Missing Rowland family members- help required

[NooshieW]

I initially only had the three children for William and Lilian , Emily, Lilian and William. Edward appeared on the 1939. I haven’t found any children for the daughters apart from Lilian Joan Tapner. There is no birth reg for an Edward Rowland, so who is he?
Thanks for ongoing help with this.

[Annette7]

As there is no birth reg. for an Edward Rowland born 20/12/1919, nor any likely death entry, I would agree that Edward was not a son - either an 'adopted' son (which wasn't a formal arrangement when he was born) who could have reverted back to his birth name later, who knows.   He certainly wasn't with them in 1921 when he'd have been a toddler nor was there anyone with that name/age in Sussex.

Whoever Edward was, I doubt very much that he was born a Rowland!

Annette   

[NooshieW]

You could be right, that they took in a child in or maybe he’s just a lodger and the enumerator got it wrong. As they lost their only son in 1918, it seemed that maybe they’d had a child . The mother would have been in her late forties, not unheard of by any means, but he  isn’t on any records.

[NooshieW]

I looked at the 1939 record again and the birth date of Edward could be 26/12/19. If it is, there is an Edward Scannel who dies in Brighton with that birthdate and there is no birth reg for him, just a thought. This is very similar to the ‘Scammel’ that Lilian Joan married. Maybe clutching at straws.