Adoptive parents of my great grandfather- wakefield/ royston/yorkshire

[Jill short]

Hi there,
I've been trying to trace more about my Grandad for ages now. I am also using Ancestry. The info I have is he was born in Huddersfield 25/10/1908 as Clarence Arthur Bamford ( occasionally miss spelt on documents as Balmforth/ Bamforth etc.. ) He took his adoptive parent's name Price around age 2.
His birth cert only says mum name lily bamford.he was then adopted aged around 2 years by Lucy and George Price and lived in Midland Road, Royston, West Yorkshire, according to the 1911 census.  I think lily's  husband had possibly died and she was sent to workhouse ( LOCKWOOD UNION WORKHOUSE HUDDERSFIELD ) He was then sent  to a Children's home on Midland Rd, Royston,which is where his  name Bamford came about ,which was possible miss-spelt, and is actually Bamforth according to war records. I also have information that he was possibly living with John and Bertha Bamford in Luck Lane, Marsh, Huddersfield and have his baptism certificate with them being named as parent's. I realise names very commonly get miss spelt along the years !  Also informal adoptions may have occurred.  Any info at all on how to search further would be gratefully appreciated !

[avm228]

Welcome

Any adoption at that time would have been informal - statutory adoption didn’t come in until 1927.

Have you traced Lily Bamford - was she/her husband related to John and Bertha?

[avm228]

Birth registered Dec qtr 1908 as Clarence Bamford with mother’s maiden name Bromwich.

Baptism 21.11.1908 as Clarence son of John & Bertha, at the Methodist New Connexion Chapel.

[avm228]

Wright Bamford married Bertha Bromwich, Sep qtr 1902 Huddersfield.

[Radcliff]

does it state Mrs for his mother father deceased even

[avm228]

Wright Bamford died Mar qtr 1907 Huddersfield so was not Clarence’s father.

I suspect he was born to Bertha and another man (named, perhaps, John) after her husband’s death, and she invented the name “Lily” to avoid embarrassment when he was born.

[Radcliff]

have you enquired about his admission records to the workhouse

[avm228]

Wright and Bertha had 3 children together:

Doris Bamford, mother’s maiden name Bromwich, Dec qtr 1902 Huddersfield
Hilda Bamford, mother’s maiden name Bromwich, Mar qtr 1904 Huddersfield
Mabel Bamford, mother’s maiden name Bromwich, Mar qtr 1906 Huddersfield

[Girl Guide]

Welcome to Rootschat Jill 

Interesting - On the 1911 Bertha only claims 3 born 3 still living which will be the three girls.

She either didn't want to acknowledge that she had had a fourth child or thought that as he had been adopted the number of children born didn't apply to him.