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The last two Lewis/Clarke births are also recorded as Clarke...........so parents not married to each other

1921 Census Of England & Wales
25, Alum Rock Road, Saltley, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Charles Lloyd Lewis Head Male 1893 28 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England General Metal Turner Out Of Work
Ethel May Lewis Wife Female 1892 28 Smethwick, Staffordshire, England - -
Ethel Joan Lewis Daughter Female 1916 5 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England - -
Richard Victor Lewis Son Male 1918 3 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England - -
Sarah Bailey Mother-in-law Female 1849 72 Dudley, Staffordshire, England - -

im fairly certain that he married a valerie clarke and i only know of 1 child although there may be more i havnt sent for birth certificates as i didnt think they would give any more inormation but i shall send off if they help, my fathers mother was ethel bailey and this is the side if the family that shows more on my dna results however mainly very distant relatives , i did write to one whose relative married my fathers sister , she did reply and verified that there was a son called simon but had no other information for me ,i shall send for a birth certificate and see if this helps

You definitely need the birth cert. It will give you his second forename, apart from anything else

How else can you be certain that the person you are trying to find is your father's son?

You haven't answered my question about whether you were born after 1958..................

Also, if you did manage to locate this man, what would you do with the information?

i was born in 1964 sorry my information hasnt been very forthcoming , i was adopted straight away the small bits of information i have came via my birth mother who was not overly forthcoming with information and didnt want contact , she was very young and my father was married and in his forties and she was told to give me up by her parents which was the norm in those days , but i have had a lovly upbringing with my adopted family, i just woold like to know a little bit about who i am and who i look like etc and my children. i have a half sister on my mothers side but i havnt made contact as my birthmother did not want to pursue a relationship and i understand it is a very difficult situation if it was secret , as was the way then. so if i find my half brother im not sure how i would approach it , the 1921 census is correct its the same as i have from ancestry i believe that is my fathers side of the family, my birth mother s information was his name r.v.lewis known as victor , had plant shops in the 1960,s one on chester road and then robin hood lane hall green birmingham, and she thought his son was about 8 , i was born in 1964 so this is the sticking point on the information i have as the simon i am researching would have been 6 however everything else fits , its very difficult a bit like a jigsaw with huge gaps and i have been stuck at this point for a few years now, i was very disappointed my dna didnt proffer any closer relatives,

I'm sorry to say that it doesn't sound as if you can rely on your birth mother's information being totally accurate.

As I said earlier, if she wasn't in touch with your father, she may not have known if he had more than one child from his marriage.
Her estimate of the son's age is also not necessarily correct.

Did she say that the son's name was Simon, or just that that he had "a son"?

As well as looking at old electoral rolls have you considered that the businesses may have had telephones?

Have you googled the history of the roads you mentioned you may pick up some information or old photos. The Francis Frith site can be quite good. The businesses may have been mentioned or advertised in the local press.

ye i have looked them up and the shop in robin hood lane was called floral hire and in white pages logged as r lewis, i am fairly certain i am heading the right way with my father but still unsure as to whether valerie clarke is right , my birth mother only told me he had a son about 8 years old but im certain i have the right person for my father as it ties in with some of my thru lines on ancestry and a very distant cousin who remembers r v lewis and that he had a son called simon but she didnt know anymore which was a terrible shame and had no idea where he may be

Valerie Clarke is not connected to you, and, if still living, would probably be extremely upset if she knew that she is being discussed on this insecure site.
Do you have your adoption papers?

yes i have considered other people in this i didnt even think about this site and my messages possibly reaching a wrong person, yes i have my adoption papers but they only have my birth mother and her job etc no mention of a father , maybe i need to try another route as if valeerie is alive still i doubt she has any knowledge of my existance and would be a very elderly lady by now,

thankyou everyone am applying for some birth certificates , fingers crossed