Re: Prince - illegitimate child (Barbara Sidler) There was no "Prince of hague" in 1852/53 so highly unlikely that she could have been a child of the "Prince" maybe the king? Here is a link to the history of the House of Orange http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Orange-Nassau Message: 1 Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:45:30 -0800 From: Barbara Sidler <barbsidler@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Prince - illegitimate child To: norcal@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <4B61CD3A.5040706@earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Betty Loose wrote: > This is not Norcal related, but I would like some advice. > Does anyone know how to find records regarding illegitimate children? > My gggrandmother was supposedly the daughter of "The Prince of Hague" > and Bridgette Calvin (Colvin). Bridgette was apparently a maid/lady in > waiting/nurse, etc, in the castle. We don't know the "Prince's" name. > > Mary Annie Calvin was born about 1852/53. She first married Ambrose > Kern and then Charles Brock (Brach, Broch). By this time she was in > Lancaster PA. > > We have traced Charles and Annie in PA, and I am working with several > cousins to try to solve this mystery. I have no knowledge of Ambrose > Kern or any children from that marriage. > > Betty >

Thank you for the link. I have done some looking around and also discovered there was no Prince of Hague at that time who could have been the father. But the King at that time seemed to be between wives... This is the "story" of my life. In another line of my family tree there is a picture of my ancestor which has written on the back "Daughter of the Early of Stansbury". This would have been early 1800's. We have never been able to identify where Stansbury would have been. So another family story for the "needs clarification" folder. Betty