It is clear from the posted newspaper items that William T Stover knew that he was illegitimate, knew his mother’s maiden name, and details about his step-father and step-siblings. Since the Tinsley name gets passed down in the family, one also has to assume there was knowledge of where it came from.
If you wish to pursue William’s biological father, the only chance you have of finding his name is on William’s marriage record, unless he wished to purposefully conceal it. I would speculate his father was William Tinsley, but you would want to have this confirmed directly by William T Hover himself, through his marriage record.
QLD marriage certificates after 1856 contain the couples names, ages, birth places, occupation and residence. Names and occupation of the groom’s and bride’s father and name of mother. In my experience, later ones contain more complete details.
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• William Tinsley Stover
Event date: 10/07/1882
Event type: Marriage registration
Registration details: 1882/C/1237
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