Hi Sara The relevance is in the overall context of the conversation on the reason for a fathers name being left off a baptism So quite acceptable in the overall thread Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 04-Jun-17 4:44 PM, SARA WHITE via DERBYSGEN wrote: > And the relevance to Derbyshire is? > > Subject: Re: [DBY] Baptisms where father isn't named > > Where I lived for a while in Africa it was quite common for the couple to marry AFTER the first child was born, thereby proving that the woman was fertile. If the couple married before having children, and then the wife did not produce a child, divorce was considered entirely appropriate. If the couple wanted to stay together a relative would often give them a child. > > Kind regards > Margaret

And the post is entirely irrelevant.  The reasons for a father's name being left of a baptism in Derbyshire at the time previously mentioned are governed by the social mores at the time and place of the baptism.  The social mores in other times and other places are entirely irrelevant. From: Nivard Ovington via DERBYSGEN <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: Nivard Ovington <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, 4 June 2017, 16:56 Subject: Re: [DBY] Baptisms where father isn't named Hi Sara The relevance is in the overall context of the conversation on the reason for a fathers name being left off a baptism So quite acceptable in the overall thread Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 04-Jun-17 4:44 PM, SARA WHITE via DERBYSGEN wrote: > And the relevance to Derbyshire is? > >  Subject: Re: [DBY] Baptisms where father isn't named >    > Where I lived for a while in Africa it was quite common for the couple to marry AFTER the first child was born, thereby proving that the woman was fertile.  If the couple married before having  children, and then the wife did not produce a child, divorce was considered entirely appropriate.  If the couple wanted to stay together a relative would often give them a child. > > Kind regards > Margaret ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

And to join in the fun, my 3 x great grandparents got married when their fourth child was on their way, the first three born out of wedlock. But rather an odd case. He was a very wealthy man with legal training. The baptism register names both parents in their own right on the baptisms of two of the earlier children. In his very lengthy will he refers to his natural born children all by name, leaves them very little, and makes sure there is no element of doubt that second son (born after the marriage) inherits. I am still on the search for any previous marriage, but to date nothing - and his name was not a common one. Nickie > On 4 Jun 2017, at 16:55, Nivard Ovington via DERBYSGEN <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Sara > > The relevance is in the overall context of the conversation on the reason for a fathers name being left off a baptism > > So quite acceptable in the overall thread > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 04-Jun-17 4:44 PM, SARA WHITE via DERBYSGEN wrote: >> And the relevance to Derbyshire is? > > >> Subject: Re: [DBY] Baptisms where father isn't named >> Where I lived for a while in Africa it was quite common for the couple to marry AFTER the first child was born, thereby proving that the woman was fertile. If the couple married before having children, and then the wife did not produce a child, divorce was considered entirely appropriate. If the couple wanted to stay together a relative would often give them a child. >> Kind regards >> Margaret > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message