Birth

[johnP-bedford]

David, Am I getting a touch of Deja Vu here ?  - did we not visit the Wootton / Goodwye scenario at end of September ?   

[bedfordshire boy]

Yep - see my post of 13.25 with the link

[Grabridge]

Thank you everyone for your help, it has given me a lot to think about.  I had already ordered the birth certs for Mary Anns brother & sister, still awaiting their arrival.  On Mary Anns marriage cert her father is named as James Wootton (deceased) - occupation bird stuffer - how fascinating is that!  I did know that her mother remarried to James Dilley.


Thank you again
Chris

[bedfordshire boy]

You know that Eliza married James Dilley. Only the marriage cert will show if it was a REmarriage - but the IGI 1874 marriage entry (extracted from the parish register, so reliable) gives her father as Thomas Wootton, so it doesn't look like a remarriage.

All the evidence points to her three Wootton children as being illegitimate, but the awaited birth certificates will confirm that, or otherwise

I think Mary Ann had a vivid imagination!

David