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1908 Marriage.

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InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 28 May 2010 05:42

Whilst in the past, details may have been accepted without further checks, these days it is not that simple. Typically, this is the sort of identity documentation you need to supply when giving notice of intention to marry:-

Provide TWO identity documents for each person: These must be a full birth certificate or current passport (or both), plus a current driving licence or medical card. One of the documents must be a passport or full birth certificate (showing parents’ details) in order to prove your nationality.

If you were born after 01 January 1983 and do not have a passport then you will need to provide your full birth certificate as well as the full birth certificates of your parents.

Proof of name change, if applicable

jax

jax Report 28 May 2010 02:53

My gt grandmother was illegitimate but she gave a factitious father on her marriage cert. My grandfather lied about his age by 3 years on his marriage cert maybe because he was so much older than my grandmother

jax

Researching:
Nothing much

mgnv

mgnv Report 28 May 2010 01:29

I don't know about the lying - if she'd been using her stepfather's name for the last 20 odd years. it was her legal name by then.

Andrew

Andrew Report 27 May 2010 19:14

I think everything was written down as told. My grandfather lied about his age when he married in 1908. He then lied again to obtain a job (seen the proof!) and lied again on the 1911 census.

Andy

Fran

Fran Report 27 May 2010 19:14

Thank you, I wasn't sure.
Silly me, expecting my ancestors to tell the truth.....

Fran

Researching:
McIntyre/ Renor. Glasgow/Dunfirmline.

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!)

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) Report 27 May 2010 19:08

You also can call yourself by whatever name you wish - so long as it's not for fraudulent purposes. So, no need for a deed poll even now.

Back then, I don't think it was that unusual for children to take on stepfather's name. Some of them may even have thought he was their father anyway, particularly if they were really really young when mum remarried.

Jill

Researching:
London: Faber, Haysey, Spicer ...

Lindsey*

Lindsey* Report 27 May 2010 19:04

I don't know if you have to even today ?
they could make up their ages and parents willy-nilly !

Researching:
For better results please give all the details ,name, date place as you can {pictures by me }

Fran

Fran Report 27 May 2010 19:02

Hello all, Can someone please tell me if you had to produce any proof of your name/status in 1908? The bride had been living with the surname of her mothers 2nd husband since the marriage when she was about 2 years old. Although her elder siblings used their real fathers surname.
On her marriage cert she gives her father by his real first name but the surname of her stepfather.
The family were paupers for some time so would not have had the money for an official name change when she was younger.
Many thanks
Fran

Researching:
McIntyre/ Renor. Glasgow/Dunfirmline.