Why register birth with wrong maiden name?

[drmike789]

A puzzler. I was unpicking a complicated family - a man with two marriages and at least nine children - when I found three of the children to his first marriage were registered with mother's maiden name Rutty instead of McAuliffe.

I could have assumed there had been a third marriage except there are baptismal records for two of those three children giving the maiden name McAuliffe. Also there is a Mary McAuliffe's death registered in the same quarter as the third Rutty son was born.

Any suggestions?

Samuel Haywood 1831 and Mary McAuliffe 1839, children Samuel 1862, John 1870, Jane 1872, Esther 1875, Thomas 1878.

Samuel Haywood 1831 and Margaret Taylor 1844, children Herbert Taylor 1880, Margaret 1883, Henry 1886, Septimus 1888 (ninth child Septimus!).

[peter nicholl]

Who were the informants registering the births? I ask as I have cases where a neighbour registered the births and got names muddled.

[Pam Downes]

Have you got the marriage certificate of Samuel and Mary?
Does it say Mary was a spinster or a widow?
Who does Mary say was her father? Does that tally with the details on her birth certificate, baptism record, 1841 and 1851 censuses?

Pam

[Lesley Robertson]

Where were they living? I'm having trouble finding them...

[wimsey]

if I've got the right person Esther Haywood's 1875 birth is in the GRO birth index with mother's maiden name ANNRUTTY - is that a mistake ?

a Samuel Haywood married Mary McCauliffe 1861, County Louth, Ireland - wrong couple ?

[wimsey]

1891 census - Winlaton, Durham

Samuel Haywood 61
Margaret 43
Thomas 12
Herbert 10
Henry 5
Septimus 2

RG12; folio 29; piece 4188; page 2


1901 census - Winlaton

Margaret Haywood - widow - 53
Herbert T - 20
Henry - 15
Septimus - 12

folio 158; piece 4763; page 53

[wimsey]

1881 census - Gateshead

Samuel Heywood (sic) - 50
Margaret - 33 - born Yorkshire
Samuel - 18 - born Preston, Lancashire - mmn McCauliffe - 1862 volume 8e;page 544
John - 11 - born Ireland
Jane - 8 - born Newcastle
Esther - 7 - born Newcastle
Thomas - 2 - born Gateshead
Herbert T - 0 - born Gateshead

folio 85; piece 5033; page 43

[wimsey]

Samuel Haywood widower married Margaret Taylor, daughter of Henry Taylor, Gateshead, July 1879

[wimsey]

Esther's (Catholic presumably) 1875 baptism record is on FMP - father Samuelis Haywood, mother Mariae McAuliffe

[christanel]

Their marriage on familysearch.org ?
Marriage
Samuel Haywood
Spouse Mary Mccauliffe
married 26 Nov 1861
At Dundalk, Louth, Ireland
Father's name - Samuel Haywood
Spouse's father's name - Patrick Mccauliffe

Christina