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Thanks Janice, I've searched and can't find the 1913 article. :(

Thank you. I wondered what they were.

I suppose people did double up on their jobs. Lol. Maybe the wife was a nurse. Who knows. Could speculate an infinitum.

Ahh, just done a search and think I've found the article. Interesting. Might explain a few things :)

Ahh cool. I'm registered on Ancestry.co.uk, but not been able to find half of this information, where do you search? I also wondered if 37 Ledsam St was some sort of maternity house- from what you've said, maybe for mothers with dubious offspring? Looking at old pictures of the streets and all...

Thank you. It's fascinating. Although not helpful for tracing family trees, much easier with todays accurate recordings. :)

wow, thank you mws. I did wonder along the lines of illegitimacy or on a darker note- incest. Would the address and occupation for the father be falsified for the certificate too? My cousin had told me that my grandma had been born in Cornwall and was an orphan, but there were no records for...

According to my Grandma's birth certificate (Phyllis Una Orton), she was born at 37 Ledsam St, Ladywood in April 1899. Both her parents are named (her father was said to be living at 138 Dudley Rd, I think it says, occupation a milk seller). I'm trying to find out more about her parents, Charles...