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One hell of a brick wall to climb. Help Needed Pl

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Lrain

Lrain Report 31 Dec 2004 00:07

He was born 1898 as Daykin appear on his marriage certificate 1922 as Loftus.

Jayne

Jayne Report 30 Dec 2004 23:55

Hi Not sure what date you are looking at but in 1926 the Legitimacy act allowed illegitimate children to be re-registered on the subsequent marriage of the parents. Jayne

Unknown

Unknown Report 30 Dec 2004 23:32

Lorraine Maybe his mum and dad married after his birth, and he then acquired his father's surname. Or perhaps he didn't want people to know he was illegitimate. People can change their name by deed poll but they don't have to. There's more information here: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/familyhistory/name/ nell

Unknown

Unknown Report 30 Dec 2004 23:29

You can call yourself by any surname you want. No legal process was required so he could use whichever surname he wanted. He may have made the name change official - the National Archives should have a record if he did - but it wouldn't have been legally necessary Lou

Lrain

Lrain Report 30 Dec 2004 23:23

My great grandfather was registered at birth as Joseph Daykin (mothers maiden name) but on his Marriage certificate his name was Joseph Loftus which was his fathers surname. The question is = What path would he have to follow in order to change his name from Daykin to Loftus. Would it be by adoption? or by another source, and how would I go about looking for this information. Thanks in advance Lorraine.