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Does anyone know anything about the 'Stanford House Guardianship Society'?

On the 1901 census their address was 191 Hight Street, Civil Parish of Stoke Newington, Parliamentry Borough of Hackney, London.

The 'head' is Marion Mc Mahon, described as the Lady Superintendant & there are 3 other staff members. There are also about 50 'inmates', all female with ages ranging from 16 to 34.

My interest is in one of the inmates, Emily Cook age 17, father Thomas Cook & mother Martha Whipp.

Thanks for looking.

 

Good afternoon from a very wet & windy Bristol. I think I may have found an illegitimate birth in my family tree & have a couple of general questions. The year is 1867 & the place is the West Country mill town of Trowbridge. The mother is Ann Lindsey, aged 20, who gave birth to a son, Frederick, in November of that year but there is no father's name on his birth certificate.
My first question is: If he was illegitimate, would there have been any stigma surrounding the mother or the child?

In 1888, when Frederick was 20 years old, he was baptized and the register shows his father's name as James, occupation of school teacher.

Frederick becomes a teacher at a local school he married in 1895 but there are blank spaces where his father's name & occupation on the marriage certificate.

My second question is: Could Frederick's mother, Ann, have invented a father's name & occupation for his baptism ceremony? Incidentally, Ann's father's name was James.