Help wanted to find biological family of grandmother,

[kiwi25]

Only information we have is on adoption papers for my mother (discovered when her adoptive parents died) says "Caroline Richardson, 27, born in Brighton, England. Have ordered her birth certificate and read the entry of her birth in a handwritten register. Her father was Henry (bricklayer) and her mother was Catherine (née Batt). Siblings were Frederick, Albert, Kate.
Would really appreciate help  regarding any marriages, births, deaths of Caroline's siblings.

My mother (Caroline's daughter) was born in a home for unmarried mothers in Wellington, New Zealand) on 1st May 1912

[wivenhoe]

Did your grandmother know she was adopted?

When did the adoptive parents die?. And during their lifetime someone was researching the origins of their adopted daughter...your mother?. Was it the parents...do you recognise the handwriting?

Might suggest if the family found was the right Caroline RICHARDSON, or one of several considered.

 

[dawnsh]

Hi kiwi25

Welcome to Rootschat 

Are you new to family history?

if so we can give you pointers as to which sites to use for more information such as www.freebmd.org.uk for birth, marriage and death index entries.

www.familysearch.org is good but coverage is worlwide so finding entries might be tricky.

Also there are www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk

As your grandmother was born c1885 you should be able to find her in the 1891 census with her parents.

[dawnsh]

For others watching, is the the birth entry you are waiting for

found on www.freebmd.org.uk and mothers surname confirmed by searching at www.gro.gov.uk

RICHARDSON, CAROLINE  LOUISA      mothers maiden surname BATTS
GRO Reference: 1886  Sept Quarter in STEYNING registration district   Volume 02B  Page 297

[glenclare]

Marriage Henry Richardson
Age: 19
Birth Date: 1860
Marriage Date: 22 Nov 1879
Hove,Sussex,England
Father: Henry Richardson
Spouse: Catherine Batts
FHL Film Number: 1067213

There are considerably more children than the three others stated

[heywood]

Hello,
Is this the family you found.

1891 822/82/2

Henry Richardson 31 yrs
Catherine Richardson   35 yrs
George Richardson 14 yrs
Kate Richardson   9 yrs
Henry Richardson 7 yrs
Caroline Richardson 4 yrs b West Brighton, Sussex
Albert Richardson 2 yrs

As has been said, how sure are you that the details you give are your Caroline?

Regards
Heywood

[avm228]

It looks as though Catherine Richardson died in 1899 (Steyning) aged 46, and Henry remarried in Brighton Dec qtr 1900 to Matilda Divall.

[dawnsh]

Kiwi25 posted and then went offline.

Might be better to wait for their return before we post anything else

[groom]

I'm just wondering why, if Caroline was born the 3rd child and her mother didn't die until she was 12, why she was adopted? Could she have been sent to NZ from a Children's Home, and if so were her siblings with her? Might be worth checking passenger lists.

Kiwi25 posted and then went offline.

If she's in NZ, she probably went to bed.