So sorry all, forgot to spell check my previous message! --- On Sat, 3/10/09, HILARY BLANFORD <hilaryblanford@btinternet.com> wrote: > From: HILARY BLANFORD <hilaryblanford@btinternet.com> > Subject: Re: Frederick Frank Baptism and Mary DUFFY > To: eng-surrey@rootsweb.com, nickyandpeter@bigpond.com > Date: Saturday, 3 October, 2009, 5:45 PM > > Hallo Nicky > > Here is the web site URL for the Sacred Heart at Edge Hill > Wimbledon > http://www.sacredheartwimbledon.org.uk/ > > I looked for St Mary's, Merton and could only find a primary > school by that name, so then I looked for the Southwark > Roman Catholic diocese details. > > http://www.rcsouthwark.co.uk/parlink.html > > If you go to the link for Merton you will find there is no > St Mary's church.  It does not come up on Google > either, so either it never existed and somebody has confused > the school name or it is defunct and its registers passed to > another church, or it was bombed and the registers were > destroyed or ....  I think an email to the diocese > might be the quickest way for you to sort this out.  > The Anglican church for Merton is called St Mary the Virgin > so I think there has been a mix up somewhere. > > British History online > http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43032does > not give a catholic church for Merton > > An unmarried mother who wanted to have her child baptised > might well travel to a more distant church and used a > relative's address.  Do you know whether Mary had > siblings, cousins or other relatives who might have helped > her? > > Do you know why Frederick was adopted?  There might be > a clue there - maybe a fora ml legal agreement or financial > allowance as part of the arrangement.  It must have been > really hard for Mary to give him up after 2 years.  > Might be worth looking at the wills of Mary, her parents and > possibly her grandparents to see if Frederick is mentioned. > Hilary > > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 13:38:33 +0800 > > From: "Nicky&Peter" <nickyandpeter@bigpond.com> > > Subject: [SRY] Baptism for Frederick Frank DUFFY in > Merton > > in 1914 > > To: <ENG-SURREY@rootsweb.com> > > Message-ID: <5718F2AD0D964FDDA1F6F49B7BEC6744@corporateict.domain> > > Content-Type: text/plain;    > > charset="us-ascii" > > > > Hello Listers > > > > Could anyone help me with this please? > > > > I am trying to find the baptism records for Frederick > Frank > > DUFFY born in > > Merton on 9th October 1914. I am interested to see if > any > > father is named. > > Frederick Duffy's mother was Mary Elizabeth DUFFY and > he > > was born at 21 > > Bathurst Avenue.   His parents were not > > married and no father is named on > > his birth certificate.  He was adopted to another > > family in late 1916 and > > changed his name. > > > >  > > > > I looked in the LDS library catalogue under Merton > and > > found 'Church of > > England, Parish church of Merton, Parish registers of > > Merton 1559-1923'. > > The file notes show that Baptism records are > available > > 1903-1911 and they > > stop there!! > > > >  > > > > I contacted the Surrey Family History Centre and they > > looked at the baptism > > records for St Mary's Merton without success. > > > > They suggested I try St John's which I did- the kind > people > > there looked for > > me but again without success. > > > >  > > > > The Surrey Family History Centre suggested that as > > Frederick Duffy's mother > > was a Catholic he may have been baptised in St John > Fisher > > in Merton.  I > > contacted them and their records only go back to > > 1945.  They suggested I try > > the Sacred Heart Church at Edge Hill but the email > address > > I was given > > (wimparish@jesuit.net) > > bounced. > > > >  > > > > I contacted the Merton Heritage office and they > searched > > their records but > > could find no evidence of 21 Bathurst St existing > until > > 1915. > > > >  > > > > Can anyone suggest anything else that I might try? > > > >  > > > > Many thanks > > > > Nicky Marlow > > > > Perth, Western Australia > > > > > >