1876 - late registration of illegitimate birth (RHODES) (General)

by smashton , Monday, February 29, 2016, 17:39 (2976 days ago)

Hi
My ancestor Frank RHODES was born 8.5.76 to Hannah RHODES (widow) at Abbey Street, Flaxley. The birth was not registered until August, well outside the normal time window. Jane HERBERT is listed as informant. The 'Rules' suggest that she would have had to be a witness at the birth such as a midwife and that late registration would have been subject to a fine. Also that fathers do not have to be identified on the certificate in the case of bastard children.

So my questions are :
- does anyone knows anything about Jane HERBERT of Flaxley around 1876
- does the delayed registration suggest any resources which I can research to try and identify possible father (eg. if she was trying to get father to marry her ....)

The family do not seem to have had any children baptised but had links with the baptist churches. (Actually Hannah and her husband dont seem to have had many children either with long gaps between offspring - burials also not found)

Thanks for any pointers.