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Nantwich area - home for unmarried mothers?
« on: Tuesday 20 December 16 23:10 GMT (UK) »
Does anyone know if there was a home (or similar) for unmarried mothers in Nantwich, or close by, in the early 1900s? The date I'm looking at was early-mid WWI so I'm not sure if that would have had an impact or not. She did keep the baby and married a different man in the early 1930s and had two more children that I know of. Haven't seen a baptism record pop up either.

I know I'll prob need to order a birth certificate, but that will have to wait til January pay day whilst its Christmas ;D

Any help local knowledge would be appreciated. Googling hasn't brought anything up as yet....
Frost, Quine, Stowell, Atherton, Gill.

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Re: Nantwich - home for unmarried mothers?
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 20 December 16 23:33 GMT (UK) »
I've read the Nantwich Workhouse post and had a look on the Family Search site and can't see baby, not 100% certain on mother's first name without the birth cert, but think she was called Edith and can't find any records for her either.
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Re: Nantwich - home for unmarried mothers?
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 20 December 16 23:50 GMT (UK) »
Could you post her surname, and that of the man she married, so we can also look?

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Re: Nantwich - home for unmarried mothers?
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 20 December 16 23:50 GMT (UK) »
Are you working from the registration district for the childs birth?  If so - here are all the areas covered by that RD

http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/nantwich.html

Until you have more information as to exactly where the child was born (ie) the birth cert - it would be sheer guesswork
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Re: Nantwich - home for unmarried mothers?
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 21 December 16 00:08 GMT (UK) »
Baby's birth - 31st Jan 1917.

Name   Vera J Johnson
Event Type   Birth Registration
Registration Quarter   Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration Year   1917
Registration District   Nantwich
County   Cheshire
Event Place   Nantwich, Cheshire, England
Mother's Maiden Name (not available before 1911 Q3)   Johnson

The J was for Joan. Not certain about the man her mother married. There were connections with Sound Manor in Nantwich and Market Drayton. Joan got married during WWII, which was registered in Crewe to George Albert Williams. There were Lycetts but I'm not sure if they were on Joan or George's side of the family.
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Re: Nantwich - home for unmarried mothers?
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 21 December 16 00:35 GMT (UK) »
According to CheshireBMD, the 1917 birth was in the registration sub district of Wrenbury, so not in Nantwich itself.

Having said that, the sub district itself was quite big at this time - see http://www.cheshirebmd.org.uk/subdists.php

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Re: Nantwich - home for unmarried mothers?
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 21 December 16 10:49 GMT (UK) »
Thanks Adrian, Audlem rings bells.  :)

I've edited my previous post. I'm not sure if the Lycetts fit in on the Williams or Johnson side now. I guess I'll have to wait to order the certificate. I'm not very patient. I've always left this bit of the tree as I don't know very much about it.
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Re: Nantwich area - home for unmarried mothers?
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 21 December 16 16:37 GMT (UK) »
The birth cert will show the address at which the baby was born which may not necessarily have been a mother and baby home
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Re: Nantwich area - home for unmarried mothers?
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 21 December 16 19:33 GMT (UK) »
I know, I was just wondering if anyone knew if there was one. I will order the cert in the new year.
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