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Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 26,281 Send Message	ArgyllGran	Report	23 Jun 2018 22:35
	If you Google Beechholme Children's Home, unfortunately there are lots of results about child abuse at the home. Some records from the home are held by London Metropolitan Archives. https://tinyurl.com/ya7dqxxr http://www.formerchildrenshomes.org.uk/banstead_cottage_homes.html https://tinyurl.com/pglmyoo https://tinyurl.com/y9fpzcdn
	Researching: Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 17 Send Message	Maureen	Report	20 Jun 2018 16:35
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 17 Send Message	Hi many thanks it’s very Helpful really appreciate It William born 1937 James born 1938 Norman born 1940 And Michael born 1941 they werei All taken into care and went in to a Children’s Home called Beechholme Children’s Home in April 1945 taken from 187 Riverside Gardens Hammersmith London W6 Maureen Many thanks Maureen
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	20 Jun 2018 14:09
	In case this helps....... William and Annie on the 1939 Register...... Cooper Household (5 People) 5 Lineacre Street , Manchester C.B., Lancashire, England * Anne is actually Annie on the image and the "(J)" has been crossed out. * William J Cooper 28 May 1895 Male Motor Driver Married 70 1 Anne (J) Luffman (Smyth,Cooper) 21 Apr 1917 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 70 2 Sorry, this record is officially closed. Sorry, this record is officially closed. Indicates that Annie went on to marry a Mr Smyth and a Mr Luffman. The 2 closed records....... Births Mar 1938 (>99%) Cooper William J Wakefield Manchester N. 8d 750 Births Jun 1939 (>99%) Cooper James E Wakefield Manchester 8d 462 Births Sep 1940 (>99%) Cooper Norman Wakefield Manchester 8d 522 Births Jun 1941 (>99%) WAKEFIELD Michael Wakefield Hammersmith 1a 230 Annie's birth Registration...... Annie B Wakefield in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007 Births Jun 1917 (>99%) Wakefield Annie B Bell Hammersmith 1a 325 The death of William J Cooper..... Deaths Dec 1940 (>99%) Cooper William J 43 Manchester 8d 718 Annie's marriage to Mr Smyth..... Marriages Mar 1942 (>99%) Wakefield Annie B Smyth Hammersmith 1a 515 Smyth William Wakefield Hammersmith 1a 515
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 8,837 Send Message	malyon	Report	20 Jun 2018 13:07
	i think james was born in 1939 mother wakefield Births Jun 1939 (>99%) Cooper James E Wakefield Manchester 8d 462
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,504 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	20 Jun 2018 12:58
	Were they adopted or did they stay with their mum
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 17 Send Message	Maureen	Report	20 Jun 2018 12:51
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 17 Send Message	Hi looking for 4 half brothers one of which is James Edward Cooper born 1941 in Manchester his Mum was Annie Beatruce Wakefield but also called herself Joyce Cooper the dad was William Cooper he died December 1940 aged 43 Anyone can help also his other brothers Norman known as Tony Cooper born 1940 and his youngest brother Micheal Wakefied born 1941 as his dad had died before he was born was named after my mums maiden name Born in Hammersmith London Would love to find them I am their half sister Maureen

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