Dad was orphaned aged 12 and brought up by his sister Ellen Edith and then brother Albert
Ellen was a cook at Saint Pauls Institute, St Paul's Street West, Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire, .
1939 register
Albert was a colliery stoker and living at 13, Holly Bush, Cannock, Staffordshire, 1939 register
Neither of these registers contain my dad.
My grandmother Evelyn May Spittle in 1939 register was living at 61, Leslie Road, Heath Town, Staffordshire. Mom would have been 11 years old but there is no mention of her.