Forum: Illegitimacy

Fanny MAY or Fanny SALMON was the illegitimate daughter of William Salmon and his mistress Martha MAY. According to the 1891 and 1901 censuses Fanny was born in London ("EC") in about 1853, but I can't identify a birth registration or a baptism for her. Any ideas? There is a registration for...

I have a many times Great-Grandfather, named William who was illegitinate. His mother was Ann. His birth occurred around 1809. She had another illegitimate son, earlier than William. This son she named Nicholsas. Ann had several siblings, including 2 brothers , named William and Nicholas. I...

I have been told that local councils in the past wanted/needed the information of a baby born out of wedlock to a single mother so they could make sure that the cost of supporting the child did not fall on their shoulders. My grandfathers born 1869 real father paid all cost including education and...

I have a child born 1772 to an unmarried woman, his father being already married. However, the boy was given his father's surname and appears to have been acknowledged by him as he appears on an old family genealogical chart and also had contact with others in the family. He owned some...

This one has me wondering whether I have placed his mother correctly. I currently show in my tree that James' mother Susannah Christie married James Hammond two years after his illigetimate birth (from above bap in Albury, Hertfordshire, England), but then I find a second baptism record in the...

Hi For long time I have been trying to fine out where my Mother was born but I always come up against a brick wall. If you dont no where she was born you can not get a birth certificate,now I know my Mother was born out of wed lock she was 1904 and her Mother was Married 1905. And also...

My great grandfathers brother was Thomas Jenkins (1865-1918). For a long time I searched in vain for a record of his birth. One major problem was inaccuracies on his census entries - he always listed different locations (usually places where he had lived during his life - ironically none turned out...

I have been trying to trace an ancestor that was christened in to the Atkins family with the name of Elam Libni at Newbottle Northamptonshire on the 7th April 1861. In quarter 1 (jan-mar) of the same year there is a birth entry made in the Brackley parish record for a 'male Adkins'. Was it a...

Hi. I was born in Paxton Park Maternity Home on 9th Oct 1946. My mother was in the army and like many young women at that time she was sent there to give birth. Are there any records stating where these women were before being sent there. I believe my father was in the army also but for reasons...

Hi, My grandfather was born illegitimately. I have purchased his birth certificate hoping to find the father's name but it wasn't stated. He was born in 1896 Belper, Derbyshire. Name Albert Allsop, and mother Lydia. I wondered if anyone could tell me where to look? I'm having difficulty in...

I thought this a better place than a google search to ask this question, which may help me with a 'brickwall' I have posted on that forum. What degree of stigma was associated, in a small Scottish village (Stevenston- I hope village is the appropriate description) in the early 1870s for a woman...

I have a problem with a couple of my Grandmother;s certificates.....So could anyone tell me what approach i can take on this please? Birth Certificate of Dorothy Lydia Skinner on 26-08-17 (Peckham), shows father unnamed.Mother Alice Skinner. Her Marriage certificate in 1958 states her father as...

Hi, We found out sometime ago that my ancestor Jane, had a son called George (illegitimate) and he died at 6days old in New Pentland Scotland. Does anyone know whether I would be able to find his grave? Would he be buried in 'unconsecrated' ground due to the fact he more than likely was not...

Henry HEADLEY was born on 13 Jan 1824 in Tottenham, London. His mother was Mary JANSON his father is unknown. Mary JANSON came from a prominent quaker family and they ensured that Henry was taken care of, he was educated, apprenticed to the MAY family in Ampthill, Beds and even recieved a small...

I read this thread with interest http://www.british-genealogy.com/forums/showthread.php/56542-soldiers-records-and-illegitimate-children Having done exhaustive checks to see if the parents married, it is very likely they didnt. I have the mother, fathers and the childs name of a possible...

I had a lot of help from forum members when I first posted a query about my grandmother Cissie Amelia Cornwell http://www.british-genealogy.com/forums/showthread.php/58127-Constance-Road-Workhouse-Camberwell I have been wondering, and this is more of a general query, how much info would you...

Hi , I am new to this website although have been family historying for about 5 Years.I have been very lucky to find my Grandfathers ww1 service papers. He joined the army in 1911 and in part 13 particulars as to children there is the birth of a girl 1914 recorded "Illegitimate and adopted." The...

It is generally assumed that if a father's name is missing from a marriage certificate then one of the partners was illegitimate. As a result, my heart sank when my 3x great grandfather's name was missing on my 2x great grandmother's marriage certificate (1853). The truth is that her father...

Hi , Had a Suprise yesterday after a few years learnt my grand father was ellegitiment . I didn't realize Alexander would be under his mother's name. I would like find Alexander's b.1898 birth place His mother Frances m. 1898 to Alexander Elliot. their second child Norah died as an infant third...