Genealogy Chat

I looked for the birth cert for the Ronald I'd found. He is registered Mar q of 1915 Ronald Panagakis mother's maiden name Griffiths Liverpool vol 8b p.229

oops, born 1915 he couldn't have witnessed a marriage in 1903 -when was the wedding he did witness?

This is Ronald's death: Name: Ronald Panagakis Birth Date: 22 Feb 1915 Death Registration Month/Year: Nov 1986 Age at death (estimated): 71 Registration District: Kingston Upon Thames Inferred County: Surrey Volume: 13 Page: 1836 He would be quite a bit younger than Agamemnon.

Anyone can change their name, provided there is no intent to defraud. You don't need any legal formalities. As the surname is the same, there's definitely a connection. But Agamemnon is less tricky to say than Panagakis. If you found it caused problems, you'd surely change both names. Anyway, Agamemnon was a Greek hero, not a 'wierd name'.

One of my rellies was born Agamemnon Panagakis, [he was a Greek]. He married Ellen Shields in September 1903 in the Kirkdale district of Liverpool, Lancashire. But on the marriage certificate of Ellen's sister, Mary Jane Shields there is a witness called Ronald Panagakis and I can't trace him anywhere. I think they are the same person but how can I find out? Is there a register of people who have changed their Christian names, or do you think he has just done this off his own bat because his own Greek name was too much of a mouthful for the Scousers? Any ideas anyone?