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This is from FMP, the 1939 Register .........

Household members (4 people)

First name(s) Last name(s) Birth date Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule sub number
Frank G Taplin 02 May 1893 Male Boot Repairer Married 161 1
Elsie H Taplin 29 Mar 1895 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 161 2
Henry Collins 30 Sep 1863 Male Bricklayer Retired Widowed 161 3
Brian House 02 Nov 1929 Male At School Single 161 4


Transcript of Brian's record

First name(s) Brian
Last name(s) House
Birth date 02 Nov 1929
Birth day 2
Birth month 11
Birth year 1929
Sex Male
Marital status Single
Occupation At School
Address 487 Bitterne Road, Southampton
Place Southampton C.B.
Borough / district Southampton C.B.
County Hampshire
Country England
E. D. letter code ECCH
Schedule 161
Schedule sub number 4
Archive reference RG101/2293J/012/27
Piece number 2293J
Item number 12
Line number 27
Category Census, land & surveys
Subcategory Census
Collections from Great Britain, England



No other information on the Register.

I googled his name, and this came up first ...........

Unclaimed Estate Records, (1974-2020), United Kingdomhttp://www.interment.net › data › eng › surnames-h-j
Apr 10, 2020 — HOUSE, Brian "Brian Joseph House", b. 02/11/1929 Southampton Hampshire, d. 22/05/2007 Southampton Hampshire, Status: Bachelor, ...

The actual entry reads .........

HOUSE, Brian "Brian Joseph House", b. 02/11/1929 Southampton Hampshire, d. 22/05/2007 Southampton Hampshire, Status: Bachelor, Informant: Southampton NHS Trust, BV Ref# BV2074995/1, pub. Historic

I looked on GRO, couldn't find Brian Joseph House, but this one is thee, also no mother's name ....

Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
HOUSE, BRIAN JOHN GEORGE
GRO Reference: 1927 D Quarter in BRIDPORT Volume 05A Page 473

BUT FreeBMD does have a mother's name??

Births Dec 1927 (>99%)
House Brian J G Gale Bridport 5a 473

Yes sadly I agree , how very sad.

That is really unusual, and the birth was re-registered in 1944, still with no MMN.

Your speculation about the wee soul being abandoned seems a distinct possibility

Its the same on Free BMD

Sure, thankyou
Brian Joseph House b 2 Nov 1929 d. 22 may 2007

Southampton

How about telling us the name so we can have a look - for curiosity, if nothing else

I for one, wouldn’t use GR for records……..

When i looked up the birth on here, it gave a full name and then under mothers maiden name, it said "unknown", just never come across this before.

No I dont think im related but the surname is a family surname and i wanted to check out their details and see which family name they were related to, thats all.

Are you in any way related to the child?

Where did you find the birth record?
Have you seen the actual registration document?
Where was the word ‘unknown’ actually written?

Has anyone ever come across on birth details where its says mother unknown?

I had a death which i was curious about so i looked up the birth to see what the mothers maiden name was. it was in 1929 and it said mother unknown.

Never seen this before so wonder if it could perhaps be a foundling? Maybe the child was abandoned at a hospital and the mother never came forward perhaps?

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