Foundling records ??

[brigidmac]

My grandmother was boarded out in 1900 ....Maiden name on birth certificate with father surname as middle name
Mothers maiden name on 1901 census  adopted name on 1911 and at school
Marriage Maiden name aka adopted name

But her mother was then involved. In a baby farming scandal 

  some of the babies were falsely baptised under new parents names ...

Another baby farmer at that time didn't bother finding good homes for the babies and they were abandoned at workhouses .....I don't know how they were then given names

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=770052.0

[jeanc]

1926 marriage Rose E Alderson married Frederick A Crosher.

Regards Jean

Moderator comment: Full 1939 register details removed as this dataset is exclusive to FindMyPast by subscription, you may only post information from a free search.

[JOOBLES]

I have her 2 marriage certificates so knew her Crosher and then Pepper names but I didn't think to look on the 1939 register so thank you for that.

[brigidmac]

What about looking for baptism records ?Sometimes baptisms were several years after birth

[dawnsh]

she may also have been given the name Rose Elizabeth by the family that took her in.

[JOOBLES]

I forgot to add that she always celebrated her birthday on April 16th.
From another source it's been found that Rose said it was in 1901

[jeanc]

Re; 1939 register, apologies.

Regards Jean.

[dawnsh]

Hi again Joobles

I've just had a look at the British Newspaper Archive and the Whitstable Times (covering Tankerton?) has reports in 1901 of foundlings.

This could be another source of information.

[brigidmac]

How were/are  foundlings named when they are literally left on doorsteps ?

I m amazed by  a Mrs Kitchen in 1907 who set out to retrieve her  daughter's baby from its "adoptive parents .
They had used false names and moved on  .

she.d actually uncovered a case of baby trafficking

They
had boarded the baby out to another family in a different town who in turn had taken him to workhouse when the weekly payments stopped .


.Someone identified the child within days  after a news report suggested the couple had killed the baby
I don't know if that child would have been considered a foundling if he had not been identified ...