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Change of names
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Slukieo | Report | 17 Jan 2005 13:09 |
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I am trying to find out why and when some of my grandfathers family changed their name from KOLBE to COLBY. Would all the information be stored at Kew? |
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Guinevere | Report | 17 Jan 2005 13:15 |
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Hi, It's unlikely that you'll find anything at Kew. Surnames were only standardised in the 20th century. I have Seelee, Seeley, Sealey, Ceiley all the same family - just different spellings. Gwynne |
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Karen | Report | 17 Jan 2005 13:43 |
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Hi, my grandfather was Maurice Petry otherwise Lemaire otherwise Cowler!! Nightmare!! Petry was his fathers surname Lemaire was his grandmothers maiden name and Cowler was his mothers surname. Not easy is it???? Kx |
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Heather | Report | 17 Jan 2005 13:45 |
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No, you dont need to do anything legal to change your name, just tell everyone you have. Only rich people would have put it in the London Gazette and had a lawyer handle it in court. Probably you family just gave their name to someone who wrote it down that way and they kept it like that when they could all read and write. Alternatively, could it be a foreign name and they wanted to anglicise it to help get a job they wanted or something? |
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