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

[Kerrywood]

Have not read all 4 pages, Adoption pre 1930 was usually a private arrangement either by the child's mother or family or by a 'charitable' organisation

. . . or arranged by a poor law union, as was common at this period in London.

[AdeleE]

I can answer one of them, Yes he did serve in WW1 apperently. I've got a few photo's which need uploading so that maybe someone can indicate a regiment.

What exactly do you mean by provenance?

Shaun

Hi Shaun,
Good to hear that he served in WW1. Hopefully his records survived and they can yield some clues, if we can discover what name he used at that time in his life.

By provenance, I mean the history of the ownership of the certificate, starting with who first obtained it and its chain of ownership after that.

[terraheyez2k7]

Ah i see. I will ask, the cert is dated 1957, so i'm guessing its probably to do with a pension. But i will ask on sunday, i'll also try to find what name he used for the army, on his marriage it does say ex army under his occupation.

[terraheyez2k7]

Been to Great Aunt Joyce's. She said the beresford name came about when he tried to get a pension under the name Currie. They refused him because there was no record of a Currie. Apperently they looked into it and he got told he was a Beresford. Apperently he wasn't very happy about this because he grew up thinking he was a Currie, he must of been adopted at an early age for him to believe this was his name. Is there a way i can ask the pension people about what happened?