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England / Re: Adoption mid 1940s
« on: Monday 22 April 24 19:03 BST (UK)  »
Thank you all for the info.

I do know what became of the birth mother, and the children were adopted into an 'unrelated' family.  In fact we have only learned the name of that family from working out a dna match, prior to that we just knew the first names of the children and of course their original surname.

At the moment the circumstances surrounding the adoption are still shrouded in mystery .....

But thank you for your help,

Lisa

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England / Adoption mid 1940s
« on: Monday 22 April 24 15:15 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

I wonder if anyone can clarify the situation regarding adoptions in England in the mid 1940s, please?

Two siblings were adopted in the mid 1940s, I have copies of their birth certs, and both certs have 'adopted' and the signature of the superintendant registrar.  The children would have been under 5 years old at the time.

So my query is really about the 'kind' of adoptions at that time, does the possibility of a 'so-called' 'private adoption' still exist at this time, ie, where the birth mother (possibly) 'found' a family (not related) and 'gave' the children to that family?
And if that type of adoption did exist, would it result in 'adopted' being on the birth certs?
Both children did keep their first names, but had a new surname (they stayed together).

This probably happened close to the end of the war or shortly after the war, so I appreciate that things may have been done a little differently.

Or is the scenario more likely, that the children were removed from the mother's care for some reason (or she was unable to care for them and they were removed), and then either an authority or a children's home stepped in and the adoption was arranged by them?

Or is there another possibility of how the adoption could've come about?

Thanks for any insights into how adoptions were at that time,

Lisa

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Worcestershire / Re: Where was the chapel in Tibberton?
« on: Friday 05 April 24 17:47 BST (UK)  »
On the 1911, both Chapel House and Ivy House have a William Salisbury (+ family) as the head of household, both men are 'garden labourers' - they do appear to be different families.

So they don't have any connection with the chapel.

Thank you for your help,  I shall be looking out for further mention of the chapel as it is intriguing .....

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Worcestershire / Re: Where was the chapel in Tibberton?
« on: Friday 05 April 24 17:36 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Kay99 on Friday 05 April 24 17:25 BST (UK)
Found this list of non conformist records in the Hive but I can't see Tibberton listed?  https://www.explorethepast.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Non_Conformist_Records_on_microfilm.pdf

perhaps it was not much more than a corrugated building in the garden trying to keep the locals out of the pubs ..... :)
I'm not sure if I have any reference books for Worcs non-conformists ...... perhaps they just had services there and had to go to Droitwich for anything that they'd register, just a thought .....

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Worcestershire / Re: Where was the chapel in Tibberton?
« on: Friday 05 April 24 17:31 BST (UK)  »
attached a snip from the 1911 summary book (error file too large).

So this has Chapel House (occupier Salisbury), then Wesleyan Chapel (unoccupied building), then Ivy House.
So the chapel must be in the garden of Chapel House.

It also has the Parish Room, which appears to be either in the garden or attached to the grocer's shop, which was on the corner of Plough Road and Foredraught Lane.

Interesting, have we solved the mystery?
But how the village hall came into the picture (ie. village), I don't know .......

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Worcestershire / Re: Where was the chapel in Tibberton?
« on: Friday 05 April 24 17:17 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for the link.

In the first section it says, 'There is a parish room, opened in 1905'.
So it might be possible to look at the 1901 census and find the Wesleyan chapel and then find the village hall on the 1911, and see if they are in the same place.......

I'll have a look ......

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Worcestershire / Re: Where was the chapel in Tibberton?
« on: Friday 05 April 24 15:06 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Kay,

I think those 'cottages' were at one time owned by the farm.

I've attached the newspaper snip, a sad story, I don't have any connection to the boy, it was the chapel mention that caught my attention.  From the 1939, it looks like Ivy House (mentioned) is joined to Chapel House.
So looking on google, it is possible that the Village Hall was originally a chapel, from the style of the older part of the building.

Can anyone confirm please?
And if you attended a children's Christmas party at the village hall in the early 1970s (1973 or 1974?), do let me know   ;)

thanks
Lisa

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Worcestershire / Where was the chapel in Tibberton?
« on: Friday 05 April 24 11:45 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

I wonder if anyone can help with this, I came across a newspaper article from the 1930s which mentioned the Chapel in Tibberton (nr Droitwich).  Does anyone know where this was, as in exactly which building it was?

I do know Tibberton (of old as it were  ;)) and according to google there is still a  Chapel House on Plough Road, I'm not sure exactly which house this is - it would be near-ish to the Bridge Inn (but the other side of the road), possibly towards the canal.

I can't think of a property that looks like a converted chapel in that area, unless of course the chapel was demolished and the gap filled with a 1930s - 1960s property.

Chapel House is listed on the 1939, I looked at a couple of earlier censuses but didn't find the Chapel.

thanks
Lisa

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The Common Room / Re: Ancestry Problems...
« on: Wednesday 06 March 24 16:39 GMT (UK)  »
yes, the same.

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