can someone please clarify an earlier reply
for me
it was suggested that isabella cowley nee
cowle was the illegitimate daughter of thomas cowle and margaret clague (1811)
whose name would isabellas birth be registered under
i understand it would have been the fathers
how was proof of the father determined
also if they never married whats the chances of her having any contact with her father
was the same practice in force in 1900