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Tawny

Tawny Report 1 Mar 2014 22:04

Groves

Researching:
No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled. Nor will we proceed with force against him except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land. To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice.

Battenburg

Battenburg Report 1 Mar 2014 22:25

Ellerton

JemimaFawr

JemimaFawr Report 1 Mar 2014 22:52

Lyne

Battenburg

Battenburg Report 2 Mar 2014 22:08

Yarker my gt grandmothers name

JemimaFawr

JemimaFawr Report 2 Mar 2014 22:12

That's unusual Quinsgran! But it would make it easier to research I expect.

Aust

Battenburg

Battenburg Report 2 Mar 2014 22:23

Yes I was surprised when I got my grandfather birth cert Its a Yorkshire name
She was Margaret born 1859 living with her grandparents in 1861 who claimed to be her parents till I got her birth cert and found her mother was Elizabeth and working away in 1861 No fathers name of course

Elizabeth married and Margaret was with her as daughter on the next census

Spark

JemimaFawr

JemimaFawr Report 2 Mar 2014 22:49

A similar situation with my 2 & 3 x Great Grandmothers. My 2x Great Grandmother appears to have had 2 illegitimate children. The daughter was aged 8 living with my 3x Great Grandmother as her daughter. At 18 she was registered with her mother on the Census with her Stepfather's surname, as was her brother (my G. Grandfather)

ARNOLD

Battenburg

Battenburg Report 2 Mar 2014 22:53

And they talk about single mothers today There were plenty around back then

Did you know if a mans wife died the daughter would take over wifely duties
Very common apparently

Renwick

JemimaFawr

JemimaFawr Report 2 Mar 2014 23:11

Yes I read something about that especially in some cultures.

My mother's mother's family were from Kent. Illegitimacy seemed rife there.

WILLIAMS

Battenburg

Battenburg Report 2 Mar 2014 23:30

How many got pregnant before they married My gran did twice Mum never told me she was 14 months old when grandparents married

Son of Margaret Yarker who looked down on my gran when she herself was illegitimate

Scaife

JemimaFawr

JemimaFawr Report 2 Mar 2014 23:40

Yes I had a shock myself, when I found out that the Gran who raised me (pity she was old and should never have been put in that position) and gave me a hard time when I was growing up, was heavily pregnant when she married my Grandfather. Sadly, the baby died shortly after birth. My Grandfather (her husband) was also born 4 months after his parents marriage. It was a hypocritical generation!

EADES

Battenburg

Battenburg Report 2 Mar 2014 23:45

It certainly was

Darby

JemimaFawr

JemimaFawr Report 2 Mar 2014 23:52

DAVID

Battenburg

Battenburg Report 3 Mar 2014 00:38

Vitty

JemimaFawr

JemimaFawr Report 3 Mar 2014 07:47

Was that Walter Vitty? :-D

Young

Battenburg

Battenburg Report 3 Mar 2014 10:34

Hahaha Just checking in before I go to bed


Neesom

Mike *

Mike * Report 3 Mar 2014 19:06

ENGLISH

Tawny

Tawny Report 3 Mar 2014 19:34

Graham

I had an odd one in my family where my ggg grandmother married three times and had children with husbands two and three. The daughters from marriage three are using husband ones surname on all the census records after dads death. The only husband ggg gran had no kids with all the while mum is still using husband threes surname. I have seen all the birth and marriage certs and can find no reason for it.

Researching:
No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled. Nor will we proceed with force against him except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land. To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice.

JemimaFawr

JemimaFawr Report 3 Mar 2014 21:28

Very Odd Tawny!

APPS

I have a family (not direct but married in) that used 2 different surnames for generations! Some Census' they used APPS, then others- EMPETT. Married in both and baptised in both!

Tawny

Tawny Report 3 Mar 2014 21:35

Summerfield

Researching:
No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled. Nor will we proceed with force against him except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land. To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice.

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