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Deryk

Deryk Report 17 Feb 2007 19:58

mothers name and childs name on the birth certificate,but no mention at all of the father.1863,great baddow,county of essex,mothers name is jane watson. any ideas would help,thank-you.

Jeanette

Jeanette Report 17 Feb 2007 20:01

if no father normally means illigitamate so dont know if you will be able to find out fathers name jeanette

Chris in Sussex

Chris in Sussex Report 17 Feb 2007 20:04

Deryk Can you give a year? It will help to advise possible ways to research. Chris

Researching:
Avatar...My darling Dad. 1931-2019 'Take nothing on its looks, take everything on evidence. There is no better rule' Charles Dickens, Great Expectations. 'A brickwall is a problem that you haven't solved yet' Dave Annal http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/brick-walls-and-lost-ancestors/

An Olde Crone

An Olde Crone Report 17 Feb 2007 20:05

Depends when it was...if the child was baptised, the Vicar might put the name of the reputed father, certainly in the early 1800s. The mother may have taken out a Maintenance or affiliation order against the father. This would be in the local Magistrates court, or sometimes the Petty Sessions. Does the child have a middle name that sounds like a surname? That is often the name of the father. OC

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 17 Feb 2007 20:07

You might find him named on a baptism entry. Sometimes a child knows the father and names him on their own marriage certificate ( but sometimes a fictious name is given 'to save face') A payment order may have been granted through the courts. The child may be named in a Will .... but then you'd need to know the father's name to search the Will. We were lucky to find one that included a bequest to ...'My natural son, Thomas Davis' which cleared up a longstanding problem of not being able to find a birth for Thomas with his father's surname. Gwyn