Genealogy Chat

Flip,
I bet there were quite a few, who didn't give correct information, but maybe some didn't even know, if the stepfather had been in their life so long.
One never knows, what will be found on those certificates.
Sometimes they pose as many questions as they answer.

A distant relative was 9 and with her father and family in 1891, then in service in 1901.

I lost track of her after that, but after help from these boards, I found her marriage, in a completely different surname.
She was born illegitimate, so was registered with her mother's surname, but in 1891 and 1901 was shown with her father's surname.

Her mother died in childbirth, so the birth was registered by her father, but the child was illegitimate, so was registered with her mother's surname and he was not named in the father's column, but the informant column shows his name and 'father'.
Research found that when she married, father was 'unknown' even though she had lived with him as a child.
I'm left wondering why one certificate clearly names the girl's father yet on marriage he is 'unknown'.

My grandmother was illigimate and did exactly the same, married under her original name even though showing under her mothers married name in 1901. She also named her stepfather as father, who the transcribers assumed was the same surname as her.

Thank you Choccy.... that ties with what I was suspecting when I couldn't find a suitable marriage for an Arthur Skerrett.

Interesting that she married as Skerrett and not HUDD, but used her stepfather's forename to save face.

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census

Church Road, Kingswood (Gloucs), Keynsham, Wiltshire & Gloucestershire, England


Arthur Hudd Head Married Male 43 1858 Chemical Labourer Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Emma Hudd Wife Married Female 38 1863 Corset Machinist Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
>>>>Rose Hudd Daughter Single Female 19 1882 Corset Machinist Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
William Hudd Son Single Male 15 1886 Chemical Labourer Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Arthur Hudd Son Single Male 11 1890 - Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Walter Hudd Son Single Male 9 1892 - Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Nellie Hudd Daughter Single Female 6 1895 - Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

illegitimate birth



Mother's Maiden Surname:

SKERRETT, ROSE ISABEL -
GRO Reference: 1882 J Quarter in KEYNSHAM Volume 05C Page 666



maybe -


Marriages Dec 1884

HUDD Arthur Keynsham 5c 1189
Skerrott Emma Keynsham 5c 1189




1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census

Jefferies Hill, Keynsham, Somerset, England


Arthur Hudd Head Married Male 33 1858 Fireman At Alkali Works Gloucestershire, England
Emma Hudd Wife Married Female 28 1863 Staymaker Gloucestershire, England
>>>>Rose Hudd Daughter - Female 9 1882 Scholar Gloucestershire, England
William Hudd Son - Male 5 1886 Scholar Gloucestershire, England
Elizabeth Hudd Daughter - Female 3 1888 Scholar Gloucestershire, England
Arthur Hudd Son - Male 1 1890 - Gloucestershire, England



NB William Hudd was a witness on her marriage

Rose Isabella SKERRETT (25 ) married in Bristol in 1906.
Her father is shown as Arthur, a miner.
(image on Ancestry )
Please could someone help find them in 1891 to find Arthur's origins.?

At Rose's marriage, the groom's father is shown as deceased, but Arthur is not shown that way suggesting he is alive at that time, although he was not a witness, so nothing is definite.