Being a novice at this, I would love some direction on the above information.
Aside from obtaining childrens birth certs, I'm wondering how easy it would be to try and ID a Father or Fathers here. Seems the Fathers name is absent from most records, including some I found independantly.
I have Peter Wests marriage records
14th July 1861 St Philip the Evangelist, Arlington Square, Islington
Father shown as John West
Given above - Susan married John Chapman in 1850 (11 years before Peters wedding) would it therefore be likely, that this is the same John mentioned on the wedding cert by used the West name to make things look less unacceptable?
Next question is - given Susan married in 1850 (John Chapman) the 1851 census shows her as HEAD and again no male reference?? Was she a 1800's bunny boiler lol!!!
EDIT: Looks like we posted responses at the same time
