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« Last post by Android1968 on March 19, 2024, 04:24:09 PM »
Hello
I'm just trying to research my grandmother, Julia Doherty who was in Woodville and gave birth to my mother (Sorrento Maternity Home, Moseley) in late September 1939. From what I can gather she was only sixteen at the time and obviously had my mother adopted which was finalised in March 1941. I wonder if they were in there at the same time... She returned to Ireland and left my mother in Birmingham. I've contacted various institutions to try and trace my grandmother. St Edwards, Father Hudson's Care, Archdiocese of Birmingham, etc. I weirdly have a baptism certificate for my grandmother from St Edwards in Selly Park from 1922 which makes me think that her mother also had to flee Ireland in 1922 to have my grandmother illegitimately. But then I presumed my grandmother had at some point returned to Ireland. Unfortunately I can't find any mention of her in the General Records Office.... All very frustrating. If anybody has any ideas as to the best way to find her I would be very grateful.