Any ideas as to how I can eliminate/identify probable father?
Baby born in 1909; registration made by mother, giving her 'married' and 'maiden' names and the full name of her 'husband'.
Only one person with the mother's maiden name appears on census returns.
About eighty with the father's first and surname, but only about seven or so with his full name appear on the 1871/81/91 returns.
Narrowing down geographically - none of these names are for people living near the place of registration, but one of them lived less than two miles from the mother (the rest considerbaly more distant). The baby was born over 90 miles away from the mother's home, but very close to where the uncle of most likely father was living, according to the 1901 census. The baby was registered with two fornames, the second that of his birth father, the first the same as the seemingly likely birth father's father.
1911 Census: the baby lived about 40 miles from his mother (I'm quite certain I have the right person, given her name) who is single and living with her parents. The seemingly likely father is also single and living with his parents, less than two mile from the mother. I can find no marriage record for them, but there is one for the mother, in 1917.
So - any ideas as to how I can confirm the identity of the father? What is the likelihood of it being the one who lived so close, whose uncle lived in the town where the birth was registered, whose father had the same name as that given to the baby?
Sorry - it's rather convoluted and full of instinct, but the only hard data I have is on the birth certificate - and some of that lacks substance!
Baby born in 1909; registration made by mother, giving her 'married' and 'maiden' names and the full name of her 'husband'.
Only one person with the mother's maiden name appears on census returns.
About eighty with the father's first and surname, but only about seven or so with his full name appear on the 1871/81/91 returns.
Narrowing down geographically - none of these names are for people living near the place of registration, but one of them lived less than two miles from the mother (the rest considerbaly more distant). The baby was born over 90 miles away from the mother's home, but very close to where the uncle of most likely father was living, according to the 1901 census. The baby was registered with two fornames, the second that of his birth father, the first the same as the seemingly likely birth father's father.
1911 Census: the baby lived about 40 miles from his mother (I'm quite certain I have the right person, given her name) who is single and living with her parents. The seemingly likely father is also single and living with his parents, less than two mile from the mother. I can find no marriage record for them, but there is one for the mother, in 1917.
So - any ideas as to how I can confirm the identity of the father? What is the likelihood of it being the one who lived so close, whose uncle lived in the town where the birth was registered, whose father had the same name as that given to the baby?
Sorry - it's rather convoluted and full of instinct, but the only hard data I have is on the birth certificate - and some of that lacks substance!
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