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Kathleen is on the 1939 at Woodside Nursing home in Plymouth so do you know if she stayed in Devon or not?

Could it be that Kathleen had three birth registrations for th esame child if she was adopted and they kept getting the spelling wrong?

I can't find anymore either Kath.

Is this your mother's birth? :-

First name(s) JENIFER
Last name SAUNDERS
Birth year 1942
Birth quarter 1
Registration month -
Mother's maiden name Saunders
District Kingsbridge
County Devon
Country England
Volume 5B
Page 475
Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Civil Births

The only other birth I can see in Devon that could be a possible Jennifer with mother's maiden name Saunders in 1940 +/- 10 years is this one if the middle name was Jennifer:-

First name(s) BERTA J
Last name SAUNDERS
Birth year 1939
Birth quarter 3
Registration month -
Mother's maiden name Saunders
District Devon Central
County Devon
Country England
Volume 5B
Page 54
Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

However if your mother did have siblings they could have been born anywhere.

Kath. x

Is this your mums birth?

Name: Jenifer Saunders
Registration Date: 1942
Registration district: Kingsbridge
Inferred County: Devon
Re-registration Year: 1942
Mother's Maiden Name: Saunders
Volume Number: 5b
Page Number: 475

I am trying to locate possible siblings of my mum. She was born to Kathleen Brenda Saunders in Devon in 1942 and placed up for adoption after 6 weeks. Apparently Kathleen was a nurse during the war over from Wales. About 45 years later my mum successfully traced her mum, who was known as Brenda, sadly after the reunion my mum was rejected a second time as Brenda was not happy to let out the secret of her pass. Despite meeting her several times over the ten years before Brenda died it was always on Brenda’s terms and nothing was spoken about the past apart from the fact her Dad was a Scottish service man, unsure of whether he was aware of my mums existence. After Brenda’s death in 1993 my mum received a call from her Uncle Norman, Brenda’s eldest brother. The sad truth was they were always aware of Brenda’s business and knew about my mum along time before my mum found her. My mum had a relationship with the extended family after Brenda’s death but questions were still unanswered because my mum was far too polite and scared of losing her real mum completely to ask the questions. The story goes that there were at least three babies born to Kathleen Brenda Saunders, with the possibility they were all named Jennifer but with different spellings, my mum is Jenifer. How true this is we do not know but Brenda’s sisiter is adamant she saw three birth certificates when going through her stuff. Sadly most of the extended family have now passed on and with my mum now in her late seventies she feels time is running out to find out the truth. If anyone knew Kathleen during 1930’s or 1940’s or thinks they maybe connected in anyway we would love to find out more.
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