This woman likely gave the child her maiden name as the man? that raped or violated her was a Criminal in her eyes. On Mon 22/07/13 3:01 AM , [email protected] sent: > > > > > PLEASE NOTE > > > > When replying to a digest message, please quote only the specific portion > or message to which you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from > your reply. Also, remember to change the subject of your reply so that it > coincides with the message subject to which you are replying. > > > ------------------------------- > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Names onbptism list 1797 (Maisie Egger) > > 2. Re: Names onbptism list 1797 (E.Ross) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 16:32:01 -0700 > > From: "Maisie Egger" ca > [email protected]> > Subject: [Lanark] Names onbptism list 1797 > > To: [email protected] > otsweb.com> > Message-ID: [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > Have a page of baptisms for 1797 thus: > > > > XXXX in Castle Douglas had two unlawful children baptized 4th September > 1797. Named William and Jean. > > > On the side bar the surnames of the spouses of the other children baptized > are listed once, but the one for the ?father?? of the unlawful children is > listed twice (once for each child, if the name is for the father, i.e.) > > > I can?t make it out: it?s either palty or patly (and I thought even > partly). ..or maybe even patty...whether lower case or capital p is hard to > tell. > > > Would this be some sort of form of record-keeping for ?unlawful? children, > or would it be the father?s surname? > > > Regardless, how cruel in those days to stigmatise those children as > unlawful even when being baptized. What a lot ?religion? has to answer for > that poor wee innocent souls had to carry this label throughout their lives > > > Maisie > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 11:21:56 +1000 > > From: "E.Ross" eb > [email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Lanark] Names onbptism list 1797 > > To: Maisie Egger ca > [email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected] > otsweb.com>" [email protected] > otsweb.com> > Message-ID: [email protected] > u> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > > > > > Hi Maisie > > Not only "religion" stigmatised children. I have an in-law born 100 years > later than the ones you are writing about. She was born in 1897 to a poor > widow woman, a washerwoman with 3 legitimate children. > > > On the wee one's birth certificate it is clearly stated that the mother was > the widow of a man killed in a pit accident 3 years previously. The child > was registered in the mother's maiden name. I was given this certificate > otherwise I'm sure I'd never have turned it up. > > > Regards > > Ella > > > > > > Regardless, how cruel in those days to stigmatise those > children as unlawful even when being baptized. What a lot ?religion? has > to answer for that poor wee innocent souls had to carry this label > throughout their lives > > > > > Maisie > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > > > > WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of > the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as [email protected] > otsweb.com. > > > > > You may contact the List Admin at lan > [email protected] or click on the following link to the list > information page online: > > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > L > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > To contact the LANARK list administrator, send an email to > > LAN > [email protected] > > > To post a message to the LANARK mailing list, send an email to [email protected] > otsweb.com. > > > __________________________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to L > [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > > > > End of LANARK Digest, Vol 8, Issue 122 > > ************************************** > > > > > >