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Hertfordshire / Two addresses for his mother.
« on: Thursday 07 August 14 21:36 BST (UK) »
Have just received my late father in law's birth certificate. We knew he was born illegitimate in 1923 and had always believed he spent the first three years of his life in the London Orphan Asylum. However, it seems he was born at 60 Vicarage Road which, it transpires, was the Watford Union Workhouse. One mystery solved - it appears someone, somewhere along the way, had the name of the institution all wrong.
But in the 'name and maiden surname of mother' box, whilst there is no father named and his mother is listed as expected, it goes on to say she was 'a printing factory hand of 22 Birchfield Terrace, Watford' in the same box as her name. Would this be the address of her employer or a former residence address? And why would it be in this box?
But in the 'name and maiden surname of mother' box, whilst there is no father named and his mother is listed as expected, it goes on to say she was 'a printing factory hand of 22 Birchfield Terrace, Watford' in the same box as her name. Would this be the address of her employer or a former residence address? And why would it be in this box?