If a woman has a child out of wedlock (Wiltshire, England 1865) and then subsequently marries the possible father shortly thereafter, does the child still carry her name or is the name changed to the father's surname either automatically or by adoption? The child is listed as "bastard" on the christening records but the mother married 6 weeks after giving birth. There is no way that I know of of verifying whether or not he was the child's natural father.
Anybody know?
Anybody know?
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