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Two possible births for sibling Florence Johnson:-

Type:Births Surname: johnson First name(s): florence
Start date: Mar 1908 End date:Dec 1910 District: Brentford

Births Jun 1909 (>99%)
Johnson Florence Elizabeth Brentford 3a 135

Births Sep 1909 (>99%)
Johnson Florence Emily Brentford 3a 218

so either way looks as though she has a middle name!

My money is on him being adopted out.

I do wonder if her mother helped them out when she got pregnant the first time, but the second time was too much considering how many children she had herself at home?

It's gonna be a case of hunting all the Kershaws in Brentford and seeing where he went!

He's born Jun 1910 so he has to be somewhere on the 1911!!

I still think there's been an informal internal family adoption somewhere.

Tracey x

OK,

Sharon, do we know how he ended up in Brighton? Could he have been adopted there?

Tracey x

Just spoken to mother in law she is abit hazy but she now remembers Florence Thomas sister and said that she thinks she emigrated to New Zealand - she is now saying that Thomas and Mildred met in London and worked she thinks the strand palace, they went to Folkestone, Kent then to Jersey settling in Brighton, sussex

Doesn't help in the search but just as a matter of interest:-

Name: Lizzie Ann Maria James
Record Type: Baptism
Date: 14 Oct 1888
Father's Name: Charles Robert James
Mother's Name: Maria Susan James
Parish: Saint Matthew, Ashford
Borough: Surrey
County: Middlesex

Thank you once again for your help, looks like it is possible Thomas was adopted in 1911 as those helping me are unable to trace him, or maybe he changed the name himself and noone picked it up.

Sharon x

Also as a matter of interest:-

Lizzie in 1901

Name: Lizzie A James
Age: 12
Estimated birth year: abt 1889
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Charles
Mother's Name: Rosaria S
Gender: Female
Where born: Ashford, Middlesex, England

Civil parish: Ashford
Ecclesiastical parish: St Matthew
Town: Ashford
County/Island: Berkshire
Country: England

Street Address: Chesterfield Road

Registration district: Staines
Sub-registration district: Sunbury
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 283
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles James 32 -
Rosaria S James 32
Charles R James 14
Lizzie A James 12
George H James 10
Rosa James 7
Beatrice James 1

and 1891
Name: Lizzie A James
Age: 2
Estimated birth year: abt 1889
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Charles
Mother's Name: Maria S
Gender: Female
Where born: Ashford, Middlesex, England

Civil parish: Ashford
Ecclesiastical parish: St Matthew
Town: Ashford
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England

Street Address: Day's Cottages

Registration district: Staines
Sub-registration district: Sunbury
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles James 24 - Gardener
Maria S James 22
Charles R James 4
Lizzie A James 2
George H James 11/12
Florence M Read 8 - Sister in Law

As it currently stands i cannot find him as a small child on the 1911 census.

This does not mean he wasn't on it, nor does it comfirm any Adoption etc.... it also doesn't discount his mother having him back in later years and remarrying giving him another name.

We have given you a little more help, and you now have a little more background, but sadly we still haven't answered your original question.

As to why he changed his name i think you'll never know. The last thing i would say is contact the Salvation Army ([email protected]) as they looked after childrens homes, mainly for boys, and also the local Social Services there. Altho formal adoption didn;t start until 1927 there may still be something set in place about him.

Good Luck.

Tracey xx