RootsChat.Com

I hope some Rootschatters can help. We wonder on the history of this doll. It is a very different facial presentation from most. We also wonder if the swaddling gives any sign of age etc. hello appreciated. Thanks

Hello Rootschatters. I am hoping someone may be able to offer some assistance. In 1919 my mother was aged 4. Her mother had to take her and two of her siblings to the workhouse. Her husband had died some years previously and her eldest two boys who had been providing family income died. The last one died in the final wave of the pandemic flu epidemic.  I have found the record of them being ‘acccepted’ by the Birkenhead Workhouse (St Catherines). It states they were accepted and then sent separately to ‘Scattered Homes”. Does anyone have any advice on how I might find where these homes were? My mother related her experiences in this home and they sound like ‘Annie’ the musical. The family in this ‘foster home’ ate the potatoes and fed the peelings to the foster children. I am pleased to say that my mothers eldest sister secured accomodation and built furniture from orange boxes and got her younger siblings out of the care system. I think they were only in care for approximately 6 years. Any indication how I might find the address of these  Scattered Homes would be much appreciated. Thank you. Kathb

Hello,  I would really appreciate some assistance with the details of the following marriage.
Alice Fitzsimmons and William R Jarman. Freebmd has this as the December Quarter of 1942. Lancashire BMD corroborates this as 1942 and shows that it took place at St Dunstans, Edge Hill.
Alice was christened Alice Maude(e), although she seems not to have always used the Maude. She has been a brick wall of mine for many years. The last evidence I have is her entry in the 1939 register. This does not seem to be updated with any married name, but I am trying to rule out all angles. Alice was born in Birkenhead on 8th May 1896. I have her entry on all relevant census and birth certificate and christening entry.
Thanking you in anticipation
Regards
Kathb

Hello, I Have a letter saying that an ancestor was a housekeeper at a large house in this area. It's a long shot I know. It is likely to be in the 1917 to 1924 period. Any ideas please?
regards KathB

A relative serving with 2nd Para was killed by friendly fire in April 1945. Would a death certificate have been issued and if so where would I get a copy please?
Thank You
Kathb