Whitmore Staffordshire Illegitimacy index, 1559-1923

Date: 1559 to 1923
Location: Whitmore, Staffordshire, England
Surnames/tags: ONE_PLACE_STUDY Staffordshire

Note there are 112 baptisms in the parish where mother is named and father is apparently not named. (There are 2798 baptisms in total.)

Illegitimacy index, 1559-1923

https://www.staffsnameindexes.org.uk/default.aspx?Index=T&LastName=&Part=0&YearFrom=1559&YearTo=1923&Place=whitmore&Occupation=

Mother	Mother's abode	Reputed father	Father's abode	Doc. year	Doc. type	Wikitree id mother	Wikitree id father	Wikitree id child
Broadhurst, Elizabeth		Rhodes, William	The Woodhouses, Whitmore	1764	bond
Hilditch, Hannah	Whitmore	Peacock, William	Handsworth	1768	quarter sessions			Charlotte Hilditch (1769-)
Hilditch, Hannah	Whitmore	Peacock, William	Handsworth	1772	quarter sessions			Charlotte Hilditch (1769-)
Alman, Mary	Whitmore	Watson, Charles	Audley	1774	quarter sessions
Handsel, Margaret	Whitmore	Unknown		1775	quarter sessions
Alman, Mary	Whitmore	Rhodes, William	Whitmore	1778	quarter sessions
Ratcliff, Elizabeth		Neckline, Samuel	Whitmore	1779	bastardy bond
Bagnall, Elizabeth	Whitmore	Unknown		1833	removal order
Swan, Ann	Whitmore	Unknown		1833	removal order
Swan, Ann	Whitmore	Unknown		1833	removal order
Pitchford, Mary	Whitmore	Unknown		1838	minute book	Mary (Pitchford) Cope (1811-)		Samuel Pitchford (1835-)
Pitchford, Unknown	Whitmore	Shaw, George		1838	minute book	Mary (Pitchford) Cope (1811-)		Samuel Pitchford (1835-)
Shaw, Mary	Whitmore	Unknown		1838	minute book
Wilcox, Unknown	Whitmore	Unknown		1838	minute book
Hilditch, Elizabeth	Whitmore	Unknown		1839	minute book	Elizabeth (Dale) Hilditch (1804-): note it would seem that Elizabeth was widowed in 1837; her 2 children Thomas and Margaret were legitimate. I have not found an illegitimate child.

Staffordshire crimes database

Year of birth 1794 surname Leland first name John age 23 location of offence Whitmore Assize 1817.2 Victim of offence Hobson, Mary By whom committed Twemlow, F Class of offence Sex Offence Offence Bastardy Verdict Discharged^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Staffordshire crimes database