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Hi, I wonder if anyone can help. I've been tracing my great grandfather's ancestry and it turns out although he was a Reynolds, his mother (nee Walpole) was actually widowed (her husband was Joseph Reynolds) by the time he was born in 1898. So although she gave two further children the name Reynolds, her late husband, who was father to several of her other children, was not his father.

Is there any way of tracing who his father may have been? Perhaps through baptism records?

The details I have are:

Harriet Elizabeth Walpole / Reynolds: 1864-1934

Son: George Reynolds 1898
Daughter: Ethel Maud Reynolds 1903

She had been widowed in 1896.

They lived in Cross Globe Street in Norwich.

Any info would be much appreciated.

Thanks
Hannah

Well you register a child in your current surname so even though she was widowed that was still her surname

Take it you you have birth certs that have the fathers name blank . This means she didn't name or have the fathers acknowledge paternity

1911 England Census

Name: Ethel M Reynolds
Age in 1911: 8
Estimated birth year: abt 1903
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Norwich
Civil Parish: Norwich
Search Photos: Search for 'Norwich' in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection
County/Island: Norfolk
Country: England
Street address: 250 Heigham St, Norwich
Occupation: school
Registration district: Norwich
Registration District Number: 225
Sub-registration district: West Wymer
ED, institution, or vessel: 18
Household schedule number: 260
Piece: 11307
Household Members:
Name Age
Harriet Reynolds 44
Joseph Reynolds 29
Alfred Reynolds 18
George Reynolds 12
Ethel M Reynolds 8
She states a widow married 29 years but no total children born etc


Name: Ethel Maud Reynolds
Registration Year: 1903
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration district: Norwich
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Norfolk
Volume: 4b
Page: 181

http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/w/y/e/Bridget-E-Wyer/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0203.html

(some background on above)

(Harriet Elizabeth Walpole was born 19 September 1864 in Heigham Norwich, and died 6 November 1934 in 250 Heigham St. Norwich.She married Joseph John Reynolds on 29 October 1881 in Register Office Norwich...)

Chris :)

https://www.freereg.org.uk/

(above sometimes useful Norfolk)

(later Baptism for him below perhaps)

Baptism
County Norfolk
Place Norwich
Church name St Stephen
Register type Transcript
Register entry number 715
Baptism date 17 Oct 1866
Person forename Joseph John
Father forename John William
Father surname REYNOLDS
Father occupation Tailor
Mother forename Ellen


Deaths Mar 1896 (>99%)
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Reynolds Joseph John 35 Norwich 4b 111


http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/325340/

(her Son R.W. Reynolds. 27/9/1918)


National School Admission Registers & Log-books 1870-1914 Transcription (Find My Past)

First name(s) Ethel Maud
Last name Reynolds
Birth year 1903
Birth date 05 May 1903
Event year 1908
School name Heigham Street Infants School
Town Norwich
County Norfolk
Parent name(s) Mrs Reynolds Harriet
(Address, 110, Tinklers Lane (crossed through, written under, Midland Street)


First name(s) George
Last name Reynolds
Birth year 1898
Birth date 17 Jul 1898
Event year 1905 (Date of Admission, 27/8/05)
School name Heigham St Philips Boys School
Town Norwich
County Norfolk
(Nothing for Parents Names, Address, 10, Upper Goat Lane)

If his father's name isn't on his birth cert, then I'm afraid there's no way to find it out.


No mms given - is this him?

REYNOLDS, GEORGE -
GRO Reference: 1898 S Quarter in NORWICH Volume 04B Page 172

Ethel's birth record does give mms Walpole.

Thank you all - unfortunately I can't afford to order birth certs at the moment so am seeing what can be done online.

Excuse my ignorance ArgyllGran, what do you mean by mms?

Thank you Chris, that extra info is very interesting.

Hannah

"mms" means "mother's maiden surname".

(who is this at 10, Upper Goat Lane, as on 1905 School Admission?)

Chris :)

15 April 1905 - Norwich Mercury - Norwich, Norfolk, England

PROVISION DEALER’S FAILURE.
On Monday last the first meeting of the creditors of George Frederick Reynolds, of 10, Upper Goat Lane, was held at the offices of the Official Receiver.
The debtor started in trade as a provision dealer at 10, Upper Goat Lane, in September 1895...


(google search bringing below)

Fred Willis Reynolds - Ancestry.com.au
search.ancestry.com.au/.../sse.dll?...Fred...Reynolds...
Photo: Goat Lane Upper 10 to 14 [1062] 1936-06-28. Category: Portrait. Description: No 10 was where George lived in. Attached To: George Frederick Reynolds ...


REYNOLDS, ETHEL MAUD (GRAY)
GRO Reference: 1896 D Quarter in NORWICH Volume 04B Page 160

(1901, George at that address (age 28) with above Daughter. 1911, Dickleburgh, Norfolk)


Marriages Sep 1895 (>99%)
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Gray Kate Maud M Norwich 4b 346
Gray Kate Maude M Norwich 4b 346
Reynolds George Frederick Norwich 4b 346