Unfindable couple / Male was in Navy

[bradwaterss]

Hi all

My great grandad was “abandoned” as a child and raised by another lady…. No one has any idea why and after hours of research I am no closer than I was

All I have to go off is his birth certificate which my family already has but as you can he was Stoker in Royal Navy ( I think) but we have no dates of births for either of them

Information very sparse on Ancestry. Would love to be able to surprise the family with the information
They lived at 4 Boundary Close Chatham at the time of his birth


Not sure if this is any help or relevance but he was raised by a lady named Mrs Robinson

Thank you

[louisa maud]

What a coincidence  the  registrar is Robinson.
Have you found him on 1921 and looking at his birth address
Just a thought
LM

[bradwaterss]

Hi,

Yes I did think that was a coincidence

Yes I looked at 1921 and it was different people - seems they just up and left the house and child

Massive family mystery for 60+ years

[heywood]

Was he raised in Chatham?
Did he keep his Brooks surname or use Robinson?

[bradwaterss]

Hi,

all I know is he didn’t know his real name was Brooks until he joined the army at 18 and he found out his real name

I think he unofficially used Robinson as he believed that was his mother

He was raised mostly in Chertsey, Surrey

[louisa maud]

Have you found out where Mabel Ethel Brooks went to  also what about a marriage for Mabel and  her husband

LM

[bradwaterss]

It would appear they married based off the birth certificate but I cannot find anything

I have no idea where they moved to after 4 Boundary Road Chatham

[amondg]

There is a Mabel E Brooks at 69 Boundary Road, Chatham

Her children Leslie E, Gladys M and Doris E, are registered with her maiden name being Bond.
Ref: GRO Index.

[heywood]

There is a marriage 1912 - Medway - Mabel E Bond and Arthur W Brooks so that might be the family from Boundary Road.