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This is my grandma who did not name her father on her marriage cert in 1919. Married name is Birchall, died in 1950 in when living in Atholl St/Rd in Whalley Range Manchester.

My dad thinks she was a foundling and connected to a family called Tipping.

Hi, Is this her?

Winifred May Shepherd
28 May 1898 Blackburn, Lancashire
Spouse; Albert Birchall

Vicki

hi
Found this on 1901 census, no father listed so it's a possibility but the mother has marked herself as married on the actual transcript, also this was obviously transcribed incorrectly as the name is clearly shepherd on the transcript;

Name: Winifred M Shopher
[Winifred May Shepherd]
Age: 2
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1899
Relation: Daughter
Mother's Name: Emily
Gender: Female
Where born: Darwen, Lancashire, England

Civil Parish: Darwen
Ecclesiastical parish: Over Darwen St John
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Blackburn
Sub-registration district: Darwen
ED, institution, or vessel: 33
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 260
Household Members: Name Age
Fanny Darby 17
Emily Shopher 31
Winifred M Shopher 2

Fanny is down as servant so this sounds like they had some money?

carol

Usually in the case of a father not being named it is because the child is illegitimate. If a couple are not married the father has to be present at the registration for his name to go on the certificate, otherwise a woman could name anyone as the father! If the father refused to be present or refused to believe he was the father, or if the mother didn't know who the father was 'father's name' is left blank or has 'unknown' written in the space. (Even if the mother knows full well who the father is some registrars cruelly wrote 'unknown', thus stigmatising the woman further.)

Name: Winifred M Birchall
Birth Date: abt 1898
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1950
Age at Death: 52
Registration district: Manchester
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 10e
Page: 199

this looks like Winifred's birth reg showing a mmn as Wilding

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1898
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
SHEPHERD Winifred May Darwen Blackburn WILDING D/118/59

is there a mistake re her year of birth on the heading? Was she born in 1878 or 1898 please?

possible on 1911 census

Address: 135 Bolton Road Darwen

Name Relation Condition/ Yrs married Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where Born

SHEPHERD, William Afred Head Married M 39 1872 Draper Shopkeeper Salford Manchester
SHEPHERD, Emily Wife Married 14 years F 40 1871 Cheshire Chester
SHEPHERD, Winifred May Daughter F 12 1899 Lanc Darwen
SHEPHERD, Norman Bartels Son M 8 1903 Lanc Darwen
SHEPHERD, Emma Sister Single F 33 1878 Guest House Keeper Lanc Davyhulme
DILLIWAY, Nellie Servant Single F 23 1888 General Servant Domestic Lanc St Helens

Here's the marriage - possible mistranscription

Marriages Mar 1897


Shepherd William Alfred Chester 8a 519
Wildig Emily Chester 8a 519

EDIT image says Wildig

Is it just me or did this start out as a really old post ?

Maureen

grrrr, well lets hope the OP comes back

again -grrrrrrr

did not notice as todays 1st reply was different from the usual replies to old posts!