Genealogy Chat

Have my first cert but still not sure if he is mine would mother have to have proof of name to regester son as says Jinks formaly Wimbush but have had a look for marrage. 8/8/1905 George boy no father Mary Jinks formaly Wimborn father was Mosses J inks my g uncle only marrage for him a can find is in 1818 to Minnie Morgan This is the only george i can find at this time in stoke-on-trent at about the right age V al

Hi Val, I 've no experience of this but I'm sure someone here has so....bump. Joan

perhaps she got miss heard i had one mother Elizabeth Nee Briant but on census she was down as Agnes E even when she was young and luckly when she married she lived with her parents O'Brien otherwise I would have thought I had wrong cert Jeanette

I'm a bit confused about where the mum's name is written as Mary Jinks formerly Wimborn and where it says formerly Wimbush??? Anyway.....she could have registered the birth of George and pretended to me married to Moses Jinks (I love that name!!) - no one would have asked her for proof........ You said the only marriage you coud find for Moses Jinks was in 1918.....there's this one too, but it doesn't involve Mary Wimborn/Wimbush! Marriages Dec 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hodgetts Matthew Stoke T. 6b 327 Jinks Moses Stoke T. 6b 327 Stubbs Esther Stoke T. 6b 327 Wooding Ellen Stoke T. 6b 327 Merry

if he isnt named on the birth cert, how do you know Moses is the father? is wimborn/wimbush a typing error on your part, or do you have two names for her?

Oops.....didn't absorb that bit!!! Now totally confused! Merry

No, I know Im slow, but I dont quite understand. You have a birth certificate for George Jinks? But no father is shown on it? And the mother is shown as a Jinks, formerly Wimbush? So why do you say the father is Moses Jinks? Is the question why is there no father when the lady is claiming to be married?

I can't think this is a coincidence??????????????? Marriages Dec 1885 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COX William Wolverhampton 6b 845 JINKS William Lowe Wolverhampton 6b 845 MEYRICK Alice Miriam Wolverhampton 6b 845 WIMBUSH Mary Ann Wolverhampton 6b 845 Merry

As far as I know, she wouldn't have to have proof of her name to register her son's birth. My grandfather's half-brothers and sisters were all registered by their mother under her 'married' name but I am sure she never married their father. Also, my grandfather's cousin was registered by her mother again under her 'married' name, but the parents were definitely not married as the mother's death was then registered under her maiden name! But as for what you say about there being no father's name on the birth certificate, that surely suggests that Moses Jinks was not the father if Mary was, or was pretending to be, his wife, because if he was the father she would have given his name?! Just seen your message Merry, well in that case, I say that William Lowe Jinks probably wasn't the father either...! But I suppose Moses Jinks could have been, then.... Kate.

LOL.....Mary sounds as if she was up to High Jinx to me!! LOL (And William, Lowe Jinx!) Merry

Sorry to not have got back sooner wait about last hight then remembered was starting work early so went bed don,t get in till 10.00pm . my Mosses had a son George born about 1905 in Tunstall Staffs George use to look after my mum's younger sisters for my nan he was a bit slow, Only George i could find was the one that i sent the cert for It said it in the name surname and madian name for mother box Mary Jinks formerly Wimbush sorry if not clear and thank you loads for all your help no fathers name on cert the winborn was my mistake Val