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Beginners => Family History Beginners Board => Topic started by: chalkeydave on Saturday 19 November 22 15:33 GMT (UK)
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Good day one and all.
I have a Louisa Draper in my tree born 1858 in Radford Nottingham.
On the birth certificate her mothers maiden name is listed as Draper.
The father name is a blank.
I can understand that the father is unknown,but why the mother didn’t use her maiden name,or did she.
Many thanks in anticipation
Chalkeydave
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What was her mothers christian name & maiden name?
Where is Louisa in 1861
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If her mother is Ruth - did you check the 1871 entry - she is shown as unmarried but has a number of children
1871 shows a daughter Emmaline b 1869 - GRO online shows no mothers maiden name so she was illegitimate
1861 incorrectly shown on image as Eliza
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M786-YZC
1871
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBXH-4X9
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Yes I have that record,so do I presume she never married and her birth name was Draper.
On Some Ancestry trees ,which I don’t give much credence to,they list a Thomas Draper as father,but it rings alarm bells.
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Further to the 1861 census,if that is correct,why isn’t Louisa ( born 1858) listed ?
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The records speak for themselves. There are 2 Ruth Drapers both b Castle Donington. Your Ruth is shown as 10yrs old in 1851 & not with a Draper family.
In 1851 she is a servant unmarried aged 23 & thereafter she is shown as unmarried
See my reply 2 re Louisa/Eliza
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If you look again at the birth certificate then you will see that the heading says "Name, surname and maiden surname of mother". On most of the certificates I have the entry is "Elizabeth ..... formerly .....". Only if no father's name is entered, then there is a single surname for the mother.
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I suspect Ruth was illegitimate. She was b 1827/28 per census & it's likely her mother was also Ruth
There is a marriage on 23.3.1828 in Castle Donnington between Ruth Draper & George Wright
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Thank you both for your assistance.
Brilliant as always 👏👏