Joseph Steele 1907 - Possibly Illegitimate?

[josey]

So the family does appear to have treated their births differently...

Did Joseph ever need a birth certificate in Canada for anything? I wonder what he produced if he did?

Could this be Harris? Will look for them in census now
STEELE, HARRISON  WALKER     MMN WALKER     
GRO Reference: 1899  M Quarter in COCKERMOUTH  Volume 10B  Page 624
not him 

or

HALL, HARRISON  PORTER     MMN STEELE     
GRO Reference: 1899  J Quarter in COCKERMOUTH  Volume 10B  Page 640

not him
Deaths Jun 1900 
Hall    Harrison Porter    1    Cockermouth    10b   375

[sirsimon]

I don't think Joseph needed a birth certificate, only that both the census and the marriage all give Joseph as the father.

Perhaps Joseph and Elizabeth are the parents, but it was a very late, unexpected birth

[josey]

Perhaps Joseph and Elizabeth are the parents, but it was a very late, unexpected birth

It happens  but so does the daughter's child scenario.

[sirsimon]

Hmm, seems like this mystery might not be easily solvable, if at all.

Illegitimate children have been known to bring up some of the most difficult brick walls to break

[josey]

However, it's always worth throwing the glove down on RC.

[sirsimon]

what's RC?

[josey]

rootschat 

[sirsimon]

Ah right sorry 

[Geoff-E]

There was a Harris GILL (aged 3, Wigton) in 1901 whom I can't see in 1911.

In 1901 his mother was Margaret (29).  Perhaps she was the Margaret Ann who died in 1903 (30).

Perhaps Harris was somehow "adopted".