just uploaded and image. death cert 1872, Marg Mcnab
Can someone help me with the details in the Mother and father information, I think it says that William McKean is allegedly the father, but can’t quite make out the rest about the mother
http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayi ... p?pos=-926
thanks
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100% agreed.
There's no great trick to such interpretation, apart from lots of experience
, plus, critically, knowing the form of words that there are most likely to be.
This example is a classic, combining as it does "reputed father" with the mother married twice, to others, most probably after the birth of wee Jane.
For a birth registration, where the parents weren't married, the only way that the father's name could appear in the register entry was if he too turned up for the registration and also signed the register. (But that doesn't come into question in this instance as the birth was in ca. 1827, although I wonder if the kirk session had anything to say on the matter?)
For a marriage or death register entry, however, the phrase "reputed father" was allowed on the basis of the information provided by one of the marrying couple, or, as in this case, the informant, the widower. In other words, no documentary proof was required.
David
There's no great trick to such interpretation, apart from lots of experience
, plus, critically, knowing the form of words that there are most likely to be.This example is a classic, combining as it does "reputed father" with the mother married twice, to others, most probably after the birth of wee Jane.
For a birth registration, where the parents weren't married, the only way that the father's name could appear in the register entry was if he too turned up for the registration and also signed the register. (But that doesn't come into question in this instance as the birth was in ca. 1827, although I wonder if the kirk session had anything to say on the matter?)
For a marriage or death register entry, however, the phrase "reputed father" was allowed on the basis of the information provided by one of the marrying couple, or, as in this case, the informant, the widower. In other words, no documentary proof was required.
David
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