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Bastards

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2 (3%)
1 - 3
23 (34.8%)
4 - 6
12 (18.2%)
More than 6
29 (43.9%)

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Offline Comosus

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Re: How many Bastards do you have in your tree
« Reply #36 on: Monday 20 March 06 09:07 GMT (UK) »
I got a shock when I opened the envelope for my GGG Grandfather's birth.  Then I found out his mother's sister also had an illegitimate child.  At least the father's name was given on my GGG Grandfather's certificate though.

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Re: How many Bastards do you have in your tree
« Reply #37 on: Monday 20 March 06 09:22 GMT (UK) »
1 to g-grandmother Jane - named after the man she married a couple of months later.

2 to g-grandmother Helen - she claimed to be married when she registered the births (to 2 different men), but no sign of a marriage record.

5 to gg-grandmother Harriet, who claimed to be married to the same man on each birth cert, but he shows up single and living elsewhere on all censuses!

2 definites to gg-grandmother Sarah (father unspecified), plus a strong chance that the child born just after her marriage wasn't her husband's...

1 to gg-grandmother Mary Ann.

1 to gg-grandfather John - the lady in question obtained a maintenance order against him!

That's just the direct line...  ::)

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Re: How many Bastards do you have in your tree
« Reply #38 on: Monday 20 March 06 09:35 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Chui on Monday 20 March 06 08:56 GMT (UK)
I'm quite surprised actually, I've only got one so far and that was 1900, so it looks like nearly all my girls were good ones!

Or lucky :)
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Re: How many Bastards do you have in your tree
« Reply #39 on: Monday 20 March 06 10:55 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Gadget Applebiscuit on Monday 20 March 06 09:35 GMT (UK)
Quote from: Chui on Monday 20 March 06 08:56 GMT (UK)
I'm quite surprised actually, I've only got one so far and that was 1900, so it looks like nearly all my girls were good ones!

Or lucky :)
Gadget

Yeah, thats probably it!

They were country people afterall!

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Re: How many Bastards do you have in your tree
« Reply #40 on: Monday 20 March 06 10:58 GMT (UK) »
Actually, thinking about it, I had more 'shot gun' weddings than anything else!

Morgan - Herefordshire, Worcestershire * Bullock - Worcestershire * Taylor - Gloucestershire, Worcestershire * Peverill/all/ell - Middlesex, Brighton, Essex * Knee - Gloucestershire, London area * Brenan - Any area * Steele - Dorset<br /><br />Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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Re: How many Bastards do you have in your tree
« Reply #41 on: Monday 20 March 06 11:24 GMT (UK) »
My grt granny came very close, they married on the 10th march and my granny was born on the 11th :o
Just imagine the scene at the alter - midwife and GP were bridesmaid and best man, I spect ;)
My poor old Mum was horrified and tried to deny it, but I showed her the Family Bible. She said it had been written in wrongly.Sadly, she died before I got the certificates.

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Re: How many Bastards do you have in your tree
« Reply #42 on: Thursday 23 March 06 21:00 GMT (UK) »
i have found that there are a lot of "premature" births in my family  :-*

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Re: How many Bastards do you have in your tree
« Reply #43 on: Friday 24 March 06 17:09 GMT (UK) »
A lot of "close calls" but then it was customary to make sure all was well.
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Re: How many Bastards do you have in your tree
« Reply #44 on: Friday 24 March 06 17:21 GMT (UK) »
Have just discovered that hubby's GGreat Aunt had 6 or 7 illegitimate children...Hmmm.

I have now heard from another researcher that in fact Susannah was a "Lady of the Night"

Yikes....Hubby's mother would be rolling in her grave....so..

Don't say anything...OK?

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