Adoptions before 1926

[layreader1810]

Hi all
What was the usual way in which adoptions took place prior to it being legalised in 1926 the reason I asked is because my Mum was orphaned in 1919 in Willington Quay and was adopted/or taken in by the Murphy family in Welfield but as far as I can see there was no previous connection between the families. I was wondering if there are any avenues I could research to find out how this took place.
Dave

[MargP]

Hi

Can you give us a bit more information on your Mom and the Murphy's to see if we can find e a connection, did your Mom go to an orphanage, did she have any brothers and sister if so what happened to them

Margp

[CaroleW]

Hi

There may be no biological connection between the families - they may just have been friends. 

Prior to the introduction of legalised adoption, many families took in children who had been orphaned or whose mother had died.  A sort of "fostering" situation

[Radcliff]

If your mum came under the Tynemouth Union,of which I think it may have the Northumberland archives in Newcastle have books for the boarding out minutes and entrance of children taken into their care,I am not sure if you can access them up to 1926 ,but I have accessed them up to the early 1920s,the minutes do not give any details other than the childs age and whom they were boarded out to,if your mum was brought to the workhouse there may be more details included,
Good luck,

[layreader1810]

Hi

Can you give us a bit more information on your Mom and the Murphy's to see if we can find e a connection, did your Mom go to an orphanage, did she have any brothers and sister if so what happened to them

Margp

Hi Margp my GF Elijah Galloway b. 1885 d. 1916 my GM Catherine Cairns b. 1882 d. 1919 My mum Joyce Wilhelmina Galloway b. 1914 d. 1992.
I haven't started researching the Murphys yet but my GF James William Murphy b. 1893 d. 1972 Gm Sarah J S (I don't know maiden name) My Mum had 1 brother Robert Cairns Galloway b. 1909 d. (He died young but I'm unable to find out where or when) She also had 2 sisters Margaret E Galloway b. 1910 d. 1915 & Catherine Galloway b. 1913 d. 2010 that's about all I have at the moment. Many thanks for your interest Dave

[Radcliff]

Robert C Gallaway
estimated birth 1910
death registered Newcastle Upon Tyne September 1922

[MargP]

James W Murphy married Sarah J S Knight
July Qtr 1913
Reg Tynmouth
Vol 10b
Page 620