Forest of Dean FHT Forum - John Simmons born Feb 1833

John Simmons born Feb 1833 (reply)

Ke1th1 — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:48:11 +0000

Thanks for your help

John Simmons born Feb 1833 (reply)

admin — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:26:42 +0000

Here is the baptism of John SIMMONDS which is on our website, it has basically the same information that you found elsewhere.

There are a few Bastardy Bonds held at the Records offices. A bastardy order meant that a father was responsible for the maintenance of a bastard child. It does however appear that these were rarely applied for by working class people in the period in mention and they relate mainly to those people higher up the social ladder.

I myself have never come across any sites that list children born out of wedlock and giving possible names of the father. If there are such sites I don't know how they could possibly speculate who the father of a child born out of wedlock was.

Record_ID: 198591
Entry_Number:
Year: 1833
Month: Feb
Day: 17
Parents_Surname: SIMMONDS
Child_Forenames: John
Fathers_Forenames: [not stated]
Mothers_Forenames: Marianne
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Tintern
Occupation: servant
Officiating_Minister:
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference:
Page_Number:
Parish_Chapel: Tintern Monmouth

John Simmons born Feb 1833

Ke1th1 — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:35:04 +0000

I have found this entry in the Parish records on GENUK the father is unknown and the mother is Marianne (Mary Ann) Symonds.

Baptism record was 17th Feb 1833.

Mary Ann was a servant at Tintern. I have seen some sites in the past where they list children born out of wedlock and some give possible names of the father.

Is there any such site that may give more background to this chapter?

Thanks.