Yes I am aware of this , unfortunately both boys were very young maybe 3 or 4 years old, one of them remembers them and thinks they were both boys!!. All 3 of Frances Pearson’s born within her marriage have now sadly passed away.
What we do not know is what names the children will be registered with 3 possibilities
1. The name of the father, if they both attended the register office then the father's name could be used ven though they were not married, perhaps others will correct me if I am wrong
2. Did she register them as Phillips and give her maiden name as Pearson or
3. Did she register them as Pearson left father's name blank if this is the case looking at Free BMD I can only see 4 people born Pearson MMN Pearson between 1940 and 1945
take this with a pinch of salt needs to be thouroughly checked out.
I too looked at that, which lead me to believe she didn’t register them as Phillips. I’m thinking now that they were probably given the fathers name, and as such I don’t know how to get any further in finding who the father was.
Thank you I have done that and come up with 3 births in that period with mothers maiden of Pearson, is there any way from that information that I could find the fathers name to see if anyone I have found had the same father?
Sue I would suggest you send for one of the childrens birth certs.
Another long shot, did Charles have to go and serve in the forces due to WWII or was Charles in prison for some reason and if so could the man Florence went and stayed with a unknown relative.
You say you have an address but not 100% sure, have you searched that address on the 1939 register?
Have a look at the voters list for the first year after the war ( there were no electoral rolls for the war years ) look at who is living at that Aldern road address If she has not gone back to her husband you could look at all the voters living around Norton A very tedious assignment but you could find her.
It is unlikely her husband a serving police constable would have been called up for war service