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How do I confirm who a child's mother is if I can'
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Lynne | Report | 29 May 2004 10:27 |
Jenny When you apply, make sure you quote the father's name then if it's not the right one they won't send it. |
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Jennifer | Report | 29 May 2004 09:37 |
Sammy and Lynne, Thanks for your thoughts. I may have to send for the marriage cert of William and Ann Nixon (if only for elimination purposes)......if William's father, Mark Gornall, is on there I think I could safely assume it is the right one. Jenny |
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Heather | Report | 29 May 2004 09:31 |
Hi Jenny My first thought was that Ann might have been married before but I'm wondering if its a soundalike and the vicar mis-heard what was said? I wonder if she signed this marriage certificate and if the father's name fits with what you know? Heather |
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Lynne | Report | 29 May 2004 09:27 |
Jenny Higson and Nixon sound similar. Many people could not read in those days so it could be that Ann Nixon is Ann Higson. I would apply for the certificate or alternatively ask the Register Office to do a 3 year search. Good Luck Lynne |
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Smiley | Report | 29 May 2004 09:26 |
I know it's usually spelling mistakes that hold us up, but in your case Nixon & Higson do "sound" very similar although you wouldn't think one could be mis-transcribed into the other. Stranger things have happened though. Sam |
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Jennifer | Report | 29 May 2004 09:06 |
I have tried looking for the marriage of Willam GORNALL to Ann HIGSON, probably around 1858/59 ish in Preston (assuming the couple actually married). I can't find one. To muddy the waters further there is a marriage of a william GORNALL to Ann Nixon about this time, According to 1881 census, William's wife was called Ann. I have been unable to find the birth of my great grandfather George Thomas GORNALL abt 1860 in Preston. I know that William's last Child called Margaret was born in 1881 and that the mother was Ann HIGSON, (I have Margaret's birth cert). I really want to confirm the mother of George Thomas GORNALL, (I can trace Ann HIGSON's family back), but if Ann is not George Thomas' mother, how do I find out who is? Really stuck on this one. Jenny |