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How do you go about tracing ancestors you know were adopted at birth. This is my grt grandmother and noone in the family has any idea of her parents or where she was born.
She lived in Northampton. Possibly bought up on a barge!

Is this her birth??

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

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Births Sep 1906 (>99%)
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Oakenfull Helena Alice S Northampton 3b 39

Do you know who she was 'adopted' by ?

What do you know about her 'adoptive' family ?

It would not have been a 'formal' adoption as this did not start until around 1927.

Dea x

I wonder if this is the family that adopted her. Theyve been married 10 years and only list one child born, which is Helena

I also cant see a birth for a Helena Smith


1911 England Census
Name: Helena Smith
Age in 1911: 4
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1907
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Civil parish: Leicester
County/Island: Leicestershire
Country: England
Street Address: 11 George St Leicester
Registration district: Leicester
Registration District Number: 407
Sub-registration district: North West Leicester
ED, institution, or vessel: 24
Piece: 19188

Household Members: Name Age
Isiah Smith 55 Uxbridge, Middlesex, England
Liza Smith 42 Bethnal Green, London, England
Helena Smith 4

Marriages Sep 1926
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Smith Helena Wilson Northampton 3b 188
Wilson Charles W Smith Northampton 3b 188


England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2006
Name: Hellena A Wilson
Birth Date: abt 1906
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1967
Age at Death: 61
Registration district: Northampton
Inferred County: Northamptonshire
Volume: 3b
Page: 552




Damian

Youve got threads about Wilson/Wright/Smith on the go and all the people are related in some way.

It might be an idea to stick to one family line, sort that and then move on to the next one? Just a suggestion

Also can you post when you have time to stick around for a while so that you can answer any questions that we have for you please

Thanks

:-)

Thanks,
i have come across the name oakenfull before so that could be a possibility.
i do know she settled in northampton and married charles william wilson as my nan, helena marjorie wilson lived all her life in northampton. all my nan ever seemed to tell me about her mum was that she was bought up on a barge.
i will have a look into isiah and lisa smith to see what else i can find.
thanks again for you help and suggestions.

There's a tree on A which has her as Helena Alice Oakenfull Smith

Jude

Damien

It depends if this was her birth name or adoptive name, formal adoptions only started in 1927, so it would be hard to find anything unless she has an unusual birth name.

Jude obviously means that there is a tree on ANCESTRY

Yes Reggie - spot on. But as I got threatened about it by the GR review team I will continue to call it A!!

Jude

I agree with Jude. I had a quite pleasant email from GR regarding a thread that I posted on the other day about the other website. The email informed me that I was breaching the rules so in future I will be very wary of mentioning the other site rather than jeopordise my membership here. Incidentally the thread seems to have been removed either by GR or the original poster.