Hi Anne et al, the reason father was absent could have been the Boer War, 1898-1901. Father needed to be present at the registration for his name to go onto the birth certificate of a child. HTH, Michael -------------------------------------------------- From: "Anne Capewell" <alc_goytre@hotmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 7:12 PM To: <staffordshire@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Hugh Hughes > > Hi Jane, My g grandmother married in 1888 - I have the cert. There are 3 > children born to the couple before this date (the first in 1883) - all > name the man she married as the father on the certs. They had (at least) 2 > more children where he was named as the father. She then had 2 further > children (in 1899 and 1902) where the name of the father was left blank on > the cert. I have never found a death cert for her husband but she > described herself as 'married' in 1901 (although hubby was absent). Your > couple could have married at any time (if at all) and possibly not in > Staffs - and possibly not with their real/full names. Good luck with this > one! cheers, Anne > > Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 19:02:30 +0100 >> From: hippojah@googlemail.com >> To: staffordshire@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Hugh Hughes >> >> Hi Lin, Christine, >> >> Thanks for your thoughts on this. I haven't found a definite death for >> Joseph yet, I was working on the gap between the change in children's >> names >> and as noted there are a few choices. Goodness only knows where he was >> when >> the census was taken. I have tried to search, but with so little >> information and you have no idea how many Hugh HUGHES, I may never sort >> it >> out. >> >> Never mind I will try, it took me two years to find my grandfather so I >> won't give up just yet. >> >> Thank you so much for your ideas, I'll keep searching and see what comes >> up. >> >> Many Thanks >> >> Jane >> ****************************** >> ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not >> apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of >> ARCHIVED MATERIALS. >> ------------------------------- >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not > apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED > MATERIALS. > ------------------------------- > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message