Hi folks Just wondering – when registering a birth c 1910-1915 – did the parent have to produce a marriage certificate to prove the child was not illegitimate? I’m trying to help a friend trace her family tree in Manchester. Her great grandfather Arthur Sproson is on the 1911 census with ‘wife’ Bertha and baby Harold saying they had been married a year. Harold was registered in 1910 as Hall, Bertha’s maiden name and the couple didn’t actually marry until 1915. Bertha died in 1921 and Arthur remarried to Louisa Kilpatrick, who had an illegitimate daughter Nora Kilpatrick around 1906. Arthur and Louisa soon had a son Albert – and in addition to Harold and Louisa’s daughter, he had two other half-siblings Ida and Arthur. The only ones I can find are Ida and Arthur Sproson, 1912 and 1915 – mother’s maiden name Stott... but I can’t find a Sproson –Stott marriage. There are two Stott women in Prestwich in the 1911 census – one I can find a marriage for, the other, Sybil, I can’t find a marriage for. As Arthur and Bertha didn’t marry till 1915, it is possible he left her and had two children with the Stott lady... but am I right in thinking as they were registered as Sproson the parents must have been married and proved that when registering them? Or could Sybil?? Stott go along and claim to be Mrs Sproson and register the two children under their father’s name? Hope that makes sense""! thanks in anticipation Jane
Jane It's possible that Harold's brother Arthur W(illiam?) followed him to Canada as there is a death in the same index 16 Jun 1987, Mission, BC Canada, aged 72 Lin On 15/06/2012 22:01, Jane Woodall wrote: > Hi folks > > Just wondering – when registering a birth c 1910-1915 – did the parent have to produce a marriage certificate to prove the child was not illegitimate? > > I’m trying to help a friend trace her family tree in Manchester. Her great grandfather Arthur Sproson is on the 1911 census with ‘wife’ Bertha and baby Harold saying they had been married a year. Harold was registered in 1910 as Hall, Bertha’s maiden name and the couple didn’t actually marry until 1915. > > Bertha died in 1921 and Arthur remarried to Louisa Kilpatrick, who had an illegitimate daughter Nora Kilpatrick around 1906. Arthur and Louisa soon had a son Albert – and in addition to Harold and Louisa’s daughter, he had two other half-siblings Ida and Arthur. The only ones I can find are Ida and Arthur Sproson, 1912 and 1915 – mother’s maiden name Stott... but I can’t find a Sproson –Stott marriage. There are two Stott women in Prestwich in the 1911 census – one I can find a marriage for, the other, Sybil, I can’t find a marriage for. > > As Arthur and Bertha didn’t marry till 1915, it is possible he left her and had two children with the Stott lady... but am I right in thinking as they were registered as Sproson the parents must have been married and proved that when registering them? Or could Sybil?? Stott go along and claim to be Mrs Sproson and register the two children under their father’s name? > > Hope that makes sense""! > > thanks in anticipation > > Jane > > ..... > Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; > www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; > www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message