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It was something I was thinking about.. but if he was registered at school as John Edward surely that must be his name?
Not necessarily. That would be too easy.
You indicated that you think you have the family on the 1881 - 1901 census. I found the 1881 census entry and see his mother's name was Mary. Was she called Mary on each census?
Jacquie
Canada: Patterson, Brown, Haidenger/Heidinger, Meyer, Johnston(e), Gorsuch, Kitchin/Kitchen
United States: Patterson, Smith, Brown, Vance, Bower(s), Newberry, Best, Love, Gorsuch
England (Northumberland): Brown, Whitfield, Henderson
Scotland (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Fife, East Lothian): Johnston(e), Bell, Galloway, Campbell, Robertson, Williamson, Thomson, Crawford
Germans from Russia: Haidenger/Heidinger, Meyer, Meach, Lorenz