Sheryl, There is a Walter MOORE on the website for British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa The age would be right for your Walter. Many children were sent from the Middlemore Home in Birmingham to Canada including my grandfather, Thomas WALTERS. http://www.bifhsgo.ca/special_projects/home_children/Middlemore-Index/M-Index.htm MOORE Walter 4 1883 08 00 Circassian 1883 06 07 Ontario Hope this is your great grandfather. Dawn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sheryl Kemper" <skemper@toledotel.com> To: <ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 1:08 PM Subject: [B'ham] Walter Simpson/Moore Birth and Adoption > Hello, > > We know very little about my great-grandfather before he was married in > Canada in 1902. A family story has it that he was born as Walter Simpson > and adopted by a German family named Moore. > > I believe he was born in Birmingham, possibly on June 16, 1879. There is > a > Walter Simpson in the BMD Index (Jul/Aug/Sep volume 6d page 33). Is there > someone who could look up that entry and let me know what it says? I want > to be reasonable sure it is my Walter before requesting a birth > certificate. > > Is there any way of finding out about his adoption? > > A Canadian census indicates he immigrated to Canada in 1882 but the family > story is that his parents stayed in England. > > Can someone tell me where to start looking for information about how it > happened that he was sent to Canada by himself at such an early age? > > Thank you, > > Sheryl Kemper > > _____________________________________________ > _____________________________________________ > > Research in Birmingham: http://www.bham.de/ > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >