Tracing father - Illegitimate birth Fordyce

[Jso27]

Hi guys,

Hit a wall in terms of leads for the father of Mary Ann Hay - born 1931 in Fordyce to 16 year old Jeannie Hay.
No father on the birth certificate so where wld I look for this info?
Any help would be appreciated

Thanks

Jamie

[brigidmac]

Did jeannie hay marry
What name does she give for father on marriage cert
Or death

Did she have a step father too ?

Is there a court record for maintenance payments to her mother?

[Jso27]

Jeannie did marry in 1937 - James Craig in Portsoy who was Mary Anns step father.

I have not received Mary Ann's marriage cert in the post yet.

Where wld I find Maintenance payments & would they be applicable to such a young mother?

[Forfarian]

Where wld I find Maintenance payments & would they be applicable to such a young mother?

It would depend on whether she went to court, and if the court records have survived.

Try https://www.scottishindexes.com/courtsearch.aspx though I am not sure if they have anything as recent as 1931 so far.

It may be that her family were able to support the child without taking the father to court, or they may have made an out-of-court arrangement for him to contribute to the child's upkeep. In either of those cases there would be no court records.

[agray1949]

There is a website called "find the father" which looks through court records & you may be lucky.
I used it to find my fathers' details who was born in 1912 in Rathven.
Ironically the father's name was John Fordyce