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Hello Rose,

I'd love some more help. Thank you.

DOB and name of child are a match - 15 Jun 1921, Laurie Ritson.

Dad's father named as 'Jack Ritson Wilson' - a musician (violinist), (which we already knew), 'of 17 Mount Parade, York'. His mother named as 'Mary Annie Wilson, Rosedale Bungalow, L__ck View, Monkseaton', which I presume is the one in Northumberland, near Whitley Bay.

I don't know why the addresses were different. Curiouser and curiouser!

Dad was born at Cressington, West Parade, Llandudno. I know that a new Palladium Theatre was built there in 1920, so Jack could having been playing there for the Summer season.

Oh, to have unusual names to make research easier!

Any help would be most appreciated.

Are you saying his mother's maiden name was also Wilson?
Thanks

Oops, sorry. No. Her maiden name was Scott. At least that is what the birth cert said.

This is going to be tough. I imagine we have a Mary Annie Scott who was married to a Wilson, who went on to have a child with a Jack/John Ritson.

Can't see anything obvious but at least you have some addresses to use when the 1921 census is out.

Rose

Hello Rose

The name of the birth father was 'Jack Ritson Wilson', not just surnamed Ritson as we had previously thought.

In my family a 'Jack' could be a 'Joseph' as well as 'John', which makes it even more tricky.

Yes, I think I will have to wait until the 1921 census. I waited ten years to find the birth cert, so I suppose I can be patient and wait another ten! There is much, much more info to find in other branches. :)

Thank you for your help with this query. I might be back.

nudge for later

Penelope,

She probably wasn't married to the father, so she gave him her legal surname or Wilson to cover it up.

If a child was illegitimate, it was common for the mother to use the father's surname as a middle name. I'm thinking this is what happened in this case.

The only Ritson Wilson on FreeBMD that survived was a William. I'm thinking we're looking for a Jack/John/Joseph Ritson.

Rose

Just realized you can get the electoral rolls for those addresses at the nearest local library. Men over 21 should be listed and any women over 30.

Rose

If the father is possibly Jack Ritson, violinist, then how about an extensive google search for performers at seaside entertainments and other places in the 1920's?