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Can anyone help me? I am very new to this!

My mother - Irene Louise Manning - was born in 1919 in Wandsworth, South London. She died in 1972. She married my father - George Joseph Manning (1910-1981) - in 1938. She was apparently adopted when quite young owing to her real mother dying in St'James' Hospital, Balham, due to contracting gangrene after an arm operation. and I am at a loss as to where I look for her real parent(s) and family. I have found her birth on here and her mother's name is "Hooker". However, I am aware that my mother grew up known as Irene Louise Ware. When she married my father she was known as "Holman-Ware" and I assume "Holman" may have been her adopted family (who had a branch living in Exeter and called "Kingdom") or her father's name. Since I have no idea who my mums father was and I do not know the first name of her mother I don't know how to proceed. Can anyone help?

England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2005 about Irene L Ware
Name: Irene L Ware
Mother's Maiden Surname: Hooker
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1919
Registration district: Wandsworth
Inferred County: Greater London
Volume Number: 1d
Page Number: 919 (click to see others on page)

England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005 about Emily S Hooker
Name: Emily S Hooker / William H Ware
Spouse Surname: Ware
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1917
Registration district: St Olave
Inferred County: Greater London
Volume Number: 1d
Page Number: 259
Find Spouse: Find Spouse

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005 about Emily S Ware
Name: Emily S Ware
Birth Date: abt 1883
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1925
Age at Death: 42
Registration district: Wandsworth
Inferred County: Greater London
Volume: 1d
Page: 531

for reference

Births Sep 1919 (>99%)
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Ware Irene L Hooker Wandsworth 1d 919

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ondon, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 about William Henry Ware
Name: William Henry Ware widower , builders foreman
Age: 51
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1866
Spouse Name: Emily Sarah Hooker spinster
Spouse Age: 33
Record Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 15 Sep 1917
Parish: St Anne, Bermondsey
County: Surrey
Borough: Southwark
Father Name: Thomas Peter Ware dec/
Spouse Father Name: Alfred Hooker dec..




WARE, William Henry Head Married M 45 1866 Forman Battersea London VIEW
WARE, Edith Annie Wife Married
19 years F 39 1872 Chelsea London VIEW
WARE, Edith May Daughter Single F 17 1894 Lady Clerk Stockwell London VIEW
WARE, William George Son Single M 16 1895 Junior Clerk Stockwell London VIEW
RG number:
RG14 Piece:
2035 Reference:
RG14PN2035 RG78PN71 RD25 SD3 ED29 SN195

Registration District:
Lambeth Sub District:
Stockwell Enumeration District:
29 Parish:
Lambeth

Address:
16 Dalyell Road Stockwell SW

I would get your Mum's birth certificate Trevor.
Lindsey*s findings do seem to point towards her family. Here is a bit more detail on them.


London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
about William Henry Ware
Name: William Henry Ware, widower, builder's foreman of 125 Keeton's Rd
Age: 51
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1866
Spouse Name: Emily Sarah Hooker, spinster of 112 Keeton's Rd
Spouse Age: 33
Record Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 15 Sep 1917
Parish: St Anne, Bermondsey
County: Surrey
Borough: Southwark
Father Name: Thomas Peter Ware, dec
Spouse Father Name: Alfred Hooker, dec

Witnesses were Dorothy Emma Hooker and ???

Perhaps you need to send for your mothers birth cert. to confirm parents. ......

230 NICHOLLS, Julius Head Married M 64 1847 Watchman Electric Light Stores Surrey Stockwell VIEW
230 NICHOLLS, Sarah Wife Married
44 years F 63 1848 Middlesex Cranford VIEW
230 HAMSTEAD, Alfred Nephew Single M 23 1888 Printer's Cutter Middlesex Shepherds Bush VIEW
230 CROSSWAITHE, Herbert Boarder Single M 21 1890 Picture Frame Gilder Sussex Brighton VIEW
230 HUCKER, Nellie Niece Single F 21 1890 Waitress London Fulham VIEW
230 HUCKER, Lilian Niece Single F 19 1892 Shirt Machinist London Fulham VIEW
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 230 HUCKER, Dorothy Niece Single F 17 1894 Shirt Machinist London Fulham VIEW
RG number:
RG14 Piece:
1902 Reference:
RG14PN1902 RG78PN67 RD24 SD2 ED34 SN230

Registration District:
St Olave (Bermondsey) Sub District:
Bermondsey Enumeration District:
34 Parish:
Bermondsey

Address:
125 Keetons Road Bermondsey S E