Good day Nell,
Thank you for the information. Do you think it would be possible to see those records (medical) if I visited the Mere archives (or wherever they keep them)?
My second question is obviously "what happened to the child". I have looked at the BMD records and I can find HER death listed. But I cannot find a child registered to her in the births or deaths. If the child was stillborn then I would have thought it would be listed. Of course, if the child survived, then it may be/would be listed under the father's name. I cannot find a BMD site that allows me to search using the mother's name/maiden name. Perhaps it was adopted...did they register the adopted children in the mother's/father's name or the adopted parent's name in 1921?
On another note...this must have been a real upset to the family. My great grandfather (her father) was very religious and very active in the church. He was, by all accounts, then a wealthy man so I guess that is how they could afford to send her away. She is buried in Bexhill on top of her mother who died in 1916 (apparently this was quite common). There is no record at all about a child. The Bexhill newspaper just says "a sudden death", which, I suppose, it was.
We, in the family, had no idea she existed. My grand father (her brother) did not mention her to anyone EVER. My father was born in 1922, after she died and it was quite a surprise to everyone to find out about her. We have a photograph of my grandfather standing next to a young child. We always assumed it was a photo of his sister Dorothy but, once we found out about Ada, we could see that the age difference is such that the photo could only have been of my grand father and her (Ada).
Such is the fun of geneology!!
Anyway, thank you very much for your reply.
Best Regards
Mark