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Hi Patrick

Thank you for replying and off the back of your speculation I decided to try the search from William Atkins angle and boom a baptism record for Beatrice Maud Atkins-Barron parents William (occupation Clerk) and Lottie, location Kensal Rise, the date is May 4th 1890 but an additional record shows a  birth date that matches my grandmother Beatrice - so the mystery is now solved!

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Hi Patrick/Ray

Just to add to what Ray has already mentioned in his post. I have the following records for Beatrice Maud Barron. The birth certificate states William Barron as the father but Beatrice's full name on the certificate is Beatrice Maud Atkins. Now to me Atkins suggests a surname and why would you have that name there unless it relates somehow to another person/family so I think there is another party involved here and I wonder if William allowed himself to be added to certificate to maintain some decency for Charlotte (Lottie). To add further to the confusion Beatrice's 1921 marriage certificate it states that her father is John David Barron (deceased) occupation Joiner. Now is this a simple mistake which I think is unlikely or is this the "true" father if so what is the name Atkins all about? As you can see I am truly confused about this and do you think that it is possible William Barron was a made up person?

The other records I have are of Arthur Pearson Barron who like Beatrice was born (March 1883) after David Pearson Barron's death (Aug 1882) but crucially within 9 month's of DPB death so it is possible he is the true father. I also have baptism records for APB and they also state DPB as the father, so to me Arthur's parentage is understood which just leaves Beatrice as the great unknown at this point.

Jon

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Hi Patrick. I came across this post only yesterday when doing a random search via google and was gobsmacked and what you and others have found out about our family.

I am a direct descendant of Anthony Forster Barron (1819-1880) who is my GGGF. My GGF was David Pearson Barron (1848 - ?) who moved to London as you had suggested but not sure if this coincided with any large sums of money that appears to have come with John L Crozier - if it did I have found no evidence it came David Pearson Barron's way. David had a housekeeper called Charlotte (Lottie) Elizabeth Fuller and had 3 children John David Barron (1877 - 1950), Arthur Percy Barron (1882 - ?) and Beatrice Maud Barron (1886 -1975) my GM. Beatrice married John Thomas Wood (1867 - 1932) and had 1 child my dad Dennis John Wood (1926 - 2014). My grandparents and parents lived around the Hendon, Marylebone and Kensal Rise areas of London from the 1840 onwards.

My interest in starting the family tree was based around a childhood story my dad told me of when he was on his honeymoon down in Devon. Him and mum where staying in a farmhouse and it was pouring with rain one evening and they decided to stay in for the night and after having been given a meal by the landlady she revealed that she was a palm reader. My dad handed over his dad's signet ring which led her to reveal that my dad had a brother – a bit of a shock as he was an only child. When the honeymoon was over he approached his mother who denied everything, become very upset and told him never to discuss it again with her. Unfortunately despite many years searching I have found no evidence of another child although there is suspicion that John Thomas Wood was previously married to Elizabeth Powell but alas I have no trace of children from that marriage either.

One notable thing I did discover was that John David Barron fought in WWI becoming injured in Belgium he was treated by a local nurse and although John had a wife back in England and had several children with her after the war he left her and set up a new life with the nurse. They moved to Western Australia in 1920 and took several of the children with them but not all. The interesting thing about the nurse was that she was closely related to the Belgium Royal Family by marriage.

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