Genealogy Chat

my dads sister was born before my nan married.gramp bought her up as his own,but she kept nans maiden name.would her fathers name be on her birth cert.she was born in 1921. susie

It is up to the mother as to whether she puts the name of the father in the registration of the birth. One of my rellies was illeg. and the "Father" space is blank.

Hi, If the couple are unmarried then the father's name space is always left blank UNLESS the father goes with the mother to register the child and consents to his name being entered. Gwynne

thankyou all for replying.i'll buy her birth certificate and see wat it says.she was registered in marylebone,but nan came from bucks,so we reckon that nan was sent there to have the baby she married my gramp 4 mths after the baby was born in bucks.they had been courting for a couple of yrs but then had an argument and nan went off with some other guy,but gramp stuck by her susie

I am also waiting to see. My dad was adopted and have managed to track down his birth cert under the name he was given by his birth mother. Searched two years either side of his birthdate and found nothing when 1837 first came online, went back to the site this weekend after seeing it had been re-indexed and lo and behold there he was in the 2nd quarter of the year. Fingers crossed

michelle good luck we all knew that dads sister had a different father . i too looked on 1837 and now think i will order the birth cert susie

As Gwynneth says above applied from 1875. So if he could not attend or agree he could not be named. It's worth checking the childs later marriage certificate if possible as the true father can be named,even if dead, I think. Although names might be altered to make things look right.

robert she didnt get married.she died of tb a month before her wedding day. susie

My great grandfather was illegitimate. There is no father's name on his birth certificate and his mother married about 18 months after he was born. Great grandfather's marriage certificate has the father named as Henry Gerrard, Packer. His mother's maiden name was Gerrard which was the name he was registered under and her husband was Henry Moore, occupation Packer. Don't know whether the name was put in to make it look right or someone put Gerrard by mistake because he was male and so they expected the father's name to be Gerrard too. Mel

As stated before, the father had to give consent. My father in law`s birth certificate has a blank where father should be. Haven`t found any illegitimate ones on my side, but a few close ones, where parents married 3 months or so before birth of first child.