Woodstock.Dorothy Mary Prior born 1897

[gingerslf]

Polly is a pet name for Mary 

Good...Glad we got that sorted...
Gotta go..I need a lie down after all that....

Thanks for the help......
I'll see what else I can find for you.

Steve

[gingerslf]

Me again......

From an early post:

Marriage Dec 1870 
Woodstock 3a 1054
Harriett Hemmings - James Prior

Birth Jun 1867 Woodstock  3a 652
Mary Ann Hemmings   


Trying to find out who the real father is of Mary Ann now.....

I have found a marriage for James Hemmings in Woodstock 1865 3a 1156, but no spouse given on Ancestry......

Any offers please..


As James Prior married Harriet Hemmings in 1870 I assumed that James Hemmings had died, but I can't find a death on Ancestry...

any offers....

Steve

[gingerslf]

Have found a James Hemmings (b 1846 son) and family on 1861:

Source Citation: Class: RG9; Piece: 902; Folio: 53; Page: 12

There is a daughter Harriet born 1846!...but the Harriet who married would not have been a Hemmings would she?

Also when Harriet gave birth to Mary Ann should would have been just 16 if the ages are correct from above post....

 

[Tati]

Morning 

There is a daughter Harriet born 1846!...but the Harriet who married would not have been a Hemmings would she?

Why not?  This Harriet looks very good to me ... If Harriet wasn't married when Mary A was born then Mary A's birth would be registered in the surname Hemmings.

The fact that Mary Ann was staying with the Priors as niece/granddaughter on later census suggests that James probably was the father, but I'm not sure if we can prove it if Mary Ann's birth certificate doesn't name a father.      
 

[gingerslf]

Morning Tati.

Never thought of that... ....
Is it likely that an illegitimate child will have a father named on the birth certificate...

AND....the  marriage for James Hemmings in Woodstock 1865 3a 1156, but no spouse given on Ancestry......is this just likely to be Harriets brother?

Steve

[Tati]

Indeed, the father probably wouldn't show on the birth cert ...

For the record, James Hemmings married Sophia Gibbs in Dec 1865 (and she shows on FreeBMD/ancestry  )

[gingerslf]

Thanks Tati...just gonna start another thread re John Prior born 1811 in Woodstock....just in case you need another case to solve;)
Steve

[Tati]

Think I'll leave it to someone else - I don't have access to parish records etc

[gingerslf]

Sent off for a birth certificate for
Dorothy Mary Prior  1897  D  Woodstock  03a  62

Got a mail back saying "We have not produced a certificate as there is no trace of the above mentioned person at the reference you quoted."
 
Just tried the reference again and there is no one and I can't find her birth any more on BMD!

She was born 14/11/1897 in (I assume because my mum told me) Woodstock.

Anyone help.