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« on: Wednesday 20 June 12 05:42 BST (UK) »
I was excited to get my great grandmothers marriage certificate! She was born May 16 1878 (as stated on her birth certificate) and married on Dec 26 1907. That makes her 29 and a half, so why does she say she is only 24? I guess because her new husband had only just turned 23.(born Oct 1884). To add to the issue, she then had a baby in Jan 1908 (as far as I can tell from Their Edmonton Alberta census records, which may not be that accurate, but the date works because I am sure of the next baby being born around Oct 09 and christened 23 Jan 1910)
My questions are: how was the social climate for a lady wandering around London very pregnant and very unmarried? What are the chances that her new, quite young husband was actually the father of the child? Did ages of spouses matter that much back then? Lastly, how can I be sure I am ordering the right birth record for their child when I am unsure of when and where the birth actually happened, and when there are many girls with similar names (I thought her name was Helen but travel and census documents vary from Frances E (for Ellen?) to Frances Helen Robinson.
Frances Mary Adams and George Robinson lived at #15 Garrick St. Covent Garden on their marriage cert. Frances Mary was born in Hunslet York. George was born in Hampton Middlesex. The little sister was christened 23 Jan 1910 at St Andrews, Peckham Surrey. I see a probable birth for her in Camberwell in DEC 1909.
Any ideas?
Mary
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