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I was randomly searching through the British Newspaper Archive searching for names off my family tree when I came across an article featuring my Great x 3 grandmother Elizabeth Page... I was quite surprised to read that she had managed to get a warrant issued against a man for non payment of arrears of bastardy in 1848, at this time she was already married to my Great x 3 Grandfather... All the children I have listed for her were born after she married my Great x 3 Grandfather. I did think of the possibility that the article could be in reference to a different Elizabeth Page however this not very likely as Great Shelford is a village and I cannot imagine more than one Elizabeth Page living there at the same time. My question is would this have been a claim for a child of her own or could she have been helping a relative? If it is a child of her own.. I have heard of Bastardy records, I was just wondering where to find them if they indeed do exist.. Would they be in Cambridge where she lived or in Suffolk where the accused lived?

Hi,

Many thanks for your reply, I have always been confused by Fountain and Alfred Munnings... At that particular time period I cannot find any other Fountain Page's apart from my Great Grand Uncle.. What I don't understand is I actually have Fountain's birth certificate, he was born in Jarrow as his father was there working at the time (they were originally from Norfolk and they did end up returning there when Fountain was roughly a year old)... his parents names are both listed on his birth certificate and they were married. Also on Fountains wedding certificate to Nora his fathers name matches the name I have for his father on my family tree...However on various websites and I believe in Munning's autobiography if i remember correctly, they say that Fountain was an illegimate child born to a housemaid working at Narford Hall.. The home of the Fountain family from Swaffham... I can't find a trace of this Fountain.. Would love to know for definite if I have the right Fountain in my tree.. If I do.. I'm afraid I don't have any pictures of his parents.. Do you happen to know anything of Fountains background? I do have copies of his wedding certificate and birth certificate. 😊

Hi,

I was just wondering if anyone lived in the Great Shelford area whether they would mind having a look round the churchyard for any 'Page' gravestones. My Great Great grandparents lived there all their lives. Their names were Robert Page born in 1819 died in 1891 and Elizabeth Page born in 1819 died in 1894. I don't think there was a lot of money in the family so i won't be surprised if their graves were unmarked but I have been wondering whether to make a journey down to Great Shelford and if there are 'Page' gravestones, I will definitely go and have a look.

Many thanks 😊

Possibly....the second word definitely looks like Station