Ardwick Square,Liverpool

[tsumi]

Hello All,As promised here are the details of Henry Crawford,s Birth and the details,Bert you were correct with all details of the father,he was Henry Crawford and a Book keeper,but that is the easy part !Mother is Mary Ann Crawford formerly Crawford and she gives her address as 14,Court,Rathbone Street,this is were Mary Ann nee Crawford ,Lawson died November 1890.So it looks like Mary Ann was having it off with one of her relations,to put it bluntly or am I being uncharitable.Any more thought,s anyone.
Many Thanks everyone for all your time and help from a perplexed Tsumi.

[Bertieone]

Hi Tsumi,

The question is, did Harry Crawford, Book Keeper actually exist, perhaps made up to hide an illegitimate child. Mary Ann would want young Harry born 1890 to carry the Crawford name, therefore any father would have to be a Crawford. To class young Harry as an orphan, 1891, both parents would be deceased and I can't find a registered death for a Harry or Henry Crawford, 1889/91.

[tsumi]

Thanks Bert for your very wise words,I am begining to wonder myself if Henry Crawford,Book keeper did exist having searched fruitlessly,but why wouldn,t she want him to carry her married name,Lawson, instead of her maiden name,or am I missing something.She did leave the registration of young Henry until 20th June,and it was herself who registered him.
Tsumi

[Bertieone]

Initial thoughts would be, how does one pass a child off as a Lawson if her husband died 4 years previous. If she was hoping to hide anything from the child as he grew older, giving him the Lawson name wouldn't work.

[tsumi]

Ah that sounds about right,all is clear now.Many thanks for all your help, knowledge and patience. Tsumi.

[MaryA]

Putting ourselves in her place and being ready to be asked the father's name, I can imagine she might have had some confusion, or maybe even not been too sure of the meaning of the question when asked about her previous name and just came out with what she was regularly known by. We've known strange answers to registrar's questions before, perhaps when quick thinking was needed to cover up a bit of a secret.

[tsumi]

Hi Mary,Yes that sounds very much like what happened,she maybe wasn,t to well with the illness that killed her five months later, and had been dreading going to register the birth which was six weeks after his birth,poor soul.One good thing he did survive and appears to have married and had a child.Many thanks for your time and invaluable help, also thanks to everyone else ,pity we didn,t find Ann Eliza Lawson,but I live in hope sometime in the future she may turn up.Thanks everyone Tsumi.