adoption possibility?!?!?!?!?!?!

[terraheyez2k7]

I know I'll get told off but i'm not sure exactly where this post should go. This is going to be abit long winded but I shall endeavour to explain it the best i can. My Mothers and Grandfathers name is Currie. As is my Great Grandfathers on his wedding and death certificate. My mum has always told me that her grandfather's (my Great Grandfather's) surname was Beresford and that he was left on the doorstep of his Grandparents. I'm starting to look into this. I visited my Great Aunt and she gave me a mini certificate of Albert Beresford born 1892. I then ordered the cert. It told me that he was born Albert Beresford on Sept' 1892 in the marylebone workhouse, there was no father listed and the mother was named as Isabella Beresford, formally Curran, laundress of 40 Fission street Marylebone. Informant I Beresford, mother, 8 Nightingale street, Marylebone. On his wedding he is named as Alfred William Currie, father listed as William Currie. On his death he is named as William Alfred Currie.

As for the father a Isabella Curran married Edwin Bereford Jun 1886, marylebone. As far as i can see no Edwin Beresford died during pregnancy unless he was in the army. Which as of yet i have not looked into. I am of course looking into the possibility of some form of adoption.

I have found a William Beresford, aged 14, in the 1901 census living at the Marylebone infirmary. As of yet i don'y have any idea whether this is my guy or not, bit of a coincidence though!

For my whole family to have taken the Currie name surely he would of been officially adopted by someone? There also could be a link with Curran/Currie perhaps a name being written down wrong. Any ideas on this would be very helpful

All the best, Shaun.

[carolchipp]

Maybe the Curran is a mispelling of Curry. Could he have been left with his maternal grandparents (the Currys) and taken their name if he was raised by them? Perhaps look for an Albert Curry in the 1901, living with grandparents.
There's an Albert Curry b. 1892 in London on the 1901 but I can't view it - no sub now.

[RobinC]

There's this Albert in 1901:

Thomas W Curry 40
Martha Curry 40
Henry A Curry 21
John Curry 19
William Curry 16
George Curry 14
Albert Curry 9
Sarah A Curry 5
Percy Curry 2

Albert was born in Chalk Farm, London.

[Lizzy9]

An Isabella Curran married Jun qrt 1886, Marylebone, on the same indexed page is Edwin Beresford, vol 1a page 1089.

[Wirral]

I visited my Great Aunt and she gave me a mini certificate of Albert Beresford born 1892. I then ordered the cert. It told me that he was born Albert Beresford on Sept' 1892 in the marylebone workhouse, there was no father listed and the mother was named as Isabella Beresford, formally Curran, laundress of 40 Fission street Marylebone. Informant I Beresford, mother, 8 Nightingale street, Marylebone. ...........As for the father a Isabella Curran married Edwin Bereford Jun 1886, marylebone. As far as i can see no Edwin Beresford died during pregnancy .............
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Edwin BERESFORD died S1890 Paddington 1a 41 age 22. This would fit with a child born illegitimately to his widow Isabella, 2 years after he died.

1891 census (copyright National Archives) RG12/254 folio 159 page 2, 217 Hackney R (or St, or Pl), Haggerston, London
Elizabeth BERESFORD, dau, S, 22, Shirt Machinist, London, Stepney
Isabella BERESFORD, head, wid, 46, Shirt machinist, New York, America

I know Elizabeth is a better fit for age as the mother, rather than Isabella, but there is a banns entry for Isabel CURRAN & Edwin BERESFORD 1 March 1885 at Christ Church, St Marylebone

[Lizzy9]

Sorry for posting the marriage details which you already had - I missed that in your opening post.

A possible census result for Isabella?

1871, Marylebone. RG10; Piece: 169; Folio: 46; Page: 47 (Crown copyright, in care of TNA)

William Curren 45 born Cork
Julia wife 42 Cork
Mary dau 18 London
Isabella dau 4 London

[AdeleE]

There appears to have been two children of the marriage of Edwin Beresford & Isabella Curran, found on the Ancestry London Births & Baptisms database:

Baptisms - St Augustine Kilburn - 23 Mar 1887

Parents Edwin & Isabella Beresford, 8 Pembroke Road, costermonger

Edwin, born 27 Aug 1885
Alfred William, no date of birth recorded

I think I have spotted son Edwin on the 1901 census at RG13; Piece: 45; Folio: 29; Page: 49 (census Crown copyright in care of TNA

Jane Hickey, head, widowed, 47, b. London, Chelsea, blind
Edwin Beresford, boarder, single, 15, errand boy post(?), b. London, Marylebone
John Curran, visitor, widowed, 47, bricklayer, b. London, Chelsea

11 Hanover Cottages, Hammersmith

Then this marriage from the Ancestry London Marriages database:

St James Norlands - 16 Nov 1914

Edwin George Beresford, 27, Bachelor, labourer, 12 S. Katherine's Road, father Edwin Beresford (deceased), labourer
Annie Louisa Buckingham, 24, Spinster, domestic servant, 12 S. Katherine's Road, father John James George Buckingham, carman

Witnesses: Isabella Smith, Annie Murphy

And this indexed marriage registration:

Isabella Beresford / Albert E Smith
Year: 1912
Quarter: Mar
District: Kensington
Volume: 1a
Page: 282

While this doesn't answer your question regarding adoption, it does provide a few leads into the whereabouts of the rest of your great-grandfather's possible birth family.

[Waitabit]

I know I'll get told off but i'm not sure exactly where this post should go. All the best, Shaun.

That'll be interesting! don't often see people getting' told off' here.

Usually a gentle nudge to a better Forum from my experience.
Watch & see.

[terraheyez2k7]

Thank you everyone! You have all been very helpful. Lots of avenues to explore. Thank you very much!JUst a quick one regarding the marriage...Is it normal for a marriage to be registered a year later?

[terraheyez2k7]

grrrr!This is wrecking my head! In front of me i have a birth certificate from 1892, but an Albert William was baptised in 1887. Very complicated!