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Germaine | Report | 8 Nov 2005 06:24 |
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I have a marriage cert for 1883 and there is a line for fathers name (groom) he was defiantely illegitimate I know that so I guess that is what has happened on yours. Germaine x |
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Georgia | Report | 8 Nov 2005 03:46 |
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I have a marriage certificate where both spaces for the father have a line. I know that the groom was in fact illegitimate, but the bride's biological father was dead. She was only five years old when he died, and her mother subsequently remarried. Her step-father was alive at the time she got married, and she didn't use his surname, so she was aware that he wasn't her father. I also have a certificate where the bride's father is given as 'William', when in fact he was named 'Robert'. The grooms father was William, so I suspect it was a typo. The bride was illiterate, so I guess she couldn't tell. |
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Lynda | Report | 8 Nov 2005 01:53 |
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she would have been illegitimate for sure. check the parish registers of the village where she was born as sometimes the bapt record will name the father even if the parents weren't married. Lynda |
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TinaTheCheshirePussyCat | Report | 7 Nov 2005 23:04 |
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It was legal for a girl to marry at age 12. Boys had to be 14. Tina |
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Jeanette | Report | 7 Nov 2005 22:39 |
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opps!!! Jeanette |
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BobClayton | Report | 7 Nov 2005 22:33 |
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She would have had to have been 12 when she married though Jeanette!! (1837) Bob |
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Researching: |
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Jeanette | Report | 7 Nov 2005 22:07 |
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If you can get her birth cert that will tell you her father If she has got one Jeanette |
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Kim | Report | 7 Nov 2005 22:05 |
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Hi Ron I have a marriage cert from 1837, neither fathers are on there, although I know the brides father was alive as she ended up living with him when her husband died, regards Kim |
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Rachel | Report | 7 Nov 2005 22:04 |
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father unknown. prob had a single mum or was a foundling (abandoned) |
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Jeanette | Report | 7 Nov 2005 22:00 |
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normally means not known. Jeanette |
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Ron | Report | 7 Nov 2005 21:59 |
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I have a marriage certificate from 1849, in the details for the brides father there is just a line, does this mean he didn't attend the wedding for some reason, or was he not known. any thoughts please. |
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