What they say, versus the truth!

[Olde Crone Holden]

Found the baptism of a twiglet, to his "mum and dad".

But on the census return, it says clearly against his name "illegitimate grandson". Wonder who volunteered that bit of information, and why?

OC

[Michael]

Enumerator's suspicion?

[SuffolkSue]

Someone being malicious.

[Olde Crone Holden]

Yes, I'm sure you're right. The family was quite well off and possibly engendered a bit of resentment in the enumerator!

OC

[Grampa Jim]

I would need to know more about the Family. Did they have other children, one of whom could have been the Mother (Fathers generally, although not always, seemed to get away with it)? Maybe she died in childbirth which could be why Grandparents had the child baptised as their own.

[Olde Crone Holden]

Grampa

just investigating that possibility now!

Got sidetracked though - mother/grandmother disappears after 61, I presumed dead, but she's just popped up at the age of 87 in 1891! Where on earth has she been for 30 years?!

OC

[Grampa Jim]

Hiding from YOU!

LOL

[Little Nell]

I've found one poor grandchild listed on the census with his grandparents as "grandson" but then given the occupation "bastard"!