Genealogy Chat

hiya'll, gotta query, my great great grandparents, had a daughter, born 1868 stated mother mrs brown nee larkins, father soldier, my question is they married in 1869 a year after my great grandmother was born, was it possible to be a 'married' woman, at registration of birth, before they actually got married????? (dont know if i'm making much sense) but it makes sense to me. I cant find any other records stating that marriage occured before 1868, (but i have marr cert for 1869) Hope fully Julie :)

If the parents didn't marry until after the birth then the child would have to be registered in the mother's surname and it would be very rare for the father to be named on the certificate Unless they lied about being married when they weren't! Lou

Hi Julie, Yes it is possible - and quite common!! My g grandmother did it with 9 of her 10 children in the 1900's. G grandfather had married before and couldn't afford to divorce his wife. All the children had G grandfather's surname and G grandmother said she was Mrs P. They married 26 years after the birth of their first child, when wife No1 had died. maggie

Lou, my great-grandfather and his first 'wife' had four children who were all registered in the father's surname with the mother giving her name as though she was married to him(i.e married name and 'formerly' then her birth surname), dates between 1886 and 1896, but I am pretty sure they were not married and she never seems to have been found out. Her death was also registered in her 'married' name but her 'husband' was definitely married to my great-grandmother by then! This was in London, I'm not sure how easy it would have been to manage it in a village though! Kate.

Exactly...they lied about being married. Which is what I said!

Yes my GGMx2 did this for all her 6 kids which really threw me cos I couldnt find a marriage for them for right time frame. I then found them marrying 17 years after the first child was born and they were in their 40's.

hiya'll they married in 'the royal chapel' tower of london, 1869, I dont know where Ann (Gx2 grandmother) was born but was told she had an irish temper to match her firey hair, may have been romany's, I know there is supposed to be a link there somewhere, May have been William (my gx2 grandfather), Dont know where they born or died, blummin a pain in neck i know!!!!, One theory as to why they may have married later is that maybe wiliam was 'away somewhere' serving abroard????. I cannot find him or family on ANY census BEFORE 1891, When I find my great grandmother (their Daughter) in Nottinghamshire, AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRGGGG Julie :)

nudge :) julie