Don't know what to think!

[Olde Crone]

A lot of my illegitimates (and I have a lot!) named the man who brought them up as their father on wedding certs. This was often a grandfather.

Imagine the scenario...Jack starts courting Jill, who "knows" (cos she's local) that Jack's dad is Fred Bloggs, a bit of an elderly father, but so what.

She assumes, as does everyone else in the district, that Fred is his dad and Jack isn't going to make the embarrassing explanation that he doesn't really know who his REAL dad is. Ergo, Fred Bloggs appears on Jack's mc as his father!

OC

[Jeanette in Yorkshire]

So alot of interbreeding going on, eh? *checks thumbs*

Well, I'm almost sure that these are my people on this marriage so it looks like I've got summat to get my teeth into tonight

[Merry]

Originally Posted by Jeanette in Yorkshire

Sooooo, what I'm asking of you is, how likely do you think that this marriage is my 2x great Grandparents?

Have you got a birth cert for one of their children? if you got that to confirm Susannah's surname you would know you had the right cert!

I think it would be quite normal for Frederick to name his grandfather as his father at the marriage. Either he just preferred to say that was the case, or he believed Thomas was his father.

[Jeanette in Yorkshire]

Originally Posted by Merry

Have you got a birth cert for one of their children? if you got that to confirm Susannah's surname you would know you had the right cert!

I think it would be quite normal for Frederick to name his grandfather as his father at the marriage. Either he just preferred to say that was the case, or he believed Thomas was his father.

Good point Merry! That's another of those certs I haven't got round to getting....but I will now. If I remember right, my great grandfather is mistranscribed as LUCK