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Beginners => Family History Beginners Board => Topic started by: moosewoman on Thursday 19 September 13 14:40 BST (UK)
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Hi,
I'm searching for a reason my great-grandmother Jessy was born in Chorlton rather than Malton, Yorkshire, the family home. I am 99% certain she was illegitimate, so wonder if there was a home for unmarried mums there in the 1860s.
Any help much appreciated.
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Is there an address on her birth cert where she was born?
Is a father named - if not that would indicate illegitimacy.
Have you found her on 1871 census - does that give any clues? Eg is mum married, are they back in Malton ....
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Thanks for this. Have found her mum on 1871 census, but not Jessy herself. Jessy's marriage certificate leaves father box blank.
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What about her birth cert? Does that indicate a birth in a home of some sort?
If you give us a surname, perhaps we can look for Jessy on censuses
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Could be her mother was working/living as a servant away from home and had the baby there.
How old was she when she had her?
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Or she was sent away to an aunt in the country - then returned home without the baby, who had been taken in by a local childless family (or have I been reasding too mamy books!)
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Thanks for your replies. I will send for birth certificate and see what info that gives me.
Many thanks indeed for your help
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Come back if you need any help when it arrives :)