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Help Please....birth cert...don't understand!
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Jacqui | Report | 26 Jan 2006 21:45 |
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No Merry She signed the register in her maiden name. Father was written as Laming Legge - Her maiden name and the fathers surname. They married a couple of years later. Jacqui |
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Merry | Report | 26 Jan 2006 21:50 |
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Never come across that before!! Maybe the registrar had been to the pub in his lunchbreak?? Seriously though, all rules were made to be broken! Merry |
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Jacqui | Report | 26 Jan 2006 21:54 |
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LOL Yes its definitely odd. It was one of the first certs I got and I've carried on researching the fathers line but every so often I get it out and wonder... Jacqui ps Sue sorry to hijack your thread |
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Gritty | Report | 26 Jan 2006 22:17 |
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If no father is listed then the child takes the surname of their mother. My grandad has his fathers name as a middle name- as his parents weren't married. However, when he got married he swapped his names and used his middle name as his last! |
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Jacqui | Report | 26 Jan 2006 23:00 |
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Helen Your post got me thinking. I looked him up on the BMD index again and he is actually in there twice under mothers and fathers surname. Jacqui |
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An Olde Crone | Report | 26 Jan 2006 23:03 |
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Thankyoufor that, Merry - I learn something new every day!!! Mind you, that goes a long way to explaining why my lot all have surnames as second forenames during that period (LOL). Some Registrars were more efficient than others, some people were more forceful than others, some were better liars than others...if you looked 'respectable' and SAID you were married to the father of the child, most Registrars probably couldnt be bothered to argue. I dont think they ever insisted on seeing a marriage cert to prove it. Olde Crone |
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Crafty | Report | 27 Jan 2006 08:16 |
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Hi all, Sorry I've not replied earlier to you all, family came round, so was paying attention to my living relatives! Merry, think I was having a senior moment about the name on birth cert. Yes I did get that bit wrong! Thanks for pointing that out and what you've said about Edward snr not being able to put his name down as father makes more sense now. Jacqui, No problem, you didn't hijack my thread.. it all adds to the 'learning curve'...thats whats good about these boards, I know I'm learning a lot from reading all the threads. Thanks all, now I must get off to work.. Sue |
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