Thread: Adopted Daddy please help me!!!

I am trying to assist my Father in locating any living relatives. Peter Norman Franklin was born at the Salvation Army's Mothers' Hospital in Clapton, in Hackney on February 19th 1928 and has just turned 79. His mother was Lilian Gertrude Franklin, an

Outfitters Assistant. She had worked as a shop assistant in Lambeth, residing in 1928 at 26, Camden Road in Peckham .

No fathers name is stated, although I have been led to believe he was a tailor, possibly named Joseph N Wheatly (or Wheatley), of 1 Grove Lane, Camberwell.



Lilian Gertrude Franklin was an illegitimate child herself, born in Camberwell /Peckham on the 12th of May, 1904 naming Agnes Gertrude Franklin as her mother, residing at that time at 42 , Kirkwood Road , Peckham .



Agnes Gertrude Franklin went on to marry Hertbert Hester in 1907 in the District of Camberwell ,



Lilian Gertrude Franklin went on marry Charles Arthur Hall in All Saint’s Church in Peckham South London , Camberwell on the 31st of August 1931, both residing at 5a /59 Willowbrook Road at that time .



My Fathers name was Peter Norman Franklin and he was adopted on the 15th of April 1931 from Hutchinson House , (F.B. Meyers Established )

Orphanage moving to Heaton Norris in Stockport , following a newspaper appeal to re-home him and became Peter Norman Smith .



Only the 1901 census information is available and there is uncertainty regarding the original records,as to whether they have been retained or destroyed due to the amount of time elapsed.

My father remembers an intense argument prior to his placement at the Childrens home.



My father has overcome the feelings of abandonment and has now become curious to learn more about his heritage, and would like something positive to relay to his family, Wife, Daughter and four grandchildren, which will subsequently eradicate the negativity, he commenced his life with.



Please can anyone assist ?

Thank you, we would be extremely grateful, in anticipation of a response !



Please contact us on :

peternfranklin@gmail.com

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