thank you len and sue. i got the information from the british home children website. i know about john james wade and joseph wade. they were the children of joseph wade and margaret jane kelly who were married marown
16/11/1878. joseph was the son of james wade and margaret gill. james and margaret emigrated to america, and when margaret jane kelly died in 1885 i suppose joseph who was a labourer had no option but to put his children in care. i am now wondering wether patrick wade was born in ireland.