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1911 Census - If children in wrong order does this
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Kim | Report | 4 Jan 2009 13:16 |
Whatever they put it will either give me the true identity of the father (hopefully - but probably not), a false name as a cover up (probably - but hopefully not) or it will be blank (aarrrrggghh!!!). |
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Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) | Report | 4 Jan 2009 13:04 |
Interesting point about the baptism records. That would definitely be worth looking into. I wonder what they put? |
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Kim | Report | 4 Jan 2009 13:03 |
Thanks for all your help Jill. I am now certain that this 2nd "husband" would be the father of the other children. Most of these children have now since died but, even when they were alive, were very unwilling to talk about any of this stuff. I think they felt there was too much of a stigma for their mother to have different kids by different men, and so just swept it under the carpet. |
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Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) | Report | 4 Jan 2009 12:54 |
If a couple are married any child born to the woman is legally deemed to be the child of the husband - so that makes sense. |
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Kim | Report | 4 Jan 2009 12:45 |
Yes, the census return was completed by him as head of household. What I am finding odd is that all the children born to my gt grandmother were given her married surname. Even though she was no longer living with her first husband (I presume he was left in Manchester) all subsequent children took on her married name and not that of her new man.Could this be because she was roman catholic and so could not remarry? |
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Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) | Report | 3 Jan 2009 14:33 |
Also sounds likely that this chap is your grandfather's father. If they were together in 1911 and your grandfather born in 1917(?) and raised by the chap it sounds like they stayed together. |
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Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) | Report | 3 Jan 2009 14:32 |
Who completed the form? Was it "him" - as Head of House? If so, it seems likely that he is putting his "wife" and natural daughter first. |
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Kim | Report | 3 Jan 2009 14:01 |
I am trying to trace the father of my grandfather and some of his siblings. His mother moved from Stafford to Manchester to get married in 1901 and had a daughter a few months later. A few years later she moved back to Stafford and had a son. Both of these children have their mother and fathers name on their birth certificates. |