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Gaby

Gaby Report 28 Jun 2003 21:02

Can anyone suggest how I go about finding how my grandfather was registered at birth as Foster, but when married was called Bowyer? His mother did not re-marry. I'm at brick wall as to how there was this name change. He is also shown on my father's marriage cert as Bowyer.

Kim from Sandhurst

Kim from Sandhurst Report 28 Jun 2003 23:22

Gaby, I had the same problem, it turned out, after getting my great uncles birth certificate, that he had no father so was registered under my gtNana's maiden name, but she married 2 years after he was born, so on his marriage cert he has written her husband, why did they do this as I've come to a dead end, but hopefully someone can point us in the right direction. Kim Sandhurst