Tell it like it was Marilyn! The women were on trial and if there was no conception, it was assumed to be her fault, so she was ditched. Or that's the way it was told to me. I don't know if it is true as I've never seen the story in any text but the woman who told me had a degree in history, so I believed her! Brian Morgan -----Original Message----- From: Marilyn Moffat [mailto:marilyn@moffat-mk.freeserve.co.uk] Sent: 03 August 2000 12:24 To: ENG-GLO-HAWKESBURY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [[Hawks]] Attitudes to illegitemacy One of my colleagues is a very keen family historian. She went to a talk at a local FHS lecture and came back saying that often (especially pre-Victorian) people wouldn't actually get married until they had proved that the couple were able to produce a child - so a great number of first children appear less than 9 months after a marriage. ----- Original Message ----- From: "R.P. & A.L. Lawrence" <lawrence@hazels.u-net.com> To: <ENG-GLO-HAWKESBURY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 11:38 AM Subject: [[Hawks]] RODWAY - ALWAY - Wanted Dead or alive !!! & WHITWORTH/HOPKINS <snip for brevity> > My feeling is that there was a much greater tolerance of illegitimacy than > is generally thought. At a time when many brides were pregnant on their > wedding day, and life expectancy short, it would seem that a bastard child > was an accepted event in the early 19th century, and treated > sympathetically. Perhaps it was later that morality took its revenge. > > Nothing to do with Hawkesbury there, but hope it helps someone. > > Bob Lawrence > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Geoff Brightman <geoff_brightman6@thefreeinternet.co.uk> > To: <ENG-GLO-HAWKESBURY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 10:47 PM > Subject: [[Hawks]] RODWAY - ALWAY - Wanted Dead or alive !!! > > > > Morning All > > > > Received today from Odette BADMAN in Glastonbury, who members will > remember > > we went to visit last week. > > > > Odette is a RODWAY - ALWAY descendant. Her letter includes details of a > > cousin of Bernadette SIEBERT in Canada. Bernadette lives in New Zealand. > > > > Also enclosed is a photocopy of the following web page which is brilliant > :- > > > > http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/events/twofift/gat12.gif the poster is dated 16th > > December 1837 or 87. > > > > It is thought that the Robert ALWAY referred to is the grandson of Robert > > ALWAY and Ann RODWAY > > > > Geoffro > > The Pond Dipper > > Http://www.HawkesburyFamilyHistory.co.uk > > > > > > ==== ENG-GLO-HAWKESBURY Mailing List ==== > When replying to messages please make sure to remove ALL the "Re: and Hawks" bits in the subject line as otherwise these will be repeated. > Penalty for non-compliance is a Pond Dipping. > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > > ==== ENG-GLO-HAWKESBURY Mailing List ==== Have your Hawkesbury research needs added to the Hawkesbury Family History pages. Send an email to ThePondDipper@HawkesburyFamilyHistory.co.uk ============================== Genealogy calendars, guestbooks and more: Visit RootsWeb's Resource Center at http://resources.rootsweb.com/