Dear All,
I've been tracing my family and wanted some advice on the subject of birth records. I have located my Great Grandfather on the maternal side and have traced his life's history other than his birth. His military records state that he was born in Drogheda unyet the census record for 1911 for Ireland states he was born in England. Having applied for birth certificates there is no trace in either country.
My family have informed me that they always believed he was born in Manchester and he was the first to be born of his siblings prior to his parents getting married. His birth was listed as 1868/69 and I wondered would there have been a stigma in Ireland for a child born out of wedlock? Would attempts me made perhaps to cover the birth of an illegitimate child?
I did manage to find a boy by the same name as my Great Grandfather in Manchester with the same birth year but living with another family and he looks to have died at the age of three. But my relative returned to Ireland and married before he passed away in Scotland at the age of 70.
Many thanks.
