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Member Since: June 2004 Posts: 3,470 Send Message	Phoenix	Report	19 Aug 2004 18:42
Member Since: June 2004 Posts: 3,470 Send Message	Aliases often imply illegitimacy, though not always so. They can also be used over very long periods of time: not just a single generation. Brenda
Member Since: December 2002 Posts: 0 Send Message	Rebecca	Report	19 Aug 2004 18:07
Member Since: December 2002 Posts: 0 Send Message	Thanks for replying Judith, my thought was Wallington was his fathers name, and May his mothers, and he was born prior to them marrying - a little odd
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 1,461 Send Message	Judith	Report	19 Aug 2004 08:27
	I would take this to mean that Geoffrey Wallington was his 'official' name but that he was also known as Geoffrey May. One example that comes to mind was someone who was registered in his mother's surname but was known by his stepfather's surname. Judith
Member Since: December 2002 Posts: 0 Send Message	Rebecca	Report	19 Aug 2004 07:41
Member Since: December 2002 Posts: 0 Send Message	On my mothers Birth Certificate under the fathers details it states "Geoffrey WALLINGTON otherwise MAY" Can any one help me with the meaning of the above. I have one or two suspicions but need them confirming. He never married my Grandmother and when she did her husband officially adopted my mother. Thanks Rebecca