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Hi, this is a long shot but trying to find Edward Fletcher born in the 4th quarter of 1947 in Middlesbrough.
Unfortunately he was adopted so might have different surname, like I said it’s a long shot but any ideas where to luck would be appreciated
Thank you

Sorry it’s me again
I do know his mothers name was Doris and her maiden name was Brentley.
Edward was born to Doris while she was married to someone else.
He is my husbands Uncle.
Thanks again for any clues.

Have you looked in members trees to see if he is listed

Without his new name I,m afraid no one can help

You could add your contact details on the national adoption register and if he goes looking your contact details would be given to him

You could also add a note against his birth GRO record on freebmd . Should he look for his birth record then he will see your contact details /note

Thank you Shirley, I have sent for his birth certificate so I might get more details from that.
Will try your advice, thanks again for your time
Sue

Not seeing that birth on freebmd ????

Edit ahh it's 1945 not 1947

Births Dec 1945 (>99%)
Fletcher Edward Brentley Middlesbro' 9d 675

no mention of him being adopted

It was a different system in 1945 the small s against the page nos was a later way of showing adoption
It meant that the GRO would only issue a short version of the cert that doesn't show mothers details

You may find the one for Edward will have an annotation on it as adopted

Thank you Mallon and Shirley,
I obviously haven’t looked at the date properly :-(
I’ll let you know what the certificate tells me, not a lot by the sounds of it lol

Well it won't tell you his new name I,m afraid

:-)

Just a thought though not seeing a marriage for Doris to a mr fletcher ??

And the registration is only in the one surname

I only sent for the certificate out of curiosity as my husband has only just found out about this birth.
I thought the birth records only ever showed the mothers name, or am I wrong?
Where did you search for the marriage?
Don’t think they will find the birth certificate as I said he was born in 1947, my fault I forgot about the 2 years either side lol
Thanks for the help and can I apologise to Malyon, I did put correct name but it changed spelling ??

Hi Shirley, found the marriage of Doris and John Fletcher,
1931 only she has her maiden name as Hawthorne, her mother was married twice, to a Bentley, who was her father and to a Hawthorne, don’t know why she changed from one to another.

Ah that's why i couldn't find the marrige

The birth of Edward is just as fletcher mmn brentley so no father will be on the cert unless she wrongly gave her husband as the father

Just because it came up

1939 register

Fletcher Household (5 People)
124 Marshall Avenue , Middlesbrough C.B., Yorkshire (North Riding), England
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FIRST NAME(S) LAST NAME(S) DOB OCCUPATION
John Fletcher 29 Mar 1901 Roller Driver (Heavy Work
Doris Fletcher 27 Sep 1911 Unpaid Domestic Duties
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Sylvia Green (Fletcher) 30 May 1934 At School
Joan J Fletcher 15 Apr 1936 Under School Age
Ref: RG101/3233D/005/25 Letter Code:
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Births Jun 1936
Fletcher John G Brentley Middlesbro 9d 900

The girls have mmn Hawthorne

Births Sep 1931
Fletcher Doris Hawthorne Middlesbro' 9d 820


Births Jun 1934
Fletcher Sylvia Hawthorne Middlesbro' 9d 844


And another daughter born 1941 mmn Brentley

Yes this is the family, Don’t know who Joan is though, there was a John

Took a look at the written register page and the writing is a bit flourished. Think that's a mistranscription and that's John not joan

Not everyone shows on the l939 register - it depends on their age, I received this from FindmyPast this week - Liz


If we have received proof of death, a person under 100 years old will be open on the Register.

that's defo John J fletcher, Shirley althou it's a bit messy it's got an M in the sex column

No birth for a Doris B Brentley, but there is one for a Doris B Hawthorne.
also a birth for a Doris Brentley in Durham.

Her mother married a Brentley in 1902 then Hawthorne in 1911 the birth was the following quarter

She was reg as Hawthorne but maybe somewhere along the line she found her father was actually mr Brentley She used both surmanes as her maiden name on her children's birth registering