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My searches found a very close (but false!) match; Bessie Peters born 13 Oct 1874, Calstock to Richard Peters (Copper Miner) and Mary Jane Hutchins.

But she marries Herbert Stephens in 1896, and lives until 1966. There is a continuous clear trail of records attesting to this.

However, I'm still failing to find a marriage for Bessie & Alfred

It would be far from the first illegitimate birth I've found in my researches, but it is unusual.

Whilst couples living with illegitimate children are common, they are normally registered to the mother, with no father given.

But the GRO for Victoria Wyatt b1897 looks perfectly legit:

WYATT, VICTORIA FLORENCE MAUD PETERS
GRO Reference: 1897 S Quarter in PANCRAS Volume 01B Page 99

Quote from: Mabel Bagshawe on Friday 22 March 24 20:58 GMT (UK)

This is Alice's marriage - the dob matches an admission of an Alice Barnes in 1900 to Bexley Heath asylum

Alice Wyatt, 26
Father    William Wyatt (deceased), draughtsman

Joseph Barnes, 33, widower, painter

Marriage  1 Jul 1896, All Saints, Camden Town
Address 13 Pratt St

Interesting - on the baptism cert of Victoria Florence Maud Wyatt, Alfred gives "Painter" as his occupation, and 13 Pratt St as residence.

pursuing 13 Pratt St (via Electoral Registers)

1894 - No (voting) resident
1895 - Frederick William Cole (successive from 1 Anglers Lane)
1896 - Frederick William Cole
1897 - Frederick William Cole
1898 - No (voting) resident
1899 - Emmanuel King (successive from 81a Bayham St)
1900 - Emannuel King
1901 - No (voting) resident

I attach an irrelevant but amusing newspaper clipping about Mr King.

Islington Gazette

14 July 1899

It's on Ancestry, but takes some digging around in un-indexed collections of scans

I am open to instruction - "give a man a fish" etc...

This is Alice's marriage - the dob matches an admission of an Alice Barnes in 1900 to Bexley Heath asylum

Alice Wyatt, 26
Father    William Wyatt (deceased), draughtsman

Joseph Barnes, 33, widower, painter

Marriage  1 Jul 1896, All Saints, Camden Town
Address 13 Pratt St

Interesting - on the baptism cert of Victoria Florence Maud Wyatt, Alfred gives "Painter" as his occupation, and 13 Pratt St as residence.