Yes Violet was born at 109 Finborough Road - I look through all the records every so often now to see if any other records have become available - or if a living family member going through Great-Aunt Mabel's papers discovers she was actually called Eliza Thrasher or Violet Jezard or another family going through Great-Uncle Edwin's records discovers he was actually called Edward Leslie Court.
With Horace, the Earls Of Devon are styled as Lord Courtenay - there was an Earl who was known to have several illegitimate children in the 1890's - the Earl died in January 1891 and unfortunately Horace was born in January 1893 - even if Horace's mother had not registered Horace's birth in a timely manner it's stretching the imagination too far for this man to be the father - unfortunately the next very religious Earl destroyed any papers relating to these illegitimate children. When asking if the family knew anything about Horace Courtenay born in 1893 the Earls Of Devon did ask 'is he one of ours' ! When Horace died in 1959 his solicitors were unable to trace his birth certificate as he had been registered as Horace Thrasher, the earliest we know Horace as Horace Courtenay is 1901.
Last edited by Lorraine Karen; 28-05-19 at 16:42.
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