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She didn't take his name if she married in her birth name

I have one whose baptism I have found with only mother named...so obviously illigitamate.... then when she marries she names some man with a different surname, but up till now have not found a marriage for her mother to this man, so don't know if he was her step father or the man she was told was her father

I agree with ArgyllGran. I would think she was the daughter of Ann Perry and named Thomas as her father as he was the only father she knew.

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Name: Samuel Tompson
Birth Date: 1818
Birthplace:
Age: 20
Spouse's Name: Margaret Perry
Spouse's Birth Date: 1821
Spouse's Birthplace:
Spouse's Age: 17
Event Date: 1838
Event Place: Runcorn Parish
Father's Name: Philip Tompson
Spouse's Father's Name: Thomas Walker
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M75104-7
System Origin: England-VR
GS Film number: 1836130
Reference ID: 2:3PS8ZVH

For our ref, here's her marriage:


England, Select Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900 about Margaret Perry
Name: Margaret Perry
[Margaret Walker]
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Birth Date: 1821
Marriage Date: 19 Mar 1838
Marriage Place: Runcorn, Cheshire, England
Marriage Age: 17
Father: Thomas Walker
Spouse: Samuel Tompson
FHL Film Number: 1836130

Sounds as if she's Ann Perry's daughter, and therefore step-daughter of Thomas.
Not necessarily adopted by him - she may just have taken his name.

If he was the only father she had known, she may have just named him rather than put Not known

Hi there,

Margaret Perry (c. 1822-1868) is my ancestor. She married in 1838 in Runcorn, Cheshire and on her marriage, she states her father as being Thomas Walker (so different surname on the certificate for father and daughter which is very uncommon in my experiences). In 1843, her daughter Harriet Thompson was born and Margaret is recorded as "Margaret Thompson, formerly Walker". With this in mind, I can't find a baptism for Margaret, who according to the census was born in Runcorn. Can someone here help me find a baptism (perhaps it is mistrancribed)?

I then found on the census a Thomas and Annie Walker living in Runcorn, Cheshire in the 1851. This seems to be their marriage:

Ann Perry

England Marriages, 1538–1973

marriage: 13 December 1824 St. Peter, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

spouse: Thomas Walker

With this, would you suggest that Margaret is the biological daughter of Thomas Walker, or an adopted daughter?

Thank you,

Peter