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GRO conundrum
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Ruth | Report | 6 Feb 2023 17:32 |
Hello, I recently discovered my Uncle didn't think his eldest sister Grace was the child of his father Bruce. I know she was born before my Grandparents were married but all the people involved are dead so no-one to ask. Decided to get birth cert to see if Bruce was named as father. Looked on freebmd to get GRO ref. Searched for Grace Gledhill 1915. This produced 2 results one as I expected for 1915 and one for s/27, which I discovered meant late registration in 1927. Confusing! Then I thought if Lydia and Bruce weren't married when Grace was born, she should have been registered in my Grandmother's maiden name. So I searched for that and lo and behold there was an entry for Grace Gladwin, but with the same GRO ref as the 1915 entry. Decided to send for all 3 to see what was going on. Went on GRO site to buy them but they only have a record of the 1927 entry, even when I put the GRO ref in for the other 2. Can anyone please explain how that can be? I have sent for the 1927 one, but not sure it will help on its own TIA |
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KathleenBell | Report | 6 Feb 2023 17:48 |
I'm not certain but I think that if a birth is re-registered at a later date that only the later certificate will ever be issued even if you were to use the earlier reference. I think in this case either your grandfather admitted paternity at the later date or he adopted the child. |
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ArgyllGran | Report | 6 Feb 2023 20:29 |
I agree with Kath. |
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ArgyllGran | Report | 6 Feb 2023 20:31 |
GRO does have the 1915 Gladwin record: |
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 7 Feb 2023 08:29 |
If the parents of an illegitimate child later marry it will legitimise the child and the cert can be modified so looking they were married at the time of birth |
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Ruth | Report | 8 Feb 2023 10:36 |
Thank you to everyone who responded. Seems my Grandfather was acknowledging my Aunt .as his child so the Birth certificate won't shed any light from what you are all saying. I had wondered why wait till 1927 to amend the certificate. Maybe the Legitimacy Act in 1926 was the reason, so thank you for that info. I now need to find his Merchant Navy records to see if he was in the Country 9 months previous to the birth, then I can be as sure as I can be. Thanks again. |
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Inky1 | Report | 8 Feb 2023 10:53 |
Grace and her family are in a large tree on ANC. |
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ErikaH | Report | 8 Feb 2023 11:14 |
Does 'ANC' refer to the Ancestry website? |
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ArgyllGran | Report | 8 Feb 2023 12:55 |
You say Bruce was in the Merchant Navy. |
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ArgyllGran | Report | 8 Feb 2023 13:05 |
Prior to being in the Labour Corps he was with the King's Liverpool Regiment: |
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