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Birth cert and adoption

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dragongirl

dragongirl Report 27 Dec 2007 14:57

My husband`s grandfather was born in 1898 to a single mother and registered in her surname Jenkins.On 1901 Census he is with a family as Adopted son but still with his birth name He was later known as Tucker and even his Christian name was changed he married under this name ,and evidently served in the first World War I can find no proof e,g actual certs of this name change anywhere It was the same family as 1901 Census who were Tucker.His birhmother married this same year and had a baby girl. can/could you just give a baby awaywhen your own family live locally.There is no relationship I can find between the two families at all other than they lived in the same area
Can anyone please advise how to look for adopton Cert I have his original Birth Certificate
Thanks

KeithInFujairah

KeithInFujairah Report 27 Dec 2007 15:06

Adoption was on an "ad hoc" basis, most of the "adoptions" at that time were simply given to the "adoptive" parents with no legal recording at all. It was very common for this to occur with unmarried mothers.

Kate

Kate Report 27 Dec 2007 15:06

I don't think there will be one, unfortunately, There were informal adoptions back then but adoptions didn't start to have official paperwork etc till about 1927.

I think there probably would have been some kind of arrangement between the birth mother and the "parents" who brought the child up.

dragongirl

dragongirl Report 27 Dec 2007 16:13

Thank you Keith and Kate for your replies.
Can you tell me what documention he would have needed to join the Army,get married etc his original birth cert is in the name of Evan Jenkins, on 1901 Census He`s Evan Thomas Jenkins (Thomas being the Christian name of theTucker father)
I can find no Military records in either name
even though he served in France with the SouthWales Borderers and was a ARP warden in 2nd World war He married in the name of Ivor Jenkins in 1922 what would he use as identification it baffles me!!!