THE PUZZLE OF ALLEGED ILLEGITIMACY OF JAMES DORRINGTON 1841- (General)

by Powys,Amanda , Thursday, June 19, 2014, 09:54 (3882 days ago) @ slowhands

Help needed please!

WHY WAS James DORRINGTON called ILLEGITIMATE.?

Has any one any idea why James DORRINGTON B 31 May 1841 Woodside East
Dean & Baptised 24 June 1841 at Drybrook Parish Church
parents Thomas DORRINGON - & Ann [Brown] of Little Dean Hill. [ Forest of Dean Family History Trust parish records]

& who died 1904 in Gloucestershire County Asylum 1904 was alleged
ILLEGITIMATE in this newspaper article?

PAUPERLUNATIC'S QUESTION OF RESIDENCE

Extracts from The BRISTOL MERCURY 30th Jan 1878 Newspaper report of

PAUPER LUNATIC'S [ ' apostrophe omitted on original ]

QUESTION OF RESIDENCE

The case of The Guardians of the Poor Westbury on Severn Union v the
Overseers of the Poor Barrow in Furness

[case heard in the Exchequer Division at Westminster Baron Cleasby &
Justice Hawkins sitting 'in banco'

The case stated that a lunatic pauper, JAMES DORRINGTON, was born in
the township of East Dean, BEING AN ILLEGITIMATE CHILD , that he
remained there until upwards of 17 years with his father , who was
possessed of a residence in that township, within the Union of Westbury
on Severn. He was now at Barrow in Furness and the question was whether
he was maintainable by the one place or the other- whether he could be
said to have acquired at a settlement at East Dean.

After some discussion it was agreed, at the suggestion of the court, to
read the case as containing an allegation that the pauper acquired a
settlement at East Dean during the time he was there residing with his
father.

The complex legal arguments over the Poor law Settlement

resulted in Admission to County Lunatic Asylum, Gloucestershire
1878

4 Apr

Age: 36
County Asylum. Wotton St Mary, Transferred from Lancashire. Patient
number 6627

..... The alleged illegitimacy is a puzzle as there is no evidence of illegitimacy in these records Census 1851 Age: 10 Woodside East Dean, Gloucestershire, England
acknowleged son living with parents Thomas & Ann & siblings

Census 1861 Age 19 Gloucester St Michael, Gloucestershire, England
Boarding with brother Milson with Kear relations. Both Dorringtons
described as blacksmiths

Census 1871 age: 29 Hulme, Lancashire, England lodging with Edward
Bloomer at 10 Clopton St. St Georges- Hulme Manchester described as a boiler maker b Newnham Gloucestershire

[ James married an Elizabeth Bond had a daughter Elizabeth Ann [1875-1878] and worked as a boiler maker in Hulme Manchester where clearly life went wrong

Admitted as patient at LANCASTER LUNATIC ASYLUM

1877

16 Sep

Age: 36
described as a pauper lunatic after examination & admitted as a
patient . His care paid for by Overseers of the Poor Barrow in Furness

.. Hope someone who is researching the DORRINGTON FAMILY can help with this puzzle.