Hi Michael Unfortunately at that time the onus was on the mother to more or less take the reputed father to court and to prove he was the father, very few did If there was an action it should be in the petty sessions I believe, I would try the County records office Sadly there was no proof required when giving information for a marriage certificate so the father could be a made up one to save embarrassment A deceased father was convenient as he could not attend the marriage Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 22/09/2012 16:05, Michael wrote: > I'm having great trouble trying to pin down my Gt Granny who according > to the 1901 census was born Yarmouth, Suffolk in 1872 and according to > the 1911 census Yarmouth, Norfolk in 1873. > > According to her marriage certificate of February 1899, Kilburn, > Middlesex. She was the daughter of John WILSON a deceased fisherman.