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Anne | Report | 8 Feb 2013 16:40 |
Can anyone tell me please how to find out a persons father. I have a copy of their marriage certificate but for some reason the space for the fathers name has been left empty. The marriage certificate is from 1894. |
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Maddie | Report | 8 Feb 2013 16:44 |
could well be illegitimate, hence not on the certificate. |
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KathleenBell | Report | 8 Feb 2013 17:06 |
Have you found the person in the 1891 census to see if he/she is with family? As Maddie says the most likely reason for the father's name to be left off a marriage certificate is because that person is illegitimate. |
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Vera | Report | 8 Feb 2013 17:06 |
Hi, |
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ErikaH | Report | 8 Feb 2013 17:16 |
Sorry, but you have very little chance of getting the info. |
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 8 Feb 2013 20:13 |
It is worth tracking the person back and forward in census incase any clues can be found. |
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Anne | Report | 9 Feb 2013 18:46 |
Hi Vera |
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Astra | Report | 9 Feb 2013 18:56 |
Who did she marry please and can you confirm the date was 1894? |
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LondonBelle | Report | 9 Feb 2013 19:03 |
Possibly 1892? |
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Astra | Report | 9 Feb 2013 19:19 |
If this is her she appears to have been raised by her grandparents. |
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MarieCeleste | Report | 9 Feb 2013 19:20 |
Re: the Dec 1892 marriages - I found a George and Esther Quantrill together in 1901 and I think this is the other pair: |
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LondonBelle | Report | 9 Feb 2013 19:26 |
Following on from Astra's find, Caroline in 1891 census? Note Grandfather living with her in 1901 census |
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Vera | Report | 9 Feb 2013 23:18 |
1881 for ref. |
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Vera | Report | 9 Feb 2013 23:26 |
1851 |
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Anne | Report | 10 Feb 2013 16:38 |
Thank you all for your help. Vera has found the right family and as you say it looks like Caroline born 1872 Westhall was raised by her grandparents as per the 1881 census. I can only presume one of their sons i.e. George, James or Jonathan was her father. Which one though I don't know and I am struggling how to find out. As for the marriage, yes she married George Smith Howells in Wangford in 1892 ref 4a 1035 and I do have a copy of the marriage certificate but as I explained her fathers name is not on it. |
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 10 Feb 2013 16:54 |
Sometimes fathers of illegitimate children are named in a baptism register. |
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KathleenBell | Report | 10 Feb 2013 22:41 |
If you buy the birth certificate that Astra posted earlier then it should at least name her mother. Do you know if her grandparents had a daughter at all? |
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Astra | Report | 11 Feb 2013 07:17 |
I think that there were two daughters. Emma and Charlotte so Caroline could belong to either of them. |
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Anne | Report | 23 Feb 2013 18:37 |
Hi guys; |
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KathleenBell | Report | 23 Feb 2013 22:19 |
If you ordered the certificate from the GRO then I would phone them and ask if someone there could possibly have a lok at the record and see if they can read the name. |