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ErikaH

ErikaH Report 9 Oct 2025 16:33

The baptism record on FMP names Oliver and Mary as his parents and people were less likely to lie to a vicar than to a civil servant

His school admission record in 1913 also names Oliver as his father…….address Cross Keys Inn, High Street, Cleethorpes

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 9 Oct 2025 16:46

1911 census the couple say they’ve had 9 children, three of whom have died.

Did the ‘9’ include Leslie?

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 9 Oct 2025 17:37

Yes, that includes Leslie.

Oliver and Mary Ann married in 1888.


BEST, HERBERT CHARLES mmn WALTON
GRO Reference: 1892 S Quarter in CAISTOR Volume 07A Page 623

BEST, JOHN WALTON mmn WALTON
GRO Reference: 1888 S Quarter in CAISTOR Volume 07A Page 581

BEST, ETHEL MAY WALTON
GRO Reference: 1890 M Quarter in CAISTOR Volume 07A Page 661

BEST, IVY CONSTANCE mmn WALTON
GRO Reference: 1895 J Quarter in CAISTOR Volume 07A Page 656

BEST, HAROLD AUBREY mmn WALTON
GRO Reference: 1893 D Quarter in CAISTOR Volume 07A Page 609

BEST, OLIVER ARTHUR mmn WALTON
GRO Reference: 1896 D Quarter in CAISTOR Volume 07A Page 646

BEST, REGINALD LEONARD mmn WALTON
GRO Reference: 1899 M Quarter in GRIMSBY Volume 07A Page 620

BEST, DORIS LILY mmn WALTON
GRO Reference: 1901 J Quarter in GRIMSBY Volume 07A Page 641

BEST, LESLIE CLIFFORD mmn WALTON
GRO Reference: 1907 M Quarter in GRIMSBY Volume 07A Page 627

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 9 Oct 2025 17:43

The ones who died:

BEST, IVY CONSTANCE 0
GRO Reference: 1895 D Quarter in CAISTOR Volume 07A Page 369

BEST, HERBERT CHARLES 4
GRO Reference: 1897 M Quarter in CAISTOR Volume 07A Page 439

BEST, REGINALD LEONARD 0
GRO Reference: 1899 D Quarter in GRIMSBY Volume 07A Page 431

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

William

William Report 9 Oct 2025 20:33

Many thanks indeed for the clarification. I was hoping you were going to say the opposite! There really is no way of finding out one way or the other if he was illegitimate.

William

William Report 10 Oct 2025 23:19

Sorry, I also didn't read the second page where you mention the baptism record. That gives some credence to the legitimacy argument! (that said, I know from previous research that my great grandfather sired a love child with a girl that worked in his pub and denied it in court!!) Funny how obsessed you get about these things...sadly Leslie died before I was born in 1971. Once again you have both been extremely helpful.

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