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Looks like her parents married quite some time before Cecilia was born.

I wonder if her mother's husband died before she was born. There is this death:-

First name(s) THOMAS
Last name WHITEHEAD
Gender Male
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year -
Age -
Death quarter 4
Death year 1861
District Elham
County Kent
Volume 2A
Page 461
Country England

Her mother might have just registered her as if she was still married (to cover the illegitimacy) and perhaps Celia just got the name wrong when she married if she had never known either her father or her mother's husband. Just a thought really!!

Kath. x

perhaps the father had died before she married and she wasnt sure of his name
she has a brother William

Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
WHITEHEAD, WILLIAM MAXTED
GRO Reference: 1851 M Quarter in ELHAM Volume 05 Page 192

anotherbrother


Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
WHITEHEAD, JAMES ALFRED MAXTED
GRO Reference: 1844 M Quarter in ELHAM UNION Volume 05 Page 177

the family without dad
1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Windmill Row, St Leonard, Elham, Kent, England


Eliza Whitehead Head Married Female 33 1818 Parish Relief Pluckley, Kent, England
Transcription
James A Whitehead Son Unmarried Male 7 1844 - Kent, England
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Egerton Whitehead Son Unmarried Male 2 1849 - Hythe, Kent, England
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William Whitehead Son Unmarried Male 0

looks like the mum was actually Maxted

Marriages Jun 1839
MAXTED Eliza Elham 5 209
WHITEHEAD Thomas Elham 5 209

This is the census with Celia and her husband (Cecilia on census), but I can't seem to find her before her marriage:-

1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Bridge Street, Folkestone, Elham, Kent, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place

Edward Durrant Head Married Male 32 1859 Bricklayers Labourer Kent, England
Cecilia Durrant Wife Married Female 25 1866 - Kent, England
Beatrice Durrant Daughter - Female 7 1884 Scholar Kent, England
Flora Durrant Daughter - Female 5 1886 Scholar Kent, England
Edward Durrant Son - Male 4 1887 Scholar Kent, England
Edith Durrant Daughter - Female 1 1890 - Kent, England

Kath. x

Sorry need to pop out for an hour I will be back x

Hi Kath

Yes I have found her on the Census with Edward her husband - she is under Cecilia on the Census

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Her baptism has her father as Thomas and her mother as Eliza:-

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First name(s) Celia Jane
Last name Whitehead
Birth year -
Baptism year 1866
Baptism date 08 May 1866
Place Lyminge, Ss Mary & Ethelburga
Father's first name(s) Thomas
Mother's first name(s) Eliza
County Kent
Country England
Archive Canterbury Cathedral Archives
Archive reference U3/121
Year range 1851-1896
Record set Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry Baptisms 1538-1912

Kath. x

Have you found Celia on any census records before her marriage?

It is :-)

Is this your Celia.....

??

WHITEHEAD, CELIA JANE MMN MARTED
GRO Reference: 1866 J Quarter in ELHAM Volume 02A Page 793

Hi

I am researching my great great nan, whose name is Celia Jane Whitehead who married Edward Durrant

I have received the birth/marriage and death certificates but I am confused - on the Birth Certificate the fathers name is confirmed as Thomas Whitehead - on the marriage certificate is confirms William Whitehead?

I can only find one birth for a Celia Whitehead for the period I am looking for approx 1866 but am confused why the two documents confirm different fathers?

Any ideas?

Many thanks