Hi everyone Merry Christmas
recently discoverd the birth of child of my gt grandmothers , that noone new of , the child was born in 1889 gt grandmother was unmarried at the time of birth, well sent for the birth cert of this child and found out where the name of father should be is a line right across , childs surname same as mothers maiden name but the surname of my gt grandfather was used as a middle name ? so i am wondering if my gt grandfather was the childs father why was he not named on the birth certificate ? i might add that gt grandmother andgt grand father married a few years later sadly the child died aged 9yrs where on the death cert informant is my gt grandmother shes put down under her maiden name but below it states now the wife of
?? (my gt grandfather) just wonderd why the fathers name wass left blank if he was the father ...thoughts please
2nd can anyone suggest what the cause of death was writing is tricky to work out but it looks like ..ACUTE NEPHRIIS?? NRAEMIS???THEN LOOKS LIKE CONVULSIONS . sorry guys would scan it in but scanners broke on me
thank you gah