Hi Judy Official adoption started in 1927 and they may have gone through the process but more likely they simply changed his name and for the rest of his life he was THOMPSON He may never have actually known he was born a KNOX (although he probably did) The only thing that may cause a problem later on was inheritance, although if it were written into a will it would be entirely legal , the problem might have occurred if Herbert died intestate There is a possible marriage for John as follows Name: John M P Thompson Spouse Surname: Dixon Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1939 Registration district: Lewisham Registration county (inferred): Kent Volume Number: 1d Page Number: 2409 Name: Molly W H N Dixon Spouse Surname: Thompson Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1939 Registration district: Lewisham Registration county (inferred): Kent Volume Number: 1d Page Number: 2409 Personally after proving that the John I posted who died in 1985 was your man I would be seeking a will for him, if Molly survived him she may well be mentioned and of course any children they may have had The death cert of 1985 should also have his place of birth as well as his date of birth , his birth cert would hopefully confirm they are one and the same On Muriel Baptism St Peter Streatham Lambeth 1896 Dec 14 1896 Muriel Kate dau of John & Mary KNOX 23 Leigham Vale Bank Clerk Minister Edward JER??? There is a P by the baptism which normally stands for a private baptism, this may hint that she was a sickly child not expected to live There is also a baptism at the same Church Nov 16th 1903 Doris Margaret Kathleen dau of John & Mary KNOX 66 Knollys Road Streatham Bank Clerk Henry DUNSBY (St Clements City Rd) There are some other children baptised in the period to a John and Mary Jane KNOX the fathers occupation is Bank Clerk All the above are to be found on Ancestry Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Hi Nivard > > I didn't think of Jennie remarrying, and you are probably correct that her > son might have had a name change, even at the age of 8yrs old - would > there > be records somewhere for that - I'm a bit lost to where to go for those > sort > of searches. I only had John MP Knox down as being born 1914, Croydon, > his > Mother remarrying certainly puts a different aspect on his surname. Thanks > for his death details will have to see if he married under the name > Thompson > or Knox. > > Many thanks also for Muriel Kate Knox's death - our indexes here are > quite > a few years behind - have her birth as 1896 (didn't have a birth date just > the quarter Sept and year), Streatham, Surrey. > > Have a lovely Christmas > Judy > Nelson, NZ

WOW this is surely bringing them home for Christmas, you have just found another ancestor we didn't know we had - Doris Margaret Kathleen dau of John & Mary KNOX - baptised 1903 - I am now wondering how many more there are in the KNOX family Many, many thanks for your help it is just so much appreciated, and has our family now thinking more about the family. Judy Nelson, NZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington" <ovington1@sky.com> To: <suffolk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 11:15 PM Subject: Re: [SFK-UK] Bringing home for Christmas > Hi Judy > > Official adoption started in 1927 and they may have gone through the > process > but more likely they simply changed his name and for the rest of his life > he > was THOMPSON > > He may never have actually known he was born a KNOX (although he probably > did) > > The only thing that may cause a problem later on was inheritance, although > if it were written into a will it would be entirely legal , the problem > might have occurred if Herbert died intestate > > There is a possible marriage for John as follows > > Name: John M P Thompson > Spouse Surname: Dixon > Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1939 > Registration district: Lewisham > Registration county (inferred): Kent > Volume Number: 1d > Page Number: 2409 > > Name: Molly W H N Dixon > Spouse Surname: Thompson > Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1939 > Registration district: Lewisham > Registration county (inferred): Kent > Volume Number: 1d > Page Number: 2409 > > Personally after proving that the John I posted who died in 1985 was your > man I would be seeking a will for him, if Molly survived him she may well > be > mentioned and of course any children they may have had > > The death cert of 1985 should also have his place of birth as well as his > date of birth , his birth cert would hopefully confirm they are one and > the > same > > On Muriel > > Baptism > St Peter Streatham Lambeth 1896 > Dec 14 1896 > Muriel Kate dau of John & Mary KNOX > 23 Leigham Vale > Bank Clerk > Minister Edward JER??? > > There is a P by the baptism which normally stands for a private baptism, > this may hint that she was a sickly child not expected to live > > There is also a baptism at the same Church > > Nov 16th 1903 > Doris Margaret Kathleen dau of John & Mary KNOX > 66 Knollys Road Streatham > Bank Clerk > Henry DUNSBY (St Clements City Rd) > > There are some other children baptised in the period to a John and Mary > Jane > KNOX the fathers occupation is Bank Clerk > > All the above are to be found on Ancestry > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > >> Hi Nivard >> >> I didn't think of Jennie remarrying, and you are probably correct that >> her >> son might have had a name change, even at the age of 8yrs old - would >> there >> be records somewhere for that - I'm a bit lost to where to go for those >> sort >> of searches. I only had John MP Knox down as being born 1914, Croydon, >> his >> Mother remarrying certainly puts a different aspect on his surname. >> Thanks >> for his death details will have to see if he married under the name >> Thompson >> or Knox. >> >> Many thanks also for Muriel Kate Knox's death - our indexes here are >> quite >> a few years behind - have her birth as 1896 (didn't have a birth date >> just >> the quarter Sept and year), Streatham, Surrey. >> >> Have a lovely Christmas >> Judy >> Nelson, NZ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SUFFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message