Henry Gross, born 1888 London

[Peter Goodey]

We will try for the wedding cert and see what it says.

Yes. This is absolutely essential.

[Mutley]

Thinking a bit further about this...
If Henry was given to Herman (official adoption did not happen until the 1930s) to bring up, unless he was related, the child of a family member, his birth name would not have been Gross.

There are 30 children with the first name of Henry registered in Jan 1888 in Marylebone. A hard slog to track them all in the census. We also do not know if Winifred was a birth sister to Henry.

Please come back and let us know the results of the marriage certificate. It is a very interesting problem.

[AdeleE]

There are 30 children with the first name of Henry registered in Jan 1888 in Marylebone. A hard slog to track them all in the census. We also do not know if Winifred was a birth sister to Henry.

Further complicating this is that on the 1911 census, he indicates a birthplace of Westminster.

So 1901 = Oxford Street, London
1911 = Westminster
Naval record = Marylebone

[Mutley]

Westminster registration district is easier, there are only 5 listed as Henry. Of course he may not even have been registered as a Henry.

[Peter Goodey]

1901 = Oxford Street, London
1911 = Westminster
Naval record = Marylebone

That's fair enough. If it was Oxford Street, it could have been Westminster or St Marylebone.

[ejgray52]

Latest on Henry. I have found his marriage in the parish records of Alverstoke (St Mary's) and all the entries for father's name and occupation are struck through! Mum has told me a family story about him burning a lot of papers when he was younger; maybe he disowned his family....