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my friend has his adoption birth certificate aswell as his real certificate
both certificates he has same name strange as it is im thinking to my self maybe his mother was related to on of his adopted parents a cousin or wat i,ll tell him to ask for his adoption file bwhen i speak to him tonight at moment hes driving a ambulance around cheshire /lancs in his uniform not a converted ambulance

Starr

he needs to apply for his adoption file - that will contan info as given by his mother - hopefully the reason for his adoption ( as she declared at the time, truth or not)

Starr. I'm guessing that your friend doesn't actually have his birth certificate if he was unsure wether he was born in Tonbridge or Maidstone?

That would be a good start in documenting the family history - where his mother was living when he was born.

Her death certificate would give her last place of residence and the informant might be a useful clue. Even if it was a hospital or care home there may be ways of tracing back to someone that knew her.

I work in a care establishment and I have held onto personal photos and possessions of someone who died many years ago in the hope that family will come looking!

On Ancestry there are telephone listings in 1980/82/84 for G M Lash. The address is 5 Balls Cottages main road Chattenden which I think is in the Hoo district so that might be another previous address for her.

Julie

Very understandable, I would feel the same wanting to know the 'why' of it all.

I wonder as it is still 'recent' if there is anyone still in the area who knew her? Maybe a cousin who may have some knowledge. Might be worth looking at Gwendoline's parents and see if you can trace any siblings they might have had?

yes rose i understandbut this part his early parthe hasnt come to terms with his adopted parents were good to him ,, he of just liked to know why she gave him put he just wanted to tell his children and grandkids bit of fam history

Starr I'm assuming there's no father's name on the birth cert, in 1947 it would be very hard to bring up a child as a single parent, especially if there was no family to support her? Just after the war, was a hard time for everyone, men returning to the jobs that women had done in their absence... maybe it was just a case of her believing she was doing the very best for her child to have him adopted.

hiya jooleh
ive soken to christopher and he says that sounds like his mum he thought he was born maidenhead but it looks like tonbridge he thinks he may been adopted in maidenhead he is still interestred in anything to do with his mothers hes not even got a fathers name to work on as it seems funny a woman haven a baby at aged 33 then getting it adopted
only wish we could find a reason

Starr??

Did you see my post above?

(Thought you might have missed it due to Marcia posting inbetween!)

Julie

my mistake again i meant gertrude james , married in 1922 crickhowell lol, will go to my own thread, thanks for the info!x

*If* this is her it looks like she never married:

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
Birth, Marriage & Death

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Name: Gwendoline Lash
Birth Date: 14 Jul 1914
Death Registration Month/Year: Dec 1995
Age at death (estimated): 81
Registration district: Chatham
Inferred County: Kent
Register number: D9A
District and Subdistrict: 5611D
Entry number: 69


If it was me I'd send for that 1914 birth certificate to see if the DOB matches this record

Julie

CHRISTOPHER C LASH B 1947 TONBRIDGE AND HE WAS ADOPTED BY CHERRY FAMILY SO DEFO BORN 1947 6TH JUNE

MRS GRUMPY WE CANNOT FIND ANY TRACE OF HER ANYWHERE NOTHING KNOWN OF HERE AFTER HAVEN BABY AS SAID BABY B1947 IN 6 JUNE AND WAS ADOPTED ITS FOR HIM THIS INFO WE R TRYING TO FIND AS HE NEVER MET HIS MUM

The Lash/Lesh record for 1945 that Rose found might link in. Reg'n districts for Tonbridge and Maidstone would not be that far apart ...

Jill

Well, she could have married anywhere Starr. She may not have married in Kent ...

Jill

STILL TRYING TO FIND OUT IF GWENDOLINE M LASH MARRIED THERE WAS ONE WITHE THESAME NAME AND MIDDLE INITAL BUT BROM WRONG AREA MINE WAS BORN HOO KENT WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT IF SHE MARRIED OIR DIED HER SISTER IRIS MARGARET M LASH DIED 1928

Marcia if you start a seperate thread it will probably be easier.You will see 'add topic' just under 'Records office' click on that and post the thread :)

and welcome to the board!

dont think i was supposed to add that here , sorry im new!

hi peeps , just wonderin if anyone knows of a gwyneth james? im told she was adopted as a child, she was married to my great grandfather thomas bailey in 1922, she then went on to have ten children , but left my grandfather in her seventies for another man named bryn hillman, we werent sure if bryn fathered any of her ten children. please help!

If you have the patience, you may be able to find the Strood, Medway and Hoo events on cityark.medway.gov.uk if they are recorded in C of E PR.

You could also check out freereg which is in the process of transcribing the C of E parish records, using cityark as the source.