Mystery not who you say you are

[Caitie777]

Can anyone read the first couple of lines I can’t quite make it out.

[Caitie777]

Why do you think Nellie gave William Clauss name on the workhouse documents but not on Cecilias birth certificate it says father unknown

[Jool]

Can anyone read the first couple of lines I can’t quite make it out.

I read it as...

"Woman states above address 6 weeks next before 29 Barron Street Pentonville 3 months next before 80 Queens Road Finsbury Park"

[Kay99]

Why do you think Nellie gave William Clauss name on the workhouse documents but not on Cecilias birth certificate it says father unknown

I understand that an unmarried father has to be present to sign the register for him to be listed on the birth cert

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=790269.msg6460885#msg6460885

[Josephine]

Why do you think Nellie gave William Clauss name on the workhouse documents but not on Cecilias birth certificate it says father unknown

I understand that an unmarried father has to be present to sign the register for him to be listed on the birth cert

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=790269.msg6460885#msg6460885

Plus, she might not have done it if she knew he was married. (It's a possibility.)

[Kay99]

Interesting Klaus tree on Anc  that might be worth looking at https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/30889586/person/12375258347/facts

[heywood]

The report ends abruptly re William. ‘He is now’ and then it looks like ‘in’ underneath that which is odd as that word would fit next to ‘now’.
Is that right? I haven’t misunderstood or missed something else.

[Kay99]

The report ends abruptly re William. ‘He is now’ and then it looks like ‘in’ underneath that which is odd as that word would fit next to ‘now’.
Is that right? I haven’t misunderstood or missed something else.

The rest is on the next page

[heywood]

I was omitting the left had pages