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I have just stumbled over the fact that my Great x 3 Grandmother remarried a Charles Chant.
My Great x 2 Grandfather Henry is listed along with his sister Fanny as step children.
Does this mean that Charles actually adopted Fanny and Henry? I do t know anything about researching adoptions.

england census-records adoption 1870s wiltshire
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1What research have you already done into the subject? – ColeValleyGirl 10 hours ago
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The legal process for adoption wasn't introduced in England & Wales until 1926/7.
The relationship on the census shows exactly what the situation was - that they were children of his wife, not his, and weren't using (or known by) his surname. There is no suggestion from that that any form of adoption took place.
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