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. I can't find her in the 1891 or 1881 census and I can't find her birth registration. There are a few possibilities but they have all been disproved. I've thought for a long time that she was perhaps the illegitimate daughter of a Scottish fisher girl and local fisherman. Or the illegitimate daughter of a local girl and a Scottish fisherman. If either is the case, then there may well be some form of legal document, somewhere. Such as a bastardy order. Does anybody know if there are any and if so are they in the public domain. My Gt. Granny was Helen Elizabeth WILSON. Many thanks Michael in Lancashire

On 2012/09/22 17:05, 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. Sounds as though she was illegitimate in which case, she was probably registered under her mother's name. No Helen Elizabeth's that I can see for that period. Plenty of Ellen Elizabeth's though :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg