Forum: Illegitimacy

Hi! A family rumour hints at my grandfather (Frank Hewkin) leaving a pregnant woman behind in Saddleworth while he jumped a ship for Canada in 1921. He died in 1981. I have tried baptism records with no luck. Without the name of the mother the search seems impossible. Any advice? Thank...

Hi......is it possible to try and get medical records for someone in 1919 to see if the mother was pregnant and gave birth? I know that the I wouldn't find any if she had had the child at home. I'm chasing a different mother maybe on a family tree. Thanks in advance.

Hi does anyone know if this is true - I have read somewhere that if a woman had an illigitimate child she very often called it after the fathers mother or even wife??( it was obviously a girl) we're talking 1930's here by the way.

Hi I recently found out that my 2xgreat grandmother had an illegitimate child in November 1895. The future husbands parents George and Jane Clift aged 60 are on the 1901 census with a granddaughter Nellie Clift aged 5. My ears pricked up. I didn't know where she fitted in. By 1901 only one...

I received this from a 2nd cousin and everyone seems stuck at the same spot... If anyone can help it would be appreciated. The Hillier searchers have known this for some time, my apologies to any Bugg family members who are my cousins as well, but didn't know it ..oops! quote<<<1823 14th Oct....

My great grandmother was born in 1897 in Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire, her name was Florence Ellen Hirons, and her mothers name was Mary Ann Hirons but her father is unknown. There is no fathers name on her birth or marriage certificate's. Could her fathers name be in baptism records? Thanks

I recently attended a talk on "illegitimacy". It seems things have not changed over the many years. The young women were put under so much pressure that they often lied about who the father of the child was. So one has to be careful in our research just where we tread.They say that right back...

Hi Finding the father of an illegitimate child can be difficult to do. Sometimes it is easier with bastardy bonds, post 1834 maintenance orders, wills or baptism records but often it can lead you on a merry dance and it can leave you sceptical as to who the father is especially if you have more...

My mother was born to a single mother in 1923, in what is now East Sussex. She was brought up by her maternal grandparents and then her aunt. She left England in 1846 as a War Bride and lived the rest of her life in Canada. She died in 1995. Would any claim have been made for financial...

Looking for help in verifying birth/baptism of my grandfather Vincient Hendon Stormont. I have his ww1 service record, 1911 census, marriage cert and death cert. Also have information on a gold medal won for singing in 1909. His army service record records him as Vincent either B or R Stormont ...

I am doing a family tree for a friend and she has asked me if there is any way to find a possable twin for her mother now deseased. Her mother was born out of wedlock and the story goes that her gran was sent away to have the "baby".later in life my friends mother was told that she was one of...

Just noticed this on IGI: Squire Walker ROBINSON b 27 Jun 1844, bap 25 Dec 1844. Mother Eliza Do you think she was trying to make a point? :biggrin5:

If a baptism is shown with the mothers name only is this proof of illegitimacy? John Abel of Wednesbury was baptised in February 1778 the son of Mary Abel. I can find no other children baptised to Mary or a marriage for her but can find a baptism of a Mary Abel, the mother in September 1751 making...

Hello My Gt Gt Grandmother had four illegitmate children .... the first born in 1870 is shown with his maternal grandmother in subsequent census returns. The other three born in 1878, 1884 and 1890 remained with their mother. She was in domestic service until her employer's death around 1883, ...

Hello All Having had a good deal of help elsewhere on the Forum and still hitting a brick wall I am now trying to think of possible alternative records that might help me trace my maternal grandmother's family.I have her birth certificate showing that she was born illegitimately in 1907 in...

While researching my family history...I was told, that the housekeeper of one of the large houses, belonging to the Aubrey family, apparently had a 'relationship' with the owner, a baronet...this produced a son...The housekeeper tried to drown the 'ligitamite' son of the Lord, so that her son...

Hello Everyone, I would appreciate any help as I have been struggling with this family for a while. I have recently received a Baptism Record 3rd Aug 1851 from Llanstffraid Glyn Ceiriog, Parish of 3 illegitimate children as follows: Jane Evans born abt. 1844 Martha Evans born abt. 1846...

This is a general enquiry - I am trying to make some sense of events. I am looking at a child (let's call her AA) believed to have been the illegitimate daughter of the daughter of a Hereford tailor - around 1835. The mother dies (aged 20) shortly after the birth but not before giving AA her...

In a situation where a child has father and mother on the birth certificate but the husband of the wife is not the father and the wife has put down the husband's name to hide that fact is the child illegitimate? Blue

A bit hypothetical this query but hoping someone may know the answers. Scenario: In 1900 a mother gives birth out of wedlock, but the father is agreeable to having his name appear on the birth certificate. The mother is the informant, but as the father’s name appears then he must have been...