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Trying to find if anyone knows who his father was-no name in birth certificate or baptism certificate, was told he could have been an aussie soldier but no proof of this, his mother was called Edith Cato born 1894 in kirklington, oxford

My name is Carol, trying to find my grandfathers name (MY DADS DAD) any suggestions as to where i can look

I think it's unlikely you'll ever know who his father was if no record exists.

Did his mother marry in Oxfordshire?

Marriages Jun 1920
Cato Edith M - Woodley -Abingdon 2c 995
Woodley James F - Cato - Abingdon 2c 995



You might find he names his stepfather as his father on his marriage cert

assuming this is him ....

Marriages Sep 1941
CATO Owen C - Flexon- Abingdon 2c 1141
Flexon Alice G - Cato- Abingdon 2c 1141

Unless the putative father was sued for maintenance, you have virtually no chance of learning his identity

In case you don't have this.......it seems Edith was the illegitimate Daughter of Hannah Cato...

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
about Edith Maud Cato
Name: Edith Maud Cato
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1894
Registration district: Bicester
Inferred County: Oxfordshire
Volume: 3a
Page: 848




1901 England Census
about Edith Cato
Name: Edith Cato
Age: 6
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1895
Relation: Daughter
Mother's Name: Hannah Darling
Gender: Female
Where born: Kirtlington, Oxfordshire, England

Civil parish: St Aldate
Ecclesiastical parish: St Aldate
Town: Oxford
County/Island: Oxfordshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Oxford
Sub-registration district: Oxford
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 35
Piece: 1384
Folio: 28
Page Number: 8
Household Members: Name Age
Hannah Darling 28 (Married)
Edith Cato 6
Reginald Darling 3 Months


Marriages Mar 1897 (>99%)
CATO Hannah Oxford 3a 971
Darling John Oxford 3a 971



1891 England Census
about Hannah Cato
Name: Hannah Cato
Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: James Cato
Gender: Female
Where born: Kirtlington, Oxfordshire, England

Civil parish: Kirtlington
Ecclesiastical parish: Kirtlington
Town: Kirtlington
County/Island: Oxfordshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Bicester
Sub-registration district: Bletchington
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 1170
Folio: 27
Page Number: 18
Household Members: Name Age
James Cato 50
William Cato 24
Alfred Cato 22
Hannah Cato 21
Frederick Cato 17
Henry Cato 13
Walter Cato 11


Household transcription
1911 census

Person: DARLING, Hannah
Address: 8 Nelsons Yard St Aldate St Oxford

DARLING, John Head Married M 38 1873 Labourer General St Aldates Oxford VIEW
DARLING, Hannah Wife Married 15 yrs F 40 1871 Kirtlington Oxon VIEW
DARLING, May Daughter F 8 1903 St Aldates Oxford VIEW
DARLING, Christopher Son M 6 1905 St Aldates Oxford VIEW
DARLING, John Son M 5 1906 St Aldates Oxford VIEW
DARLING, William Son M 3 1908 St Aldates Oxford VIEW
RG number: RG14
Piece: 8144
Reference: RG14PN8144 RG78PN413 RD153 SD1 ED3 SN96
Registration District: Oxford
Sub District: Oxford
Enumeration District: 3
Parish: St Aldate
Address: 8 Nelsons Yard St Aldate St Oxford
County: Oxfordshire
(6 children born and living)


Births Jun 1912 (>99%)
Darling Violet Cato Oxford 3a 2097

Son Reginald who appears in the 1901 census..

Household transcription
1911 census

Person: DARLING, Reginald
Institution: Harborne Industrial School For Boys, HARBORNE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS

DARLING, Reginald Inmate M 11 1900 School Oxon Oxford VIEW
RG number: RG14
Piece: 17942
Reference: RG14PN17942 RD383 SD3 ED32 SN9999
Registration District: Kings Norton
Sub District: Edgbaston
Enumeration District: 32
Parish: Harborne
Address: Balden Road Harborne
County: Worcestershire