Richard Edwards 1804 Upton St Leonard - Yemm link? (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, 18:57 (3862 days ago) @ Scriv

Re the biological father being a Yemm - in the past I've seen a fair-few threads on this forum where a family has "suddenly" changed surname between Census's, and it seems that the usual reason is a change of "father"/head of the household as I'm sure you would have considered.

eg old thread http://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=20180

As you mention it, the originator of the Yemm trend was born only weeks after his apparent parents married. Again this forum has seen a few cases where marriages of convenience have occurred and a child has been broughtup to believe the head of the household is his biological father, when that isn't the case. A clue to this might be an unexpected change of address, or a private marriage/baptism in the next Parish, an extra "uncle" within the household, etc

Sadly I'm NOT the forum expert at unravelling such things I'm afraid !