Hi MargM,   Ernest must be Alfred, perhaps his mother did not want him to keep his father's name. I am sending this to show how his name changed:-  Sydney Benevolent Assylum public database Date of Admission: 8 Jul1892, Westcott, Alfred Edward, age 4y 4m, Father in gaol, mother has another child  9 Jul1892, Westcott, Stanley Edward, age 2y 6m, Father in gaol Date of Discharge: 9 Jul 1892, Westcott, Alfred, 4y 4m, To mother 18 Jul 1892, Westcott, Stanley, 2 y 6m, BO Officer (boarding out officer)   Date of Admission: 28 Jul 1892, Westcott, Stanley Edward, 2y 6m, Readmitted from BO Dept, child sick Date of Discharge: 25 Aug 1892, Westcott, Stanley, 2y 7m, BO Officer Date of Admission: 4 Jul 1893, Westcott, Elizabeth, Married, destitute  4 Jul 1893, Westcott, Alfred Ernest, 5 Date of Discharge: 25 Nov 1893, Westcott, Elizabeth, 26 Date of Admission: 12 Dec 1893, Westcott, Elizabeth, 26, Readmitted from Mrs Lavender's, emergency  12 Dec 1893, Westcott, Alice Maud, 2w, Child of Elizabeth Westcott from Mrs Lavender's, emergency Date of Discharge: 13 Jul 1894, Westcott,Ernest, 6, BO Officer  14 Nov1894, Westcott, Alice Maud, 18m  14 Nov1894, Westcott, Elizabeth, 26   An Ernest Edward Westcott married Sybil Lillia Gelbart in 1939 ( not be the same Ernest, he was born 1911.) The eldest child was Elsie May Westcott born 1886, she married Rochford Jobbens, had 5 children. Perhaps she was raised by someone else?   Thank you for your help, Marion