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Falmouth is a long way from Bury St Edmonds in Suffolk.
Which Barnardos was she put in?

You say you assume the M in the baby surname was for Mcacrthy which says to me you havent got the actual birth cert which may give more clues ??

If Hilda was 9 weeks when she put into Barnardos her birth would have already been registered , If the Workhouse Infirmary reg Hilda's death then would they know who the purported father was,
Also Hilda would have died in the Workhouse Infirmary not the workhouse, This wouldn't mean she was an inmate necessarily of the workhouse.

Have you got the death cert ? presume you have as you know the actual death date. Does it give a home address for Hilda?

Address on death certificate of Hilda Mizen before she died in 1920 is Abbey Lane, Ixworth Suffolk, she was listed as a domestic servant

she was put into Barnados in Bury St Edmonds and their records which are not many say that he was going to be posted from Falmouth for a 2 year overseas posting,

This site:
orbat.com/site/history/historical/uk/ops1919-39.html

has lists of where regiments were between 1919-1939. Lots of RFAs mentioned but only with brigade Nos.

Also, discovered whilst searching that from August 1920 the system of allocating Army nos changed from so that each Regiment was allocated a series of numbers and that when a man was given a number it stayed with him throughout his Army career even if he changed regiments.

All men were allocated a new number, so that 41449 won't apply after then - just to make the search more difficult!

Barnados notes only say he is the putative father but as brought her to the orphanage and he offerred to pay money for her to stay with them, he is our only link, Her birth certificate is blank for father. We knew her as McCarthy Mizen so assume he was - all very vague

Nina,

Who were the informants on the birth and death certs?

The informants on both birth certs and death cert of daughter and mother respectively were F G Roach, Occupier, 36 Mill Road, Bury St Edmunds the death cert was registered on 31 August 1920 and the birth registered on 15 October. Have no idea who this is. Hilda Mizen (mother) was living as a domistic servant in abbey lane, Ixworth, suffolk

36 Mill Road could have been the postal address of the Workhouse Infirmary. They stopped using the Description of Workhouse Infirmary and used postal addresses because people objected to the stigma of Workhouse when they had just been in the Hospital for childbirth or medical treatment . These Infirmary's often became the local Hospital when the NHS came into being in the 1940.s

Can anyone help me. I am trying to find out where my great grandmother may have been buried. Hilda Mizen, died 1920 in Bury St Edmunds. Can you tell me how I will find out this information.

Thank you.

Answering your request from other thread on here to keep it all together.

Marriages Mar 1909 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

MIZEN Esther - Dartford 2a 727
PRYER Peter Philip - Dartford 2a 727

was she still in the home in 1911 ?

PRYER, Peter Philip Head Married M 25 1886 Labourer On Farm Kingsdown Kent VIEW
PRYER, Esther Wife Married
2 years F 30 1881 Eriswell Suffolk VIEW
PRYER, Edith Lilian Daughter F 0 (11 MONTHS) 1911 Fawkham Kent VIEW
RG number:
RG14 Piece:
3807 Reference:
RG14PN3807 RG78PN144 RD43 SD4 ED14 SN44

Registration District:
Dartford Sub District:
Farningham Enumeration District:
14 Parish:
Fawkham

Address:
Sun Hiil Fawkham Longfield Kent

Nina, once you find a marriage record on feebmd, you can click the blue reference number to see who else is listed on same page

Can anyone help with the previous posting. Having found an unexpected branch of the family, I am now trying to find family Pryer (if there was anyone). I have only traced backwards. Can anyone give me some advice on going forwards from Edith Lilian Pryer born 1910. Thank you

Am also trying to trace death record of Esther Preyer Born 1881 (nee Mizen) but can't seem to locate it.

I think I have traced my grandmother's father. John McCarthy, R.G.A, Gunner 41449. I have found his medal card on Ancestry and he was awarded the Victory, British and 1915 Star. I think he served in France around 1914. There doesn't seem to be any more information on the medal card. Does anyone know where I may be able to find out his DOB, where he may have died. I know he was posted abroad from Falmouth in 1920. Any assistance greatly appreciated.

Can anyone tell me how I can find out where I can find workhouse inmates or orphanages on the 1911 census. My GG grandmother Hilda Ruth Mizen was born 1902 and died 1920. Thanks for any help.

Name: Esther Pryer
Birth Date: abt 1881
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1960
Age at Death: 79
Registration district: Ipswich
Inferred County: Suffolk
Volume: 4b
Page: 783


Name: Peter Philip Pryer
Birth Date: 19 Jul 1885
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1973
Age at Death: 87
Registration district: Samford
Inferred County: Suffolk
Volume: 4b
Page: 3417