In a message dated 11/08/2008 20:31:22 GMT Standard Time, karen_staines@hotmail.com writes: I think that perhaps her mother was EMMA BAILEY and she gave her grandfathers name as her father on the wedding certificate as her bought her up. Is this a logical theory? I have a similar case, it was not unusual for a grandfather, brother or uncle to be named as father on a marriage certificate, It was a way of covering up illegitimacy. Regards, Jennifer