Foundlings

[Katie]

Came across my first foundlings to-day a boy found on Walton Breck Road. They named him William Breck
A child found in the vestibule on Shaw Street they called the child Vesta Shaw. these records are 1916 so I think this is ok to post

[Tina]

Thanks Katie, let's hope they had a happy life.

[MaryA]

It says a lot about the times, the poor mother must have been desperate for help with nowhere to turn. Like Tina I hope the babies had good lives although I wasn't able to see obvious marriages for them so can't see into their future.

[Katie]

I suspect they may have been war babies. They may have been adopted and had a name change. I have copied the entries and put them with my stray births.

[MaryA]

Yes either that, or my other thought was that they were sent to Canada as Home Children.

[Tina]

Good point Mary. I'll copy paste this link to a pal in Qld, she has a wealth of knowledge about the children send to Canada.
Anx have a baptism for Vesta in Anfield born 1.3.1916 and baptised 6.4.1916, doesn't give any more info.
As Katie said, she could have been adopted