Coming to this late but if the info is from the baptisms then could for example Annie be baptised slightly older than usual. Or maybe there were twins and they agreed to register one to the married partner and the other to Mr Holland? Which would be weird, but families can be weird. Judy On 24 Feb 2011, at 16:44, sue fryer wrote: > ROWLAND/ROLAND SHUTTLEWORTH (Reg Bolton 1888) and ELIZABETH ANN > LIVESEY (Reg > Bolton 1890) were both working in cotton mills up to 1911. They > emigrated to > Canada and settled in Montreal between 1912-1913. > > This week I have been tracing back through the UK censuses and > going through > passenger lists to get them where I thought they should be in Canada. > > I have an anomaly with the birth of their children in Canada. I > believe there > was THOMAS SHUTTLEWORTH(1909 Bolton), JANE SHUTTLEWORTH (1912 > Bolton) and > WILLIAM SHUTTLEWORTH (1916 Montreal 1916). In the same year (and > within 2 > months) as William's birth there was child ANNIE HOLLAND (1916 > Montreal) born to > CHARLES WILLIAM HOLLAND and ELIZABETH ANN LIVESEY wife of ROLAND > SHUTTLEWORTH > > I can understand two fathers but not the same mother giving birth > to two > children in the space of two months. It is not possible. I am > struggling to > explain this or to clarify with evidence (I have baptisms for both) > what really > happened. > > > If you have any suggestions or you have these people in your family > please could > you contact me to share information. > > Regards > > Sue > Cumbria > > > > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LAN- > BOLTON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message