Secondly, I found the Elizabeth/John Moralee marriage in the Non Conformist church register on Family Search. Looks like it took place in St Dominics, the same church as Elizabeth Moralee's funeral was held.
She is noted as Elizabeth Battista to John Thomas Moralee on 20 October 1917, a few months after the Elizabeth Patterson marriage in July 1917 at Newcastle Registry Office. I also received the certificate and it does note her father as 'John Patterson, Tailor' which was indeed an occupation Giovanni often noted. They are both noted as living at 98 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle which was possibly a false address, as at that time was the Liberal Club (Alderman Fenwick's House) but could also have been a lodging house. I am hoping to find the actual St Dominic's register to see if there were any witnesses.
I am also still trying to link the Patterson name as I believe there has to be a reason she used this name - I have been researching her mothers family, of which there was only one full sibling an aunt called Jane Ann Lawson. I did find a Jane Ann Lawson marrying a John Henry Patterson but having ordered that certificate there is nothing conclusive on it
. Still a few things to investigate though as one of the witnesses was Elizabeth Lawson. I am also still researching the Moralees and the Patterson connection there.
On the subject of Elizabeth Lawson - I have also paid for an extensive search of the Bolton Fishpool Union Admissions/Discharges to follow up on why she ended up there.
I really think that Elizabeth will be the key to finding Giovanni as of all his children she is the only one 'unaccounted for' between 1904 and 1911 which is also the period between the last known reference to him (assuming he is W.Brabant who removed Elizabeth from Tynemouth Union in 1904) and the first of many references to him being deceased (daughter Lily's marriage certificate in 1918).
Unfortunately I am not further forward with any reason for her being in Bolton (apart from a possible connection to a Russi family living there from the same area of Italy which I am looking into) but it is clear whatever the reason she went there, she was struggling to survive
The following entries for Elizabeth Lawson alias and baby son Jack were found:-
"Admissions
31st August 1912
Lawson Elizabeth servant, Church of England, born 1888 aged 24 years she was admitted as being sick and Destitute of the Bolton Parish, it stated that she remained in the workhouse until the 30th of September 1912 in fact it was the 9th of October when she and Jack left." This is when they were transferred back to Tynemouth. The discharge is shown at Fishpool on the same day the Admission is shown at Tynemouth as Elizabeth Battista.
"Discharges:
27th June 1912
Lawson Elizabeth came out on her own request
Lawson Jack came out on mother's request"
"Sunday 31st March 1912
Lawson Jack born in the house mother Elizabeth illegitimate of Great Bolton" (This was in the admissions despite Jack being born in the Workhouse as well as the birth being the birth register)
"Admissions
Friday 12th January 1912
Lawson Elizabeth servant born 1887 24 years sick, pregnant and destitute".
The search did not go back any further than 1st January 1912, so there is more to be found I suspect. Frustratingly the original entry in January 1912 did not contain any reference to the North East or next of kin. However, interestingly she must have had somewhere to go as she left with baby Jack for 2 months
I will try and get another search done to go further back at some point, or maybe even head there myself one day as I actually have other branches of my family tree from this area and was born in Lancs.