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Hi Kerry Adams

Only spotted your post tonight

In 1974 my mother died. In 1994 twenty years later we discovered by accident her parents ( grandparents) were not her biological parents. In 2017, thanks to DNA I pinned down that a Matilda Adams Darlington was the biological mother . Have gathered a lot of info since and no problem sharing.
I know the name William was followed through so assume you are the daughter of a William or a child of a William.

I live in Dublin

Regards

Pat Monks

Are getting the information from Baptism records    CORRECTED DATE
St Columba Liverpool

Ruth bap 6 December 1916 parents Wallis Darlington and Matilda - father Soldier address 53 Great Orford Street Liverpool (reg 1st quarter 1917)

Rupert bap 6 December 1916 same parents and address (he was not reg until next quarter)

Need the actual birth certificate £1.50 if you can get a PDF copy.

Fascinating, no idea the twins were baptised in Liverpool soon after their births. The father of Matilda (Adams) Darlington died on 29 December in Dublin so I assumed Matilda came home for his funeral as the twins were baptised in her local COI church St Judes Inchicore Dublin. Have record of the baptisms and the later baptisms in 1920 when the twins were "adopted" by the couple who I and my family assumed were the biological parents. That is until 20 years after mother died we discovered she was   "adopted". However no adoption in Ireland until 1952and  this alone is why the story of the twins turned into a saga that took me 23 years to unravel, thanks to Ancestry DNA

Understand a John Stein and Mary Sproule were the parents of a child baptised in St Marys Cathedral in 1859. Have I any hope of getting confirmation of this baptism ?

26 Cork Street was a tenement but long gone and now modern building in its place. Grandfather and his 9 siblings were born and raised in the tenement and getting a photo of it has been a struggle for years. Chancing my arm that somebody on this site just might have an aerial photo of the Cork Street area pre 1960 or might know how to source one. One never knows luck

Have you considered writing to a suitable local newspaper appealing for information?  I have done that in the past and received a few responses.

May be worth a try perhaps?   

 Good idea, will have a go at that. There was a belief in family that when Uncle emigrated it was to Birmingham. Strangely, only 2/3 months ago hints are gathered, friend of mind I rarely see mentioned his mother, great life-long friend of my mother, had told him that Uncle Jack had emigrated with a next door called Sherwood. Have traced the Sherwood and found they had 3 sons, one I know did not emigrate and struggling at present to find descendants of the family. moral of the story, simply never give up