Genealogy Chat

When a birth is registered and the father is not present, he can be named on the certificate as the father but the child cannot be registered in his name. If the parents marry at a later date he can then take on his fathers name. Column 10 on a birth cert ("name entered after registration") is for this purpose. Hope that helps to explain the reasoning. I had the reverse problem to you - my grandfather was registered as Roland Pritchard, but was known all his life as roland Marlow - his mothers maiden name - and I haven't the faintest idea why!! All my life I thought I was a Marlow but obviously I'm not!! Good luck with the rest of your search Chris

My grt grandfather was registered at birth Thomas Edwards Warrender, I tried in vain to find a marriage for his mother Mary to some one called Hill, the name he used later in life. I was told recently that Hill was just a name he picked he used Edward as his middle name dropping the "s" and used his new name on all official documents even though he never changed it officially.People ,it seems, could change their identity at lot more easily in th 1800's

Can anyone help me solve a mystery. Family documents show my gt grandfather to be Edwin Murray b 1873 in Edinburgh.Therefore I set about finding his birth cert. After much searching I found Edwin Murray Williams illegitimate born in Edinburgh in 1873 to Edwin Williams( a commission agent) & Isabel Mcpherson. Fast forward to 1881 my gt grandfather is living in London with his parents Edwin and Isabel Murray (same occupation for Edwin & Isabel born in Scotland) and his siblings ( who I can verify from family photos etc.) I even think I have found Edwin Murray seniors birth on LDS. I would like to know if anyone has come across this type of thing before or have any idea why my gt grandfather was registered at birth with a different surname?