Thank you for your advice re ordering the birth cert ificate I didd this and found the following. I know it was a little while ago but I thought I'd let you know the outcome.
Child: Ellen Wilson b 1865
Mother: Ann Wilson
Father: non named
It certainly seems that the same Ann later went on to marry Robert Jones and her mother ended up living with them. Meanwhile I suppose we will never know who Ellen's father was!!! and as you suspected put a false father on the marriage certificate
thanks again for your help
