what does this mean please

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Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 3,013 Send Message	Margaretfinch	Report	22 Jun 2006 17:08
	thank you for your answers I will try to look into it Margaret
	Researching: Finch Weathersfield Essex. Poole Haverhill Suffolk.GoodchildSouth Ascot BerkshireFry Wilton Wiltshire Goddard Laverstock Wiltshire Grayston Suffolk
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Pauline	Report	22 Jun 2006 16:47
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	If you can check the actual parish record it might be more enlightning. Pauline
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,261 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	22 Jun 2006 16:10
	It sounds to me as if the parents were not married but the father didn't mind being named as the father, and they hadn't decided which name to give him. I am only guessing though, so maybe someone else can give a definite answer. Kath. x
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 3,013 Send Message	Margaretfinch	Report	22 Jun 2006 16:08
	the birth of John Shelley or Brown father John Shelley mother Catherine Brown from the IGI Berkshire does this mean they were not married or what thankyou Margaret
	Researching: Finch Weathersfield Essex. Poole Haverhill Suffolk.GoodchildSouth Ascot BerkshireFry Wilton Wiltshire Goddard Laverstock Wiltshire Grayston Suffolk