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Connie Stockwell Johnson
Connie Stockwell Johnson ✭
March 17 edited March 18 in Search

I find a baptismal record in Prussia, Germany in 1834 in Lutheran Baptismal records, for one of my ancestors. All of the records on the page show both a mother's name and a father's name. My ancestor shows only a mother's name. Does this mean the child was born out-of-wedlock, or did they just somehow forget the father's name?

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  • Julia Szent-Györgyi
    Julia Szent-Györgyi ✭✭✭✭✭
    March 17 Answer ✓

    I've encountered marriage records where they forgot to write down the bride's name, so nothing is impossible, but yes, a child recorded with only a mother is illegitimate.

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