General Chat

You would think she could get her fathers name correct thou wouldnt you... has been known that names have been made up to save embarasement from people if they are illigitmate but if she was, I would of thought she would have a well rehearsed story.

Hayley.........perhaps she didnt know she was illigitimate? happened in my family......................and cost me a lot of anguish when I found out!

Jac xxx

Oh Uggers you musta got on his bumps or hed not had his tipple............I was intouch with WA yesterday and they couldnt have been more helpful.

Really Kay? Did they look info up for you?

Its a lot of maybe? I will never ever know, I am 99.9% she had a sister as was a witness on both certs, one in her maiden name the second with her husband and as was a witness as well, the only " maybe" I can think of is, when she married the first time and put Daniel as her fathers name she was told afterwards maybe by her mother then his real name was William as on the second one he is deceased. However I cant more on with her, in the 1881 census she is in service. I cant find her before that.

I don't think people had a plan for what they put on certs, Hayley. I reckon if Mary was off to get married and the vicar said what was yr dad's name she'd think well he was known as Bill and say William. But if his real name was John or John William, she might say John if she was getting married again ten years later. Likewise, if she didn't have a dad, she might make a name up on the spur of the moment if she was inclined to.

But if you've got the same witness on both certs, you must be on the right track.

I check and double check everything,I have to be 100% sure before they go on my tree.

Hayley, you probably already know this but be careful relying on the witnesses unless you know that they are family members.

Some people seem to be professional witnesses and appear on everyone's marriages. I noticed this in the parish registers when the person above and below had the same witnesses and on different days.

Edit: i say professional but I meant they probably worked there and ended up being everyone's witnesses.

No Uggers but gave me superb directions on location of records,,,,costs if any.was so helpful.....

Do you know what's wierd? we probably know more about our ancestors than they did themselves.

Dont you wish you could have whispered in their ears? - dont do it, it's a con! or ...........he's telling such a load of porkies his nose should drop off (and not just through a STD!!!) or...... his dad's not his dad, he's his grandad/uncle/brother.

Fascinating stuff this Family History, aint it?

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Jac it is, I would love to tell a few of them that my very strict cathalic Grandmother was a snidey lying sod....and bent the rules to suit her BTW not the GGrandmother mentioned in previous posts..

Had a Hot Match today ... Someone has a mixture of my family in Sussex & another in a Northern county! Will follow it up, but not going to take for granted even 1 extra person from her tree!

I like to get as much as possible on pre 1850 people before I add them to my main tree ... some I put on here but with note - not proven!