Help with names on birth certificate please

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Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 72 Send Message	Neil	Report	9 Jan 2005 18:00
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 72 Send Message	Hi I have just recieved a copy of my grandmothers birth certificate, Her mother registered her & it gives her married name then it says "late" and another surname then "formally" and another surname? So am I right in presuming she was married before in the "late" name & that her maiden name was the " formally" one? Regards Neil
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 15,575 Send Message	Guinevere	Report	9 Jan 2005 18:02
	Hi Neil, Yes, that's how I would read it. Gwynne
	Researching: Lowestoft and North Suffolk, Monmouthshire, Breconshire, Somerset
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,261 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	9 Jan 2005 18:04
	I have a similar one. You are right. The late name is her first married name, and the formally is her maiden name. I phoned the GRO just to be absolutely sure. Kath. x
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 72 Send Message	Neil	Report	9 Jan 2005 18:08
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 72 Send Message	Hi Thank you Gwynne & Kath much appreciated Regards Neil