If the baby was born a tad longer than 9 months after the husband had been last seen around.... vicars did express doubts, or leave a father's name out, I've seen that in other registers. Some ministers seemed to regard the parish register as their personal journal and put whatever they wanted to put, sometimes with all sorts of personal comments on parishioners! Celia Renshaw in Sheffield UK On 4 June 2017 at 10:14, Margaret Siudek via DERBYSGEN < [email protected]> wrote: > Liz is most probably right but, in legal terms, isn't a child born to a > married couple legitimate, unless there's proof to the contrary? I know > that's easy now with DNA testing, but it would have been harder in the > past. Could a vicar or registrar just decide he didn't believe the baby was > the child of the husband? > > Margaret > > On 04/06/2017 09:45, Liz via DERBYSGEN wrote: > > The vicar went off to wet the baby's head and when it came to fill in the > details he had forgotten the dad's name!!! It could also be that the > husband was dead and the vicar thought the father was a different person in > the village/town or the father was absent abroad. > > Liz > > -----Original Message----- > From: DERBYSGEN > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Joan M via DERBYSGEN > Sent: 03 June 2017 15:15 > To: 'Derbyshire genealogy' > Cc: Joan M > Subject: [DBY] Baptisms where father isn't named > > Hi, > > Apart from illegitimacy, is there any other reason that the father wouldn't > be named? > > Thanks > > Joan > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > http://www.avg.com > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >