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From: "MaryH" <>
Subject: Re: [UK-W&H] register adopted children
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 21:41:57 -0000
References: <Law10-F85o2VKhLohpt00026e19@hotmail.com>


> Thanks for replying so quickly, the children (twins) were in the workhouse
> up until the adoption as they appear in the discharge register as
> (discharged c/o mother) we know this to be untrue as their birth mother
> stayed in the workhouse until three weeks later and left at her own
request.
> We also know that the twins were sent to live with their adoptive parents
at
> about that time, so do you think it was a private adoption between the
birth
> mother and the adoptive mother, did these take place that you know of?

Hi Sandra,
Adoption was legally regulated in about 1927, although even after that date
private arrangements could be made. Prior to then it is quite possible that
a private arrangement was made between the birth mother and someone she knew
or was even related to. The entry for the twins being discharged c/o mother
would suggest that she had made arrangements for their care at least while
she was recovering in the workhouse.

Good luck
Mary Hallett - West Sussex
Visit my Website at www.fourbears.worldonline.co.uk

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandra Hartshorne" <>
To: <>
Sent: 19 March 2004 17:43
Subject: [UK-W&H] register adopted children


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