DuckDodgers
18-10-2007, 7:26 PM
Hi all,
My biggest problem and a mystery to my family is our surname. My grandfather was illegitimate, no fathers name. On his birth certificate his mothers name is Ellen Maria Allen, but he is given the suranme of Plowman. Is this a clue to his father. We're going to try the local baptism records, this may be another dead end because I think he was born in the Staines Union Workhouse and these records are closed at the moment. Has anyone else come across this, its very frustrating to come up againt this so early in the tree.
Thanks
Ian P.
My biggest problem and a mystery to my family is our surname. My grandfather was illegitimate, no fathers name. On his birth certificate his mothers name is Ellen Maria Allen, but he is given the suranme of Plowman. Is this a clue to his father. We're going to try the local baptism records, this may be another dead end because I think he was born in the Staines Union Workhouse and these records are closed at the moment. Has anyone else come across this, its very frustrating to come up againt this so early in the tree.
Thanks
Ian P.