Hello Dennis,
I had also found the Lambeth birth which looks promising but what has thrown
me is that Violet Martin Hills DUNBAR had a son in Edmonton in 1941. Her
address at that time was Wisbech and then she died in Wisbech in 1943 age
23. This makes her birth date 1920 but ages at death are reported by others
and not necessarily reliable. It is Wisbech that is the problem
I found an Edgar DUNBAR/Mabel CLARIDGE marriage in St.G.H.S in 1913 and have
traced this family back to a George DUNBAR born ab
Hello Bert
I searched Free BMD, and found
Dunbar Violet M (Claridge) Lambeth 1d 391
Claridge is Mother's maiden name, is it possible that
violet was Illigitimate as Martin Hills sounds like it could be a mans name,
the reason I say this is because I found
a similar occurance in my wifes family where the two middle names turned out
to be those of the unnamed father.
yours Denis
I am trying to establish as to whether or not two of my wife's ancestors
were legitimate father and son.
The death of JAMES EGGETT was registered in WISBECH in the March Qtr 1853
(Jan-March). The 1951 census suggested James resided in WALSOKEN.
His son? HENRY EGGETT'S birth was registered in WISBECH in the Sept Qtr 1854
(July-Sept). According to later censuses he was born in Walsoken. These
dates would suggest that Henry was not the legitimate son of James. However,
I need to be sure, and the only way