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Im trying to find information on my stepdads micheal joseph bowles side of the family, all he knows is his mom was alice hicks who died when he was about 2 years old. He never knew his dads name. He was adopted by an aunt & uncle, his aunt was called lilian. the only records I can find at the moment is his marriage to my mom. we're new to requesting birth certificates so need to know what information would we need to get a copy.

any help would be much appreciated

Can't find any birth registration in that name

If his mum was Alice Hicks, are we looking for a Michael Joseph Hicks?

Have you got the spelling of the name right? Could this be the birth? :-

Name: Michael J Bowles
Mother's Maiden Surname: Bowles
Date of Registration: Jul Aug Sep 1944
Registration district: Norwich
Registration county: Norfolk
Volume Number: 4b
Page Number: 247

However the mother's maiden name in this birth is Bowles, not Hicks.

Kath. x

Iv managed to get some more information. It looks like he may have been born a hicks the same as his mom. Bowels was his adopted surname & we still have no fathers name for him. His adopted mom & dad are deseased, The man he calls dad now was his adopted moms 2nd husband who never adopted him & knows nothing about micheals birth family. Apart from the birth mother was alice hicks & she died when micheal was very young.

Thanks guys for looking anyway. Im going to look under hicks now .

What month was he born and where.Theres no Michael Joseph Hicks listed for 1944 so its possible that wasnt his birth christian names.If you can identify the area he was born we may be able to do a possible link to a birth name

does he know if his mum was very young when she died Found this one but need to know if the area is correct
death June qtr 1946
Alice S Hicks age 19 E Glamorgan 11a 774

shirley we dont know how old his mother was when she died, as far as we know he was born in birmingham but his birth might not have been registered in birmingham register office there is a register office in sutton coldfield near to where he was brought up not sure what district is/was classed as but is a possibility of being registered there. He was born in the july month. Im hoping his birth name was michael. but I am wondering if you can add a middle name after adoption.

Kelly
Quite often an adopted child is given a completely new name but seeing he was adopted by a family member one would have thought they would keep some if not all of his birth name.BUT theres no male Hicks mmn Hicks registered in the Sept qtr which is where he should be ,unless he wasnt actually born in the part of the country he was brought up. have looked at the full records and theres no Hicks with any annotation by the name as adopted

shirley, I have now found out his adopted parents registered his birth so he was registered michael joseph bowles. His mom was alice hinks not hicks as I thought ( I misheard name) His birth mother married someone with the surname price that we're assuming was his dad but he doesnt remember the 1st name. He is trying to remember what he was told when he was younger so a bit jumbled at the moment. which isnt helping.

Thankyou for helping

do you think they registered him as theirs as its not usual for adopted parents to make the first registration. Its not the right area but??
Name: Michael J Bowles
Mother's Maiden Surname: Bowles
Date of Registration: Jul Aug Sep 1944
Registration district: Norwich
Registration county: Norfolk
Volume Number: 4b
Page Number: 247

Edit: this is the same one Kathleen has already found

Looked for a marriage for Alice but none found fron Sept qtr 1944 - Dec qtr1948 inc

Thanks I'll have to order the birth certificate. If is the right 1 you & kathleen have found it might explain why I cant find any of his family on here. I just wish I'd asked his adopted mom questions when I was younger & she was still with us.

I have some more info to go on, Michael had an older brother antony ernest price born may 1943 he died a few years ago. dont know about anyone else that reads this but im really confused. We're still unsure of michaels surname. his brother is a price, his adopted dad was bowles, his birth mom & adopted mom's maiden name was hinks. michaels birth mom died of heart failure while giving birth to michael. his adopted parents registered his birth
Thankyou for any help

So heres the elder brother in 1943 so would have thought Michael would have been registered as Price too
Name: Anthony E Price
Mother's Maiden Surname: Hinks
Date of Registration: Apr May Jun 1943
Registration district: Birmingham
Registration county: Warwickshire
Volume Number: 6d
Page Number: 1048

Here he is !!!!!!!
Name: Michael J Price
Mother's Maiden Surname: Hinks
Date of Registration: Jul Aug Sep 1944
Registration district: Birmingham
Registration county: Warwickshire
Volume Number: 6d
Page Number: 10

As his mum died in childbirth then his aunt may well have registered his birth ,but she correctly registered him and then his name was changed later when she adopted him

thankyou shirley you are a star, how did you find that, I was drawing up blanks for him as well

Can't see a death for Alice around that time as either Hinks or Price

Hi Kelly ,well you gave the info and logic kicked in Michael must have been registered as Price too.as he had an elder bros I looked up the births on Ancestry full records,
been looking for the marriage of Alice but cant see it.nor is there a death registered in Sept qtr 1944 which would have expected if his mum died in childbirth

this looks a possible
death Jun qtr 1945
Alice M Price age 29 Birmingham 6d 566
If you identify Alice as Alice M then this may be her death

Edit age is 29 not 25 as previously posted