In 1873 in Sulgrave, Emma Waters gave birth to an illegitimate daughter Bertha,on Bertha's birth cert she named the father as Isaac Taylor There were two Isaac Taylors born in the village within nine months in 1848/9 who could have been her father ,one stayed in the village all his life,married someone else and died there,the other one was last recorded in the village on the 1851 census,after that he was recorded in Northampton and Birmingham on subsequent census,I suppose he could have gone back for a visit but his parents also moved from the village.Sulgrave was a little village by Banbury and off the beaten track so you would only go there if you were visiting someone or you already lived there,it wasn't on the way to anywhere for passing strangers.
Although I can never know for certain if either of these men or even someone else was her father I'm drawn towards the one who stayed in the village,it's been niggling at me for a while so I've traced both men through the census from their birth to their deaths,a bit like one of the soaps with a couple of endings having been filmed.
In 1873 could she have named a man as the father without him knowing,it was a small village and everyone married everyone and if he knew he was the father would he have had to support the child,would there have been any records.
Hana
Although I can never know for certain if either of these men or even someone else was her father I'm drawn towards the one who stayed in the village,it's been niggling at me for a while so I've traced both men through the census from their birth to their deaths,a bit like one of the soaps with a couple of endings having been filmed.
In 1873 could she have named a man as the father without him knowing,it was a small village and everyone married everyone and if he knew he was the father would he have had to support the child,would there have been any records.
Hana
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