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Eileen

Eileen Report 15 Jul 2006 21:18

just been checking through my OH grans marriage certificate we knew she had been born out of wedlock on her certificate were the name of the father should be its her mothers name instead is this done at the ministers discretion or families her granfather was a local lay preacher in the methodist church eileen

~*~ Mo

~*~ Mo Report 15 Jul 2006 21:28

Believe it or not .. Eileen I have a marriage here with the mother's name in for both Bride and Groom.. Bride's father was alive.. Groom was Illigitimate.. Mo

Eileen

Eileen Report 15 Jul 2006 21:43

thanks mo thats the last we heard of ggran she is buried in the local church yard but what she did before then is a family secret there is nobody left to tell me so i shall have to find out eileen