Illegitimate birth 1800s Hampshire

[AJ1491]

Hello everyone,
I have hit a brick wall and wondered if anyone can help?

My 3x great grandmother (Charlotte Vincent) had an illegitimate child in 1867 ( William George Day Vincent) I cannot find any records from around the time which could help in finding his father. I understand the church may have got involved as I know it was scandalous to have an illegitimate child at this time in a small village (Fordingbridge/ Damerham).
Charlotte also disappeared from the records from 1867 until the 1881census when everyone moved to Brighton East Sussex. She was not in Brighton's records during missing time.

She never married but took a partners surname of Oliver in Brighton.

Can anyone suggest what documents should I be looking for, to try find out her missing years and who the father may be of her son?

[cath151]

Hi
East Sussex Marriages and Bonds  gives father as William Day Vincent, Butcher.
This could be made up of course, options being William Day Vincent could be her own father , made up, or perhaps father could be a William Day (often fathers surname included in birth name).
I take it he married Emma Booth.

Cathy

[AJ1491]

Thank you for your help.
Yes he married Emma Booth, ots a sad story as they both died young.

I wondered if the father may have been a Day. I'll investigate further.
Thanks again

[Glen in Tinsel Kni]

The only real chance of a document naming anyone would be in the case of an unmarried mother applying to a court in order to receive maintenance payments for the child. Even with such a document it's only evidence of who the father is said to be (the same is true of a birth certificate).
DNA is the only way to prove who the father is but success depends on who has tested, I've proved a wrong father's name on a cert with half a dozen matches can't work out which ancestor I share with a group of 50 people that link to me.