Genealogy Chat

I am starting to doubt it because I have had no luck with this lot at all, this son married in 1869 then disappears with his new wife so dont even know what happened to him at all

that is strange..... but I'm sure you'll do it. Oh I meant to ask.....does he keep that name all the time?... or is it too near 1901 for you to check more census?

hello Jean , yes I can understand that but she had a son 2 years after her first husband died in 1848 she did not remarry till 1850 when the last son was born but he has the first husbands surname, its all so confusing but I am determined to beat this lot

Valerie, in one of my families the father dies, the mother remarries and the younger children take the new dads name but the older ones keep their own name. Then later on all the children revert back to their original name. Jean

I really dont know Old Crone they are one of the most awkward families you could have I have not managed to find the birth certs for any of the kids at all, Even though the dates are on LDS , and i know they make mistakes but a couple of my contacts have this family in their Tree with the same dates and nobody can find their certs. Heather thats interesting, they were a sneaky lot actually in those days.

I found something similar recently. Mother was widowed with children and a lodger on one census, was Mrs Lodger with more children on the next census then 10 years later the lodger was head of the house she was housekeeper with her first married name! Heather

Oh, Valerie, or maybe not - because if this was 2nd husband's child, surely they would use their married name for him, why make him stand out as different? OC

no he was born before she remarried but about 2 years after her first husband died , actually you have got me thinking maybe it was her lovers because he was living with her

Are you saying this boy was the child of the woman and her second husband, born during their marriage? If so, maybe it was a form of 'respect' for the dead man. OC

thanks Old Crone but I am still totally confused I think I will have to nick Heathers ID

hi thanks for your replies, this is the 3rd Birth Cert I have got wrong I am so fed up with this lot. I dont understand why they would name a Boy with the same surname as his dad who was dead at least 2 years before he was born .,

The son of the first husband will have his mother's surname, which is any name she chooses to use. If she hasnt remarried, then her first married surname is her 'legal' one and she uses that to register the birth of a child - whether or not it is the child of her dead husband! Phew, I hope that makes sense - does it?! OC

Hi Valerie The children were often listed on the census with their stepfather's surname but you may find that they marry using their original name. Heather

A lot of children did take their 'step dads' name but I don;t think that they ever went through any legal process. I have ones where the children have kept their fathers names on the census, ones where they have their new dads name - I think it was just a case of what theu told the enumerator, tom.

I am having trouble sorting this family out I have a Husband dying his wife remarries and then two of the children appear on census records with the new Husbands Surname along with a new child with his surname. I also have a Son of the first Husband born 2 years after his death but still with his surname ,I need help badly I really want to get this Sons Birth Cert I had help on here we thought we had narrowed his Birth down and the Cert duly arrived and it was the wrong one again.