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baptism help please

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Dawn

Dawn Report 29 May 2007 17:29

could some kind person please help? my great grandfather was born herbert philip drury 9th june 1893 worstead. reg district smallburgh --norfolk how can i find details of his baptism? many thanks in advance. dawn

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 29 May 2007 17:31

You'd need to know which church, and check the Parish register. Probably a bit late for the IGI........ Reg

Dawn

Dawn Report 29 May 2007 17:36

thanks for that reggie. however i dont have that info so another brick wall i think. dawn

Penny

Penny Report 29 May 2007 17:46

why does lack of baptism form a brick wall - his birth cert should tell you his parents names. Births Sep 1893 (>99%) Drury Herbert Philip Smallburgh 4b 52

Dawn

Dawn Report 29 May 2007 17:57

i have his birth certificate, i wish to find out where he was baptised. only names his mother he was illigitamit. she has quite a common name -- eliza and was resident in worstead. also she couldnt write and only made her mark.

Penny

Penny Report 29 May 2007 18:52

He may well not have been baptised!

Dawn

Dawn Report 29 May 2007 18:56

. it also doesnt help that he moved up to northumberland but i dont know when. thanks for the help.

An Olde Crone

An Olde Crone Report 29 May 2007 19:23

If you were hoping to get the name of his father from the baptismal register, then I am afraid you will almost certainly be disappointed - by this date Vicars were no longer interested in the parentage of a child, and indeed would almost certainly refuse to record the name of the father of an illegitimate child, unless he was extremely influential in the area.(And asked the Vicar to record his name!) A very faint hope is that mother took the father to the Magistrates Court for maintenance - these records if they still exist will almost certainly be in the relevant County Records Office. OC

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 29 May 2007 20:47

Dawn, was the mother's name Eliza or was it Edith? It's just that there's a Herbert Drewery on the 1901 census, born Worsted, Norfolk. His parents are Stephen & Edith Tweddle and they're living in Hartley, Northumberland. Edith is age 26 and also born Worsted, Norfolk. A problem is that Herbert's age is only 5 when it should be 7. There is a marriage on Free BMD of Stephen Tweddle and Edith Mary A, Drury Sep. Q 1900, Morpeth. Coincidence?

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