What happened to them?

[clottedcream]

My father-in-law apparently said very little about his early life. We knew that his parents and a younger sister died when he was young and that he went to live with "an uncle". End of information. Imagine our surprise when on the 1911 Census, we found that there were two other younger children. The parents died in 1911 and 1912 and one sister in 1913. What happened to the other siblings? There is no way now to find out. Did someone else love them and give them a good life? I hope so.

[Ermintrude46]

You might be able to follow them up in marriage/death records if the name isn't too common - there was no official adoption before 1927 so it is possible that they kept their own names throughout their lives.  Do you have the death certificate for the child who died in 1913?  As this was after her parents' deaths was she also living with your father in law and their 'uncle' or was she elsewhere?  Assuming she didn't die in hospital the death certificate would show who registered the death and where she was living which could give you a starting point.
Ermy

[LizzieW]

Sounds like my paternal grandfather.  Told everyone he was an orphan, forgot to say that he had 2 brothers and 3 sisters too, one of whom was only 8 and went into an orphanage.

Lizzie

[clottedcream]

Thanks, Ermintrude. I have found what may be the sister's death and will send for the certificate. It may give us some clue.