General Chat

David

I'm sorry but I got your message and spent time answering to it but for some reason my reply disappeared and so did your message. I'm really fed up with all the errors and strange goings on on this site.

If you could send your message again I'll try to reply.

Kath. x

Patricias birth entry from that time 1944 will not show that any alterations to her birth entry to indicate that that persons identity changed.

Have replied again David. Hopefully this will get to you this time and not disappear into cyberspace.

Kath. x

A birth registration can be under 2 surnames when the parents are not married but the father acknowledges the child.and is present at the registration
My mother born in 1919 is under her mothers maiden name and her fathers surname . Both have the same reg number. They married 14 months later

Just to show you what I mean
My mothers birth reg

Margaret E Wright. Mother Darby 1919 Middlesbrough 9d 1095
Margaret E Stubley mother Darby 1919 Middlesbrough 9d 1095

The reason the second name is Stubley not Darby is because gran was a widow and Stubley was her previous husbands surname
Mums birth certificate says mothers name Stubley formerly Darby

Hope this explains

I don't think my dad was registered until he was adopted at 16!! :-S
(I've changed his name on the info below)!!

Sept 1926 - handwritten at the bottom of the page:
Smith Fred Smith Plymouth 5b 454 (see J40)

June 1942 (when he was adopted)
Smith Fred Smith Plymouth 5b 454

June 1942
Brown Fred Smith Plymouth 5b 454a

Dad wasn't born in Plymouth - he was born in Cornwall - granny was living at St Anthony-in- Meneage at the time.
At the time of the adoption my gran was living in Cornwall, her husband (of convenience?) was living in Plymouth (though she was with him until he died in 1952).
Dad wanted to join the Royal Navy, and, at the time, a father's name on the birth certificate was needed (and, as he doesn't appear to have been registered at birth, a birth cert would have been handy!)

Interestingly, my dad's sister, younger by 2 years, WAS registered at birth, but wasn't adopted....