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WhiffingSiggs

WhiffingSiggs Report 13 May 2018 16:27

Ancestry has opened up a can of worms !! Ha ha. I seem to have found evidence under 'poor law and settlement records' of a woman called Elizabeth Warner giving evidence of her pregnancy in 1831 by Charles Matthew Siggs ( who is already married to another Elizabeth). Would there be any way of finding out what became of the child and mother ?

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 13 May 2018 16:35

Have you looked for her on later census
Does the record give a child's name or even the sex of the child

What area was it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 13 May 2018 16:43

This looks like her

Say single woman -pregnant

View London, England, Selected Poor Law Removal and Settlement Records, 1698-1930
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Name: Elizabeth Warner
Record Type: Orders of Removal
Event Date: 26 Jul 1831
Poor Law Union or Parish: Shoreditch
Residence: St Giles in The Fields
Reference Number: P91/LEN/1316

malyon

malyon Report 13 May 2018 16:47

is this your charles

Charles Matthew Siggs
mentioned in the record of Henry Siggs
Name: Charles Matthew Siggs
Sex: Male
Wife: Elizabeth Ann
Son: Henry Siggs
Other information in the record of Henry Siggs
from England Births and Christenings

Name: Henry Siggs
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 10 Jan 1831
Christening Date (Original): 10 JAN 1831
Christening Place: SAINT MARTIN IN THE FIELDS,WESTMINSTER,LONDON,ENGLAND
Father's Name: Charles Matthew Siggs
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Ann

WhiffingSiggs

WhiffingSiggs Report 13 May 2018 16:54

Those are correct. I have no evidence of the child being born, cannot find anything about the woman other than what is written on the transcript above. She was 23 years old. I've seen the original of the documents but no further clues.

WhiffingSiggs

WhiffingSiggs Report 13 May 2018 16:56

She was resident in St Leonard, Shoreditch

malyon

malyon Report 13 May 2018 17:15


Elizabeth Warner
England and Wales Census, 1841
Name: Elizabeth Warner
Titles and Terms: NULL
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1841
Event Place: St Leonard Shoreditch, Middlesex, England
Residence Note: Thurlow Place
Gender: Female
Age: 30-34
Age (Original): 30
Occupation: Null
Birth Year (Estimated): 1807-1811
Birthplace: Middlesex
Registration District: Shoreditch
Parish: St Leonard Shoreditch
County: Middlesex
Page Number: 15
Registration Number: HO107
Piece/Folio: 704/11
Affiliate Record Type: Institution
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Mary Tyler Female 60-64 Middlesex
Joseph Tyler Male 35-39 Middlesex
Elizabeth Warner Female 30-34 Middlesex

malyon

malyon Report 13 May 2018 17:18

Elizabeth Warner
England Marriages, 1538–1973
Name: Henry Hayes
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Warner
Event Date: 03 May 1843
Event Place: Saint Leonards,Shoreditch,London,England

WhiffingSiggs

WhiffingSiggs Report 13 May 2018 19:30

Looks good, no child. Thank you.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 13 May 2018 19:49

the child could ahve been born in the infirmary of the workhouse, and then "adopted" ......... as there was no legal adoption back then (it didn't come in until 1927), there would be no records of the child. The only possibility would be to search the Workhouse Records on Ancestry to see if you can find the mother being admitted and released.



Be glad if you only have 1 illegitimate child, most of us find lots, as well as bigamist marriages, etc etc.

WhiffingSiggs

WhiffingSiggs Report 13 May 2018 21:03

I've found quite a few !

WhiffingSiggs

WhiffingSiggs Report 13 May 2018 21:17

1833 Elizabeth Warner 25 pregnant by George Mackarell ; Shoreditch....
One more and it's becoming a habit..