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Hope Lodge, Edgbaston

pjmburns said:
Not sure but judging by the number of people I think it was just a lodging house for girls.

On two of the bastardy orders she is listed as Celia Irene and I have just done a search for a Celia Irene Harper and came across this
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Baptism for her
also 1908
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Found a marriage of a William Harper to a Caroline Moses in 1906 so that all ties together.
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Oh wow,do we know who william and caroline are?thanks for helping
 
Rene_Rye said:
Oh wow,do we know who william and caroline are?thanks for helping
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Oh - that's OK (we like a challenge) - all I know is they are Celia's parents. I looked for a marriage of Harper and Moses as the mmn on the birth reg for Celia Irene is Moses. The rest followed.
I haven't looked for any info about them.
As I said this is conjecture but seems to fit. I can't prove she is the person you are looking for but ... ..on her own from 1925 she might well have been vulnerable as she also had no Mom from the age of 10 to guide her.
 
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pjmburns said:
Oh - that's OK (we like a challenge) - all I know is they are Celia's parents. I looked for a marriage of Harper and Moses as the mmn on the birth reg for Celia Irene is Moses. The rest followed.
I haven't looked for any info about them.
As I said this is conjecture but seems to fit. I can't prove she is the person you are looking for but ... ..on her own from 1925 she might well have been vulnerable as she also had no Mom from the age of 10 to guide her.
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Thank you very much for your help,if all this ties to mum then it will explain why my mum was brought up in care

Kind regards irene
 
Rene_Rye said:
Thank you very much for your help,if all this ties to mum then it will explain why my mum was brought up in care

Kind regards irene
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My thoughts exactly. The Celia I found seems to be an only child. Not sure if there were any relatives around but, as Lyn said earlier, attitudes to unmarried mothers back then would probably have meant Celia being thrown out anyway.
Good luck and please let us know if you find any more out.
 
pjmburns said:
My thoughts exactly. The Celia I found seems to be an only child. Not sure if there were any relatives around but, as Lyn said earlier, attitudes to unmarried mothers back then would probably have meant Celia being thrown out anyway.
Good luck and please let us know if you find any more out.
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Thank you and I will do

Kind regards Irene
 
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