I too have found one like this in my tree. The groom gave a name and occupation for his father at his marriage. When I eventually found the man/boy back through the censuses I discovered he was living with his grandparents, noted as grandson, in each census. The grandfathers name and occupation exactly match that given on the marriage certificate. A check of his birth cert. confirmed he was illegitimate, mothers name only on the birth cert. The family were renowned builders of a certain type of fishing boat in the North East of England and were prominent in the town where they lived so hiding up an illegitimate birth would have been important to them I imagine. The grandmother was just young enough to have a child at that time. But her daughters name appears on the birth cert of the boy. The mother married a couple of years later but did not take her illegitimate son to live with her and her husband so I can only assume that the husband was not the boys father and perhaps the mother never told her husband that she had already got a son by someone else, who knows? Regards Jenny DeAngelis. Spain. <<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? Thanks in advance Karen >>
-----Original Message----- From: essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jenny De Angelis Sent: 12 August 2008 10:28 <snip> The mother married a couple of years later but did not take her illegitimate son to live with her and her husband so I can only assume that the husband was not the boys father and perhaps the mother never told her husband that she had already got a son by someone else, who knows? In my tree, census records strongly suggest that the girl's mum was already 'with' the man she was to marry a couple of years later, so I presume that he was the father of the illegitimate girl, and yet she never had any connection with his family in later years. I think it possible that she never knew who her real parents were. What a mess that makes of my ancestry charts! Lawrence No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.0/1602 - Release Date: 09/08/2008 13:22