Looking for Tony Brett

[Ian Johnson]

Hi everyone,
I'm not sure if I'm in the right place but my material grandmother was born in Southwark, Surrey in 1907
mother was Ada Violet Sibley (b1882/3- d1947) and Father Frank Lewis Brett (b1859 - d1919 (they married in 1905). Ada and Frank had a Son Frank W Brett in 1913 (d 1968) Margaret A Brett (b1918-d1992), Millicent Edith Brett (b1911-d2002) and then Ada married Joseph W L Andrews in 1922, Ada and Joseph had 2 daughters Frances A Andrews  (b1922-d1976) and Joyce A Andrews (b1925-d2014)

my post is about a missing sibling/son Tony Brett (b1928-d1987) I don't know who his parents are even though he has the surname Brett,  Ada would have been 45-46 in 1928

[Milliepede]

You could get his birth certificate to find out.  Ada could have had a late baby. 

There are two Anthony's born in 1928 - one Essex one Hertfordshire - either of those likely to be your Tony? 

[Milliepede]

What about Doris Emily Brett born in 1907?  She would have been old enough to have a son in 1928.

[Mabel Bagshawe]

His death doesn't appear to have been registered under the surname Brett (well not in England and Wales anyway)

How confident are you about the year of birth and death. Do you have any locations you can share so we can see what clues the records give?

[Ian Johnson]

His death doesn't appear to have been registered under the surname Brett (well not in England and Wales anyway)

How confident are you about the year of birth and death. Do you have any locations you can share so we can see what clues the records give?

I know my material grandmother came from southwark,  Surrey (and her siblings).. I think the reason the birth would not be registered is because if Tony is hers she got pregnant and had him out of wedlock as she did not marry until 1931

[heywood]

There is a death - Tony Brett in 1987 with a birthdate of 13th June 1928.
The registration district is Burnley and Pendle, Lancashire.
1939 supports this information.

[Annette7]

If the latter post does relate to the Tony in question, think I have figured out who that was BUT the Brett family he's connected to has no connection to Frank Lewis Brett's family??

Annette

[Ian Johnson]

If the latter post does relate to the Tony in question, think I have figured out who that was BUT the Brett family he's connected to has no connection to Frank Lewis Brett's family??


Annette

I now believe that Tony was not fathered by Frank Lewis Brett simply because Frank Lewis Brett passed away in 1919

[avm228]

Ian, how have you learned of the missing son, and is your informant/source clear on the dates and details?

The Tony whose dates you have given seems to have been born Tony Sidwell, to parents Stanley Sidwell and Lillian née Jennings, and become a “Brett” on Lillian’s subsequent marriage to Wilfred Brett in 1933.  His birth and death occurred in Lancashire. As Annette says, there’s no obvious link to your London Bretts, unless you can shed any further light.