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Illegitimate Children.
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Liesele | Report | 15 Dec 2006 00:03 |
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OC thanks for the background info, very useful. That's the most strangest thing, i've looked for bastardry orders in both Lakenheath & Mildenhall because this is what I thought would have happened. Maybe I should consider searching in other surrounding areas. |
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An Olde Crone | Report | 14 Dec 2006 23:47 |
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Some Vicars flatly refused to enter the name of the father and some entered the name of the reputed father, depending on the policy of the particular parish. Entering the name of the father had legal implications back then - an illegitimate child had no rights of inheritance in law, but an illegitimate child whose father was named,(which meant that the father acknowledged the child as his) could, possibly, have redress to law to be acknowledged as an heir. I would imagine that your relative would have taken out Bastardy Orders against the father, or rather, the Parish Overseer would have done it for her. But if she came from a family who were prepared to undertake the financial cost of her children, then probably not. OC |
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ErikaH | Report | 14 Dec 2006 23:21 |
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I've got a female in my tree in the 1870's with 3 children who is listed on the census as unmarried. It wasn't as unusual as we've been led to believe.......although it was frowned upon. The enumerator for one Gloucestershire village in 1851 described any unmarried woman who had a child as a 'prostitute' on the census return. Reg |
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Liesele | Report | 14 Dec 2006 23:18 |
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Thanks for the feedback Janet and Shirley. Does make logic sense now. Thanks |
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 14 Dec 2006 23:06 |
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she may have refused to tell the vicar who the father was, the parish may have gone after him with bastary bonds if she was seeking parish relief. Maybe he was married already or she was just unfortunate with her choice of partners. remember there was no birth control then!! Who knows really ,but peeps then did want their children christened no matter what |
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Researching: |
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Janet in Yorkshire | Report | 14 Dec 2006 23:05 |
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Fraid so! Think one of my ancestors was possibly the village bike - only likely candidate had 6 illegimate children before she married, and then no more with her husband. Jay |
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Liesele | Report | 14 Dec 2006 23:00 |
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This is puzzling me. Looking at baptism parish records. I have 3 children all born illegitimate to Elizabeth Reader. There is no mention of father 1. Philip Russell bap 1/05/1804 2. John bap 17/06/1804 3. Elizabeth 02/07/1808 born 12 Aug Why would all births be illegitimate? Finding it hard to believe that she would have fallen pregnant 3 x without being married. Can't find a marriage record for Elizabeth. Possability she could have been living with her partner unmarried, but then why would a father not be mentioned in the baptism record? Anyone come across something similar to this? |
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