Hi All
I'm just wondering would it be possible for a couple never to get married and the women just to have taking the man's name?
I have a William Foxton with a Elizabeth Carruthers, Elizabeth as far as i know was born in Scotland and William was born in Staithes Yorkshire i've looked hard and cant seem to pin point a marriage for the pair and they only appear first on the 1871 census in Stokesley. I have there first child William born abt 1853 in Staithes i have yet to locate a actual birth record for him also, i'm hoping some can help shed light on this mystery.