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SPJ29

SPJ29 Report 4 Aug 2015 20:32

I was wondering how I can find out why my Gt Grandfather has put down a different name for his father on his marriage cert and yet he has put down the same occupation as his father on his birth cert. Has anyone come across this before. My Gt Gt grandfather wont be on any census after 1901 when he died, so I am stuck on how to try and get more info.

They lived in London, Tottenham.

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 4 Aug 2015 21:19

welcome to the boards :-)

are you able to supply more information in case we can help?

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 4 Aug 2015 21:32

Confused?

Hung over from the stag night?

Have you looked for the family in censuses before 1901?

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 5 Aug 2015 09:23

Did his mother re-marry? If he was brought up by a step-father, he may have either presumed he was the father, or felt he had more 'right' to included as his 'father'.

I've one person whose birth father died when she was still a toddler. On the MC, her 'father' has the same surname as she did, but the first name was her step-father's. Either she didn't know for certain, or the vicar made a wrong assumption.

In most cases the MC is written out before the (Church) ceremony. We occasionally see PR forms written out but not signed, then crossed through 'Did not attend'.

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Cynthia

Cynthia Report 5 Aug 2015 16:11

I'll SPJ29 know how to find their replies..... :-)

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Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 5 Aug 2015 16:51

Were their names the same and the father was using his second name as this sometimes happens.

SPJ29

SPJ29 Report 5 Aug 2015 20:09

His father died in 1901 and the marriage was in 1916. It could be a mix up with a step father but the cert still says deceased and the occupation is the same as on my gt grandads birth cert.

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 5 Aug 2015 20:26

Aren't you going to give us any names so we could try to help?

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)