Hello, I am trying to find the name of the father of Elizabeth Sarah Curtis who was christened on 1 August 1852 at Westley Waterless, Cambridge. I cannot find a birth registration for her. Her mother's name was Rebecca Curtis who was widowed in 1849 when her husband Charles Curtis died. I am anxious to find who the father was. If someone in that area could help me I would be most appreciative and could offer help to records in Sydney that might be required. Elizabeth Curtis was listed as age 3 years in May 1855, when she sailed on the "Ramillies" to Australia with her mother and older siblings thereby supporting that she must have been christened very soon after she was born. On the ship records the "religion" was listed as Wesleyan. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Kerrie Sydney, NSW

Hi Kerrie I'm not sure that you will have much luck with this because even if you find the birth registration it is highly unlikely that it will give you Elizabeth's father's name. Between 1850 and 1875 Registrars were expressly forbidden from entering the father's name if the child was born out of marriage, as must have happened in this case. Before 1850 the instructions weren't very clear and some Registrars did enter the name and others didn't, and from 1875 to 1953 (!) the father's name was only entered if both he and the mother went together to the Registration office (I guess to stop a mother falsely claimimg someone as the father with inheritence or other financial consequences) Sorry. Paula ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerrie McInnes" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 2:21 AM Subject: [ENG-CAMS] Elizabeth Sarah Curtis > Hello, > > I am trying to find the name of the father of Elizabeth Sarah Curtis who > was christened on 1 August 1852 at Westley Waterless, Cambridge. I cannot > find a birth registration for her. Her mother's name was Rebecca Curtis > who was widowed in 1849 when her husband Charles Curtis died. I am > anxious to find who the father was. If someone in that area could help me > I would be most appreciative and could offer help to records in Sydney > that might be required. > > Elizabeth Curtis was listed as age 3 years in May 1855, when she sailed on > the "Ramillies" to Australia with her mother and older siblings thereby > supporting that she must have been christened very soon after she was > born. On the ship records the "religion" was listed as Wesleyan. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Kerrie > Sydney, NSW > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > -- > This email has been verified as Virus free > Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.441 / Virus Database: 268.17.37/682 - Release Date: > 12/02/2007 13:23 > >

Hi Kerrie, I've a similar problem with a few of my distant cousins. The only place where the father's name was mentioned for me was on the child's marriage certificate... Tony Kerrie McInnes wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to find the name of the father of Elizabeth Sarah Curtis who was christened on 1 August 1852 at Westley Waterless, Cambridge. I cannot find a birth registration for her. Her mother's name was Rebecca Curtis who was widowed in 1849 when her husband Charles Curtis died. I am anxious to find who the father was. If someone in that area could help me I would be most appreciative and could offer help to records in Sydney that might be required. > > Elizabeth Curtis was listed as age 3 years in May 1855, when she sailed on the "Ramillies" to Australia with her mother and older siblings thereby supporting that she must have been christened very soon after she was born. On the ship records the "religion" was listed as Wesleyan. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Kerrie > Sydney, NSW > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > >