Genealogy Chat

I have just received two death certs for my 3xGrt Grandparents and a bit confused as both their mother's maiden names are different from that given at the time of their marriage. Do you think it is possible that the person registering the death did not know the correct names? Would you take it that the names given at the time of marriage would be the correct names? The marriage took place in 1862 and both deaths occurred in 1902. Also, it was their son that registered both deaths. What do you think?

Where does a death cert carry a maiden anme? are they scots ones? What you must always remember with death certs is that the person that gave the info , could only say say what they knew ( or thought ) to be true. They may not habe known the real truth. Everyone knew Great Aunt Cissie- Look for her death reg, and its registered as Ruth .... her son registered it, and yes, Ruth was her name - never known by it though. Lets create the senario where Ruth died alone, without family , and the neighbour kindly registered her death.he'd lived next door for 50 odd years, knew her well, he'd never known her as anything but Cissie, so chances are, thats what the death reg would have gone under

I take it you have both marriage certs. Do you have the birth certs tho, cos its possible that they were either registered in their mothers names. or the mothers remarried and they took on the new Hubbys surname. Theres many possibilties and people did stretch the truth in order to hide things. Shirley

Hi Lynne Perhaps they were married twice and so surname for second marriage would be different from maiden name. Clare

Hi everyone, Yes they are Scottish death certs. Here is the scenario. Robert Gardiner and Jane Friel married in Dalry, Ayrshire 1862. At time of marriage Robert's mother's maiden name is Mary McKinstry (deceased). Jane's mother's maiden name is Jane Pattison. Now at time of death (son John Gardiner registered both) Robert's mother's maiden name is given as Mary Herbert and Jane's is given as Jane Simpson? It could be possible that son John never knew his Grandmother's maiden names, especially as Robert's mother was dead at the time of his marriage? Lynne

Lynne I had a similar thing with my gg grandmother also born scotland, on her birth certificate her mother is Mary & on her marriage certificate her mother is Catherine, it turn out her birth mother died when she was very young and her father remarried. I would think the person giving the information at death didn't know all the family history. Georgina.

Yes, that's what I thought. The father Robert was from Ireland so his children probably didn't know anything of their grandparents, as far as I can tell they didn't come to Scotland. As for Jane, well Pattison and Simpson sound quite similar so it may just be a mistake! I'll just need to do more searching to confirm what is the correct name! Thanks for your help.