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Father's name on birth certificates/ at baptism
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Julie | Report | 24 Dec 2014 17:52 |
My 2x GGrandmother had 8 children born between 1875 & 1896. She married in 1875, but the 1881 census has a note that she was living apart from her husband & she is listed under her maiden name at the 1891 census as well. By 1901 she appears under her married name & as married rather than widowed, but with husband not listed as living with her. The children have births registered under a mixture of her maiden name & her married name, with father either not listed, or shown as the man she married. To confuse matters further there is no consistency in terms of which name they appear under on census data, nor which last name they used as adults! I have found baptisms for only 2 of the children so far, the 3rd & 4th born, which do show the husband as father. |
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jax | Report | 24 Dec 2014 18:53 |
If she was still married then the births would be in the husbands name even if he was dead...... But sometimes they registered in whatever name they chose. |
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greyghost | Report | 24 Dec 2014 19:04 |
Perhaps she was being fairly honest and only putting her husbands name down as the father of the children that were his? |
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Julie | Report | 24 Dec 2014 19:49 |
Harriet Clark born abt 1856 married Robert Hayes 31 May 1875 at Holbeach, Lincs. Harriet Clark jnr was born abt 1875, birth regn not found, |
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ArgyllGran | Report | 24 Dec 2014 20:46 |
??? |
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ArgyllGran | Report | 24 Dec 2014 20:55 |
Have you ruled this birth out for young Harriet? |
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Julie | Report | 24 Dec 2014 21:10 |
I believe I traced this Harriet to another family, Harriet appears as just Harriet on the 1891 census, whilst John William has both names listed. |