DESPARETLY seeking James Arthur Brown

[Jinxy]

James Arthur Brown was on my husbands fathers marraige cert as father of the Groom.   other info ...'Municipal Labourer, Highways Dept'  desceased.

My husbands fathers mother was Jane Brown....nee Fairless.
She had been wed to Frederick Maughan Brown but by the time she had John James (aka Jack), Frederick was dead and she didnt name a father on his birth cert. (Illigitimate?)
Maybe she was embarrased and just gave John false info on his dad?
But if James Arthur Brown really existed, that would be great!

Date of Johns birth was 1921 So James Arthur (if he existed) was certainly alive in 1920. Jane was 44 when she had John so James Arthur could have been of similar age?

Jane had moved from South Sheilds to Rochdale where John was born.
Did she move to save face?
Any help please.
Jinxy

[PygmyKing]

Hi Jinky,

I'd say you've got an illigitimate birth certificate there. 

I had a similar case with my grandfather's birth certificate of Sept 1900.  There is no father's name on his certificate either and he was registered under his widowed mother's married surname.  He would never talk about his father.

On his marriage certificate he claimed to be the son of his mother's first husband.  In reality this man had died in 1898, two years before his birth.

His mother married his real father a few months later in Dec 1900. You might like to check for this scenario if you haven't already done so.

PygmyKing

[Jinxy]

Hi PygmyKing

I have come to pretty much the same conclusion myself.
Maybe rather than be embarrassed at his wedding John just invented a father for himself.  Ah well. it appears to be a dead end. Thanks for your input by the way