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Hi Rose, It is Williams daughter who is helping me. She lives in Norwich so it is easier for her but she has simply now reached a brick wall.
Yes, William did know something but he wouldnt talk about it. My cousin knew all this long before I did because our nan asked Williams wife to get some birth certs for her & she asked William why they all had King on. Im not sure what he told her but nothing was ever revealed to my cousin. She said he was too embarrised by it all.
William remembered his real father, my nans husband, he remembers him in the hospital & wheeling him home at weekends in a water bedded bath chair. The Norfolk & Norwich hospital wasnt too far from where they lived.
Thanks for your interest,
Janice

William James Blake must have know the full story. He would have been 22 when his last half sibling was born.

Do you have contact with any of his relatives?

Rose

My cousin has looked in Norwich. She still lives there so she & my other cousin, Irenes daughter have been trying for ages. She just doesnt know what else to try. She cant find the whereabouts of the younger children either.
Irene & my mother are the only 2 left. My mother is the only one who knows about her father, or not if you know what I mean.
The other families didnt want their parents to know in case it upset them. My mother was relieved when I told her because she was beginning to think she was loosing her memory or something crazy.

Not sure where we go from here ..... have you tried Electoral Rolls?

Hi Londonbelle,
They didnt live with them but use to visit them on a regular basis.
They use to visit as a family. They use to live quiet close & could walk there easily. Still can, its still there.
My gran died in 1956 & she never remarried.

Hi Janice

I'm back again .....

Do you know when your mother and siblings were taken to live with the King family?

When did Gertrude Laura die?

HI,
I have found Edward 1878 living at 84 North Walsham Road Norwich with his wife Ethel Elizabeth & his sons George Henry, Edward and William. He appears to have had 6 children with only 3 living.

Thank you for the 1911 census, Edwards middle name is Carr, which fits as they probably read it wrong.
It was Ashby Street, its me, cant think why I put Road, just to confuse things I expect, sorry about that.

I cant seem to find anything at all for the other children.
Henry (Harry), John, George, Alfred or Edith.
They seem to have just vanished.

I dont think its too bad.....
Thanks Londonbelle, Im most grateful

Hope the flood is not too bad....
I have to go now but will try and pick this up again tomorrow

Thank you Londonbelle, sorry Ive been away, we seem to have a flood.

And this is the same family in the 1911 census

HOUSEHOLD KING EDWARD CAN M 1849 62 Norwich Norfolk
HOUSEHOLD KING ETHEL F 1896 15 Norwich Norfolk
HOUSEHOLD KING GEORGE CLEMENT M 1874 37 Norwich Norfolk
HOUSEHOLD KING KENNETH BARHAM M 1904 7 Norwich Norfolk
HOUSEHOLD KING MARY ANN F 1854 57 Norwich Norfolk
HOUSEHOLD KING RICHARD M 1892 19 Norwich Norfolk
HOUSEHOLD KING SARAH BEATRICE F 1877 34 Norwich Norfolk

Last names KING
Last names Algorithm Exact
County Norfolk
District Norwich
Residence ASHBY STREET

This might be something or it could be nothing! It is from the 1901 census and the address is 4 Ashby Street not Ashby Road... a bit of a coincidence that a Family called 'King' are living there!

Name: Edward King
Age: 13
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Edward C
Mother's Name: Mary Ann
Gender: Male
Where born: Norwich, Norfolk, England

Civil Parish: Norwich
Ecclesiastical parish: Lakenham All Saints and Lakenham St John the Baptist and and Trowse St Andrew
County/Island: Norfolk
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Norwich
Sub-registration district: West Wymer
ED, institution, or vessel: 36
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 72
Household Members:
Name Age
Edward C King 53 occ Engine Fitter
Mary Ann King 47
Edward King 28 Lithographic printer
Harry King 21 Upholsterer
John King 17 Boiler Makers Apprentice
George King 14 Whitesmith
Alfred King 14
Edith King 11
Richard King 9
Ethel King 5

All the family born in Norwich. None of the children are married

How sad .....!

My nan really did have a rough time.
She lost her baby son in 1911, her mother died in 1915, her 6 year old daughter in 1917, her father gased himself in her house in April 1921 and her husband Charles was shot in the spine & paralized in 1918, then died in 1921 after being in hospital for the last 3 years.
Then she told her children that their father was her husband & died in 1931. Mum doesnt find it too hard to believe as she never remembered a father living with them but she does find the lies her mother told her difficult to believe. She even took mum to Charles grave & told her he was her father.

Thats right, we have Ivy Lottie Laura Roe born 1911 died when she was 6.
Also Gertrude Roe born 1915, she died 2006.
William James Blake the eldest half sipling born 1908 died 2006.
We found Reginalds grave & marked it & Charles was burried with Ivy, which we marked too. Both these graves had been unmarked.

Note that Gertrude & Charles married in 1910 so there's a possibility of more half siblings

Possibles?

Births Dec 1913
Roe Reginald E C Blake Norwich 4b 227
Deaths Mar 1914
Roe Reginald E 0 Norwich 4b 166


Births Sep 1915
Roe Gertrude L Blake Norwich 4b 262

I have that too, mums eldest brother, who really was Charles son was the informant. My cousin is mums eldest half brothers daugther.
Your right, it is a difficult one,
thanks,
Janice

Difficult one this! The only thing that I can suggest is that it might be worth getting a copy of Gertrude Laura's death certificate as the Informant might be a 'King'.

The last child is called Beryl
many thanks

I can see the children born in 1920, 23, 26 twins. What was the name of the child born in 1930?