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Member Since: August 2006 Posts: 0 Send Message	Siobhan	Report	23 Sep 2006 11:20
Member Since: August 2006 Posts: 0 Send Message	My great grandmother Olivet Alice Murphy was born illegitimate in 1892 in Australia. Is there any way to find out details on the father, or am I officially at a dead end? Her mother's surname is Murphy on Olivet's birth certificate and yet on Olivet's marriage certificate she is named Olivette Alice Ward Murphy, and on one of her children's marraige and death certificates is referred to as Olivette Ward. As she never re-married to anyone by the name of Ward, could Ward be her father's surname? Interestingly it looks as if Olivet's mother gave birth to another two children, in 1893 and 1894. I have only just ordered transcriptions of the certificates, but from what I can tell from the BDM site, there is no father's details for these two births either, but am waiting in anticipation for the details just in case there is a clue.
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Unknown	Report	23 Sep 2006 11:37
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Your suspicions about Ward could be right. I don't know anything about Australian records, but you might find a baptism or some evidence that the father paid maintenance somewhere.
Member Since: August 2006 Posts: 0 Send Message	Siobhan	Report	24 Sep 2006 08:47
Member Since: August 2006 Posts: 0 Send Message	bumping ;-)