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Re: Unknown father
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 07 February 15 21:28 GMT (UK) »
I think bastardy bonds ceased around 1834 or so
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Re: Unknown father
« Reply #10 on: Sunday 08 February 15 00:07 GMT (UK) »
With no fathers name on the birth certificate - how do you determine who the father was by viewing the 1861 and 1871 census?

Presumably the mother is known, as is the childs name and the dates/area etc. With that info, one could do a bit of inferring and logical deduction, to reduce the pool of information to more likely people.

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Re: Unknown father
« Reply #11 on: Sunday 08 February 15 00:12 GMT (UK) »
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Presumably the mother is known, as is the childs name and the dates/area etc. With that info, one could do a bit of inferring and logical deduction, to reduce the pool of information to more likely people.

Please see reply 8 - she was living with her parents in 1861 and was married by 1871.  The child is shown as "wife's" on the 1871 so clearly not her husbands child


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Re: Unknown father
« Reply #12 on: Sunday 08 February 15 00:21 GMT (UK) »
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Presumably the mother is known, as is the childs name and the dates/area etc. With that info, one could do a bit of inferring and logical deduction, to reduce the pool of information to more likely people.

Please see reply 8 - she was living with her parents in 1861 and was married by 1871.  The child is shown as "wife's" on the 1871 so clearly not her husbands child

We cant be sure about that.

"The husband could be the childs father but on the 1871 census the child is described as 'child of wife'" from reply 8.

If she is re-married by 1871 her previous surname may be on the marriage cert. It may be another route to search.

All roads lead to Rome, or a ditch with mud and water in my case.

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Re: Unknown father
« Reply #13 on: Sunday 08 February 15 00:44 GMT (UK) »
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If she is re-married by 1871 her previous surname may be on the marriage cert. It may be another route to search.

It was her first marriage - she was single when she had the child.
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Re: Unknown father
« Reply #14 on: Sunday 08 February 15 12:28 GMT (UK) »

Sounds like a tough one to crack. Wish you all the best with it WendyBan.

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Re: Unknown father
« Reply #15 on: Sunday 08 February 15 19:14 GMT (UK) »
Yes she was a Spinster on her marriage certificate, but thanks everyone for taking the time to reply.  it is a bit of a brain twister.  Just another one of those dead ends.
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