth City Museum & Records Office have a Register of children under control of Guardians (1901-47), so that may well hold the answer.
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