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Can you explain what you mean regarding marriage reg. for Freda' possible mother and same quarter lol I haven't been on here for quite some time up until recently and just as clueless lol
As you will see, it states Darlaston Juvenile Court which I can find no record of itself and I heard that the files from there to somewhere else and there was a fire and a percentage of those were involved in a fire but if anyone can clarify?
My mom (Fredas daughter) is looking into it so fingers crossed I have a copy of the adoption cert. It states Thomas Wilson Palmer and Dora Mercy Collette as adoptive parents and that's it but birth cert. May help certainly
She always said that name yes but where from I don't know. All I know is that she was adopted in 1936 aged 2 by Thomas Wilson Palmer and Dora Mercy Collette. Prior to the adoption they all lived in or around Birmingham and were publicans of sorts in The Red Lion Pub and Beehive then when moved...
If you both enter 'Palmers' into the above search bar then it may help as there is loads of docs and stuff that I can't comprehend lol thank you for your responses though
Any more information regards the Palmers? My maternal mother has recently found via dna that she is the 5th cousin of a Wilson Palmer' daughter. My grandmother was adopted by Thomas Wilson Palmer and a Dora Mercy Collette in 1936 and moved to Wednesbury and ran a pub called The Three Tuns. My...
Julia is my mother, yes. Freda was adopted on 1936 aged 2 at Darlaston Juvenile Court by Thomas Wilson Palmer and Dora Mercy Collette but my grandma Freda never knew who her mother was bless her and via DNA, Julia is Helens 5th cousin so now im trying to wittel it down lol