Hi Folks, I have just received the marriage certificate of one of my husband's ancestors ... and noticed that the father has a different surname to the groom: Thomas HARRISON - father Henry JEFFERSON If anyone has something similar in their research I would be grateful for any advise ... My immediate thoughts are that he is/was born outside of wedlock (so Harrison was his mother's maiden name) or that he was adopted. Does anyone else know of another reason. The wedding took place on 12 June 1841 - a couple of days after the census was taken. Need to have another look to see if I can find them! Kind regards Karen

Hi Karen, I have different names on one of my certs and yes he was born out of wedlock. Another reason is that he could have been born to his mothers previous husband. Ian -----Original Message----- From: Karen Harrison [mailto:klharrison@btinternet.com] Sent: 10 September 2003 11:22 To: ENG-NORTH-YORKS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [N'Yorks] Father's Name on Marriage Certificate .. Hi Folks, I have just received the marriage certificate of one of my husband's ancestors ... and noticed that the father has a different surname to the groom: Thomas HARRISON - father Henry JEFFERSON If anyone has something similar in their research I would be grateful for any advise ... My immediate thoughts are that he is/was born outside of wedlock (so Harrison was his mother's maiden name) or that he was adopted. Does anyone else know of another reason. The wedding took place on 12 June 1841 - a couple of days after the census was taken. Need to have another look to see if I can find them! Kind regards Karen ==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== ~~ The List's GOLDEN RULE ~~ Keep to genealogy, history, anything ancestors! Keep it clean & cool. Treat others as you want them to treat you...Positively *NO* selling! ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

If I were you I would be looking for a second marriage of Thomas's mother to Henry Jefferson and for the death of Thomas's father. If you could find the marriage of the mother and Henry Jefferson this would give you her name and that would then be either her maiden name or her married name at that time if she was a widow. Either way it would give her father's name and his occupation which would show what surname the mother was born with and you could go from there looking for a possible first marriage for her if that proves to be the case. You could then find Thomas's birth certificate accordingly. I had a Gt. Grandmother who married three times in all, she had two children from each of her first two marriages and when I first discovered her in the 1881 census I wondered what on earth had gone on. She was there with my Grandma, the only child from her third and last marriage but with four older children with other surnames? I was very intrigued but soon got to the bottom of it by finding marraige and birth certificates etc. Good luck Jenny DeAngelis. Spain. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Harrison" <klharrison@btinternet.com> To: <ENG-NORTH-YORKS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 12:21 PM Subject: [N'Yorks] Father's Name on Marriage Certificate .. > Hi Folks, > > I have just received the marriage certificate of one of my husband's ancestors ... and noticed that the father has a different surname to the groom: > > Thomas HARRISON - father Henry JEFFERSON > > If anyone has something similar in their research I would be grateful for any advise ... > > My immediate thoughts are that he is/was born outside of wedlock (so Harrison was his mother's maiden name) or that he was adopted. Does anyone else know of another reason. > > The wedding took place on 12 June 1841 - a couple of days after the census was taken. Need to have another look to see if I can find them! > > Kind regards > Karen > > ______________________________