The birth place on the 1917 birth certificate for my great aunt and uncle's child, James Roye McConville, is given as 20 Laurel Road, Liverpool, presumably where the mother gave birth, whereas the address given for the father (who was serving in the British Army) is different.
Out of curiousity, I googled 20 Laurel Road, Liverpool and found a message on Ancestry requesting information on a "Catherine Sharp 20 Laurel road L7 0LW who was the mother of Leslie George Sharp DOB 15/06/1916 west Derby and give him up for adoption in the same year." See
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/boards/topics.adoption.uk.england.england/870/mb.ashx I do not know of any familial connection with the Sharps but this message prompted me to think that the 20 Laurel Road, Liverpool address (located near the Edge Hill Hospital at No. 17) might have been an informal adoption agency, and therefore that James Roye McConville might also be adopted. Both the parents went on to pursue their respective careers without James Roye.
I know adoption is a very tricky area since there is often very little documentation. Until we have the 1921 Census, can anyone please offer any guidance on the plausibility of James Roye being adopted?
In anticipation, many thanks
Best wishes
John