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Looking for anyone who knows of a Lily Dryden who lived in Coventry 1931 as she gave birth to a son who was born 7/7/31 he was taken for adoption. He was actually adopted in 1933 when 2 yrs old not sure if he was in care before adoption.
He is now 90yrs old and lives in Canada he has only just found who his birth mother is with my help.
He has his original birth certificate before adoption.
No father named on his birth certificate which we have now obtained. Lily either married a Smith or her mother did and they adopted her so changed her surname to Smith.
This info we can see from info that HM Passport office GRO has sent us after our meeting that we had with adoption agency. His mothers name on his birth certificate
Lily Richardson SMITH FORMALLY DRYDEN.
His given birth name
Alfred James Dryden
If you have come across anything during your research or do come across anything please get in touch and let me know no matter how small.

Thank you so much for reading this finger crossed someone knows something

Denise

It is highly unlikely that anyone who knew of Lily would spot your post.

Have a look, via the search option T the top right, and look to see if anyone has Lily in their tree.

Have a look at this free site www.freebmd.org.uk to try and find Lily’s birth. Using the GRO site you can is get the mother’s maiden name.

Good luck.

The birth registration

First name(s) Alfred J
Last name Dryden
Birth quarter 3
Birth year 1931
Mother's maiden name Dryden
District Coventry
County Warwickshire
Country England
Volume 6D
Page 1142

???
A marriage 2 years later of a Lily R Dryden to an Edgar Smith

Surname First name(s) Spouse District Vol Page
Marriages Jun 1933 (>99%)

Dryden Lily R Smith Gloucester 6a 773
Smith Edgar C A Dryden Gloucester 6a 773

Maybe

First name(s) Lily R
Last name Dryden
Birth quarter 1
Birth year 1913
Mother's maiden name Scott
District Morpeth
County Northumberland
Country England
Volume 10B
Page 907
Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Civil Births
Collections from Great Britain, England
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Other records featuring that name
(1 record)

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Surname First name(s) Mother/Spouse District Vol Page
Births Mar 1913 (>99%)
Dryden Lily R Scott Morpeth 10b 907

There is a Lily Ricardine Dryden mentioned on WW1 pension records - but they are on Fold 3.

One possible son

Births Mar 1936
SMITH Cyril M Dryden Gloucester 6a 428

An Ancestry tree shows the above 1913 birth and 1933 marriage.

It says Edgar Clifton Ashley died 1975 but that she remarried in 1940 to Clifford George Elliston in Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk.

It has her death as 1988 in Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire aged 76

The son born in 1936 died also in 1936

First name(s) Clifford G
Last name Elliston
Marriage quarter 1
Marriage year 1940

Clifford G Elliston married one of these people
Lily Smith
Spouse's last name Smith
District Bury St. Edmunds
District number -
County Suffolk
Country England
Volume 4A
Volume as transcribed 4A
Page number 3723

That death giving a DOB for Lily which would "fit" a Q1 1913 birth registration

First name(s) Lily Richardson
Last name Elliston
Gender Unknown
Birth day 26
Birth month 11
Birth year 1912
Age -
Death quarter 1
Death year 1988
District Nuneaton & Bedworth
Register number 288
County Warwickshire
Volume 31
Page 198
Country

1939 register entry - DOB matches death registration

Lily (R) Elligton (Smith)'s life in 1939
75 London Road, Gloucester, Gloucester C.B., Gloucestershire, England

Pinney household
(7 people)
First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule Sub Number
Thomas R Pinney 12 Jan 1893 Male Aircrfat Stressed Skin Fitter Married 227 1
Thomas E Worsley 22 Mar 1905 Male Aircraft Rigger Final Erection Before Flight Married 227 2
Geoffrey E Bishop 03 Oct 1915 Male Electrical Engineer Single 227 3
Frederick C Moores 26 Jun 1908 Male Manufacturers Agent Single 227 4
Harold J Hare 19 Aug 1916 Male Electrical Engineer Single 227 5
Kitty Hare (Day) 09 Feb 1915 Female Shop Assistant Multiple Store Single 227 6
Lily (R) Elligton (Smith) 26 Nov 1912 Female Boarding House Keeper Married 227 7
View first 5 occupants
Ref: RG101/5047A/019/42 Letter Code: OBBW

The image shows her change of name was recorded on the document 31.2.1949 - this is not the date the change of name actually occurred, but the date it was amended on the register.

This is said to be Edgar in 1939 the ? is a C on the original. Not necessarily actually married to Betty

Edgar ? A Smith's life in 1939
19 Marle Hill Parade, Cheltenham, Cheltenham M.B., Gloucestershire, England

(5 people)
First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule Sub Number
Edgar ? A Smith 10 Jun 1907 Male Lorry Driver Heavy Worker Married 51 1
Betty Smith 25 Oct 1914 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 51 2
Edward N Yeadon 09 Jan 1907 Male Aircraft Assembler Married 51 3
Lena Yeadon 24 Nov 1906 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 51 4
The record for this person is officially closed.

For individual people, records remain closed for a century after their birth (the 100-year rule), unless it can be proven that they passed away before this milestone.

Ancestry tree records her parents as James Dryden b 1890 North Seaton Colliery, Northumberland and died 9.8.1918 in Italy

Mother as Maggie Rose Moir Scott 17.2.1891 Cranbog, Aberdour, Aberdeen, Scotland
Maggie was born to Eleanor Lucy Scott a single woman.-
Died 1928 Morpeth, Northumberland.

They married 1912

James killed WW1 1918

She had remarried in 1920 to John George Metcalf in Morpeth.

1911 Census For England & Wales
Front St Newbiggin-By-The-Sea Northumberland, Newbiggin by the Sea, Northumberland, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Joseph Dryden Head Married Male 67 1844 Cowkeeper Northumberland Newton on Moor
Phillis Dryden Wife Married Female 64 1847 - Northumberland Alnwick
James Dryden Son Single Male 20 1891 Labourer General Northumbelrand North Seaton Colliery
Nellie Moore Servant Single Female 16 1895 Servant Domestic Northumberland Embelton
James Dryden's Census Details

Marriage 1912

Surname First name(s) Spouse District Vol Page
Marriages Mar 1912 (>99%)

Dryden James Scott Morpeth 10b 538
Scott Maggie R M Dryden Morpeth 10b 538

Name: James Dryden
Gender: Male
Rank: Pte
Record Type: Card
Death Date: 9 Aug 1918
Service Number: 31755
Corps, Regiment or Unit: South Staffs (1st Bn)
Title: WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers
Description: Other Ranks Died Driver A-Ducklers WH
Next of Kin:
Name Relation to Soldier
James Dryden
Maggie Dryden Widow
Joseph Edith Dryden Child ...............................- Josephine
Eleanor Lucy Dryden Children
Lily Richardine Dryden Children
Margaret Dryden Children

Not seeing births of Josephine or Eleanor although the Ancestry tree has them as twins born 16.11.1911 Newbiggin
Eleanor Lucy Scott Dryden and Josephine Edith Scott Dryden

UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 No Image

Name: James Dryden
Birth Place: Woodhom, Northumberland
Residence: Newbiggin, Northumberland
Death Date: 9 Aug 1918
Death Place: France and Flanders
Enlistment Place: Newcastle, Northumberland
Rank: Private
Regiment: South Staffordshire Regiment
Battalion: 1st Battalion
Regimental Number: 31755
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
Comments: 1
Other Records: Search for 'James Dryden' in other WWI collections
War Diaries (France, Belgium, Germany): Search for 'South Staffordshire Regiment' in the WWI War Diaries (France, Belgium, Germany) collection
War Diaries (Gallipoli): Search for 'South Staffordshire Regiment' in the WWI War Diaries (Gallipoli) collection

Name: Private James Dryden
Death Date: 9 Aug 1918
Cemetery: Boscon British Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Asiago, Provincia di Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
Has Bio?: Y
URL:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21522898/james-dryden

James Dryden
in the UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929
Name: James Dryden
Gender: Male
Death Date: 9 Aug 1918
Rank: Private
Regiment: 1 S Staffs
Regimental Number: 31755
Other Records: Search for 'James Dryden' in other WWI collections