Remember my errant ggg-grandfather and his illegitimate offspring? Well I think I’ve found another! I was revisiting the 1881 census for Joseph Stockton and family and staring me in the face is the six year old Ada White, described as a boarder. I’m convinced this is Joseph’s illegitimate daughter with Lydia White, the woman who won the maintenance award against Joseph in the court case. The dates are tight but do add up – the case was in late April 1875 and Ada’s birth is registered in Jun qtr 1875. I was speculating that it could be a late registration after Lydia has successfully got Joseph to acknowledge the child? And why else would there be a child of the right age and name in his household, apparently otherwise unaccompanied by maternal family? Furthemore, Ada is still present with the family in 1891, though apparently she’s fallen out of favour with Joseph’s wife Henrietta, as she’s now described as a servant, poor girl! So I’ve ordered Ada’s birth cert in an attempt to satisfy my curiosity – can’t wait to see what it says, don’t know what I’ll do if the mother is not Lydia :D
So, what do you reckon - % chance of success?!
Original thread herehttp://www.familytreeforum.com/resea...gitimates.html
So, what do you reckon - % chance of success?!
Original thread herehttp://www.familytreeforum.com/resea...gitimates.html
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