I have a birth for 1903 and under her name she is illegitimate but in the column where RCE's usually go there is a not saying "Re-Registered on the 15th December 1944".
What does this actually mean? Is it that the ilegitimacy has been corrected?
Andy
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Hi Andy,
The answer to your question will be best solved by finding out what information is on the 1944 certificate. You could try filling in a GROS contact form and asking them; or ask here if anyone is going into NRH or Park Circus and could take a look for you.
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/contacts ... -form.html
All the best,
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The answer to your question will be best solved by finding out what information is on the 1944 certificate. You could try filling in a GROS contact form and asking them; or ask here if anyone is going into NRH or Park Circus and could take a look for you.
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/contacts ... -form.html
All the best,
AndrewP
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I doubt it is that as the father died in the Great War.
Maybe she found out she was ilegitimate and tried to change that?
Maybe she found out she was ilegitimate and tried to change that?
Cathy wrote:Could be that the parents finally married, and made her legitimate.
Andy
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Hi Andy,
If the birth was in 1903, there were a few years until the father's death in the Great War. In that time the parents may have married and thus legitimised the birth, but it was not amended on the original birth certificate by means of a court procedure leading to an RCE.
Then in 1944, for some reason, this person wanted to have her legitimate birth shown on a certificate, rather than the previous one that would have the word "illegitimate" written on it (this was stopped in 1919).
The wording on the GROS websites indicates this as a possibility.
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/regscot/index.html
"... a birth entry where the parents subsequently marry may be cancelled and replaced ..."
All the best,
AndrewP
If the birth was in 1903, there were a few years until the father's death in the Great War. In that time the parents may have married and thus legitimised the birth, but it was not amended on the original birth certificate by means of a court procedure leading to an RCE.
Then in 1944, for some reason, this person wanted to have her legitimate birth shown on a certificate, rather than the previous one that would have the word "illegitimate" written on it (this was stopped in 1919).
The wording on the GROS websites indicates this as a possibility.
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/regscot/index.html
"... a birth entry where the parents subsequently marry may be cancelled and replaced ..."
All the best,
AndrewP
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AndrewP, that may be the case as the parents married in 1908.
On another note what amazes me with this birth cert is that it states the mother's previous husband died in South Africa, 18th Feb 1902 and has details of his rank and who he served with.
On another note what amazes me with this birth cert is that it states the mother's previous husband died in South Africa, 18th Feb 1902 and has details of his rank and who he served with.
Andy
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[b]Ross, Stevenson & Robb[/b](Falkirk)[/size]
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[b]Greenlees & Fairnie[/b] (Musselburgh area)
[b]Johnston, Whitson, Whitecross, Runciman [/b] (Haddingtonshire)
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See above for ADP's explanation of the very likely circumstances.Pandabean wrote:AndrewP, that may be the case as the parents married in 1908.
Quite normal in a situation such as this to give that level of detail about a deceased husband, especially if there was 9 months or less between his death and the birth of the child.Pandabean wrote:On another note what amazes me with this birth cert is that it states the mother's previous husband died in South Africa, 18th Feb 1902 and has details of his rank and who he served with.
For the birth to be automatically legitimated by the subsequent marriage of the parents, then they needed to have been free to marry at the time of the conception of the child, - with a date of death of 18Feb1902 and the birth in 1903, that looks to be assured !
David