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There are a few possible Arthur Adam folk in the area on the census. I am just wondering if his father was Arthur surname Adam? Did Arthur give an occupation for his "Edward" on the marriage certificate.

I need to go out just now but shouldn't be more than an hour.

Umm I wonder?

Arthurs son - Arthur Junior - said in conversation, although vrery vague about it they came from Scotland

Any thoughts about the name Edward - do you think I am right in assuming he was Arthur Snrs real father

Thanks

Although it does not give a surname on the birth cert I have would, it have not said fathers name rather than left blank i..e. .................... Adams

Fathers occupation on the 1922 cert was Ship Steward deceased.

Thanks again

Until you find a birth certificate with his father as Edward and the correct occupation, there really no real way of knowing for sure. Sorry to harp back to the made up thing but often there is an element of truth. The only way forward is to gradually eliminate the Arthurs on the 1901 census.

At least with my pesky Watsons I had the advantage that they were Scottish and in Scotland a marriage entry names both parents and I was to track the mother that he gave on his marriage - even although he gave a made up name for his father! (PS he knew his father's name as there was a corrected entry on the register made after his Mum took his father to court to prove paternity)

Sorry, I hadn't refreshed the page before I posted the above.

It is fairly common for the child to be given the father's surname as a middle name and the father's name blank on the certificate. For the father to be named on the illegitmate child's birth he must be present at the registry office. In this case the father may have been at sea.

Of course, all this is assuming that his parents weren't married. We may be doing them a complete injustice...........

Thank you very much for all your help

I think I will have to put this on hold once again.

Eliminating them on the 1901 may be quite awkward as I think there are quite a few Arthurs (35)

Once again many thanks