What a fantastic story, though I wonder why they didn't marry sooner - once she was 'of age' ? Did Mother's disapproval continue to influence her decisions? We may never know.

I have found several illegitimate births amongst me distant relatives, but Mary M discovered in the Parish reg. for me, that though officially no father's name was given, in 2 instances there WERE father's names written (later??) in pencil.

I'm not sure what this means - did the Mother decide the name needed to appear whether he liked it or not - or did the Father 'pop in' and add his name 'for the record'? Again - we may never know......

Maggie