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Birth Certificate
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Suzanne | Report | 1 Mar 2005 13:29 |
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Thankyou all so very much. I'm really grateful for your help. Sorry if I sounded stupid. Suzanne*** |
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Richard in Perth | Report | 1 Mar 2005 11:59 |
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There is a Jane Colbran, unmarried, age 24 on the 1871 living in Baltic rd, Tunbridge Wells. She has a 4-month old daughter also called Jane. From FreeBMD, baby Jane also has third initial as K: Births Mar 1871 COLBRAN Jane Sophia K Uckfield 2b 10[35] Definitely a possibility for your John Henry's mother I would say! |
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quite contrary mary | Report | 1 Mar 2005 11:41 |
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His birth is registered as John Henry K Colbran - Sep Qtr 1872 registered in Tonbridge. Kemp was a third Christian name. Regards, Mary |
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Richard in Perth | Report | 1 Mar 2005 11:31 |
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Hi lou, there you go... beating me to it again LOL |
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Richard in Perth | Report | 1 Mar 2005 11:30 |
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It seems as though he was illegitimate, as there is no father's name listed. Quite possibly though, Kemp was the father's surname - quite common for it to be added as a middle name if the parents weren't married (and therefore the child was taking the mother's surname). |
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Unknown | Report | 1 Mar 2005 11:28 |
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My ggrandmother's cert from 1878 gives her names 'in the box' as Florence Fanny Hooper, father George Hooper Bibb, mother Elizabeth Ann Bibb formerly Stuart. So I'd say that Kemp was another middle name although it could possibly have been his father's surname given to him as a middle name as the parents weren't married. You could try and see whether you can locate a baptism record for him on the chance that the father was named on that Lou |
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Avril | Report | 1 Mar 2005 11:25 |
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only christin names listed in childs name box on my mothers in 1915 |
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Suzanne | Report | 1 Mar 2005 11:20 |
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Hi I have just received my first birth cert, is the baby's surname listed with the first name?....... The baby is listed as John Henry Kemp, born 09/07/1872, 2 William Street, Tonbridge Wells......There is nothing written in the fathers space and his mother is listed as Jane Colbran, Laundress, of the same address. John later married in 1891, listing his father as Colbran and subsequently all his kids etc. Is the name 'Kemp' the surname he was given at birth, or will it be another middle name? Hoping for any suggestions, Suzanne*** |
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