Hi Marjorie
Free BMD has a marriage of a Levy Watkins in the same quarter as a
marriage of Mary Julia Hoar (ref 11a 547), registration district
Neath. They would seem to be the couple you are looking for.
If Elizabeth Watkins made a claim for support (filiation) against the
father of her child, it would be heard in the local courts (petty
sessions) and might have been reported in the newspaper. Thus you
have two possible sources for the father's name - petty sessions
records and newspapers. The survival of court records is very
variable, and you would need to go to the local records office to see
them. Welsh newspapers can be searched on line at
welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/ . However not all mothers would have
been able to make a claim - they needed to provide some sort of
proof, which might not be easy - and not all cases would have been reported.
Hope this helps
Anna
At 15:08 22/02/2015, DMMaiden via wrote:
Hello, I am new to this list and hoping someone can help me,
please.
I am looking for the father of Edward Watkins whose birth certificate shows
he was born on 4 July 1884 at Pendre Brecknock USD. His mother Elizabeth
Watkins was unmarried and there is no father's name on the certificate.
Can anyone tell me how, if at all, I can find any mention of Edward's
father? In 1886 Julia married a John Weeks and lived in
Monmouthshire for the
rest of her life with him and their children, including Edward who grew up
as Edward Weeks but married in 1905 as Edward Watkins and lived in
Newbridge, Monmouthshire with his wife and children, all with the
surname Watkins.
I also want to find Elizabeth's mother. I think she was Mary J A Watkins
who appears on later censuses as Julia Watkins, as the wife then widow of
Levi Watkins. Julia seems to have been born in Devonshire but Levi was born
in Breconshire, perhaps Llandefael (apologies if this is not the correct
spelling). Levi Watkins is on the 1841, 1851 censuses as unmarried, son of
William and Mary Watkins who in 1851 were at Millgreen, St David's Brecon.
In 1861 Levi was 40, still unmarried and in lodgings in Ystradfellte,
Glamorgan. 1871 Levi was in Pendre, Brecon with wife Mary J A and children
who included Elizabeth born c. 1864 but I cannot find a marriage for Levi
Watkins. I can't find Mary J A/Julia before 1871.
Any advice, information or comments will be very welcome.
Thank you
Marjorie
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