Frank Lewis from Wolverhampton/The Black Country: Hard to trace

[Matt7924]

Dyson could be the fathers name but if so will be difficult to find which Mr Dyson it may have been.

For Lily to say she was a widow wasn’t unheard of either, more respectable than saying you were unmarried if living alone with a child. 

Do let us know what the birth says and if we can help further.

I think I'd heard this before, that an unmarried woman with a child said they were a widow because of how it was more respectable

[Matt7924]

Lily Louisa is showing as a single woman in 1921 - working in service in Teddington, Middlesex

I saw this record recently and how Cyril wasn't mentioned, I wonder where he was in 1921, perhaps living with relatives? It looks even more like Frank Lewis was just invented by him for the marriage certificate

[Matt7924]

I am going to order the certificate, was the £3.00 order mentioned for viewing the birth index record?

[Milliepede]

You get to download the image of the birth certificate information for £3.00 which is then available immediately to view on your screen.

Via the GRO website. 

[Milliepede]

I wonder where he was in 1921, perhaps living with relatives?

Good question yes where was he.  Possibly with grandparents? 

[rosie99]

I wonder where he was in 1921, perhaps living with relatives?

Good question yes where was he. Possibly with grandparents? 

Were Lily's parents Thomas and Hannah 

Hannah was a widow in 1901 age 43 bn Dudley living Wolverhampton