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This death ties in with the birth and the 1939 marriage:

England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Kathleen E Cheeseman
Birth Date: abt 1915
Date of Registration: Mar 1946
Age at Death: 31
Registration District: Croydon
Inferred County: Surrey
Volume: 2a
Page: 1033

Given that Kathleen gave Kent as home address this is possible:

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915

Name: Kathleen E Nye
Mother's Maiden Name: Maynard
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1914
Registration District: Sevenoaks
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 2a
Page: 1659

(Well spotted Kay)

As the 1937 birth is registered in both surnames COLE and MYE//NYE it seems the parent wasnt married at the time but may have intended to.?


a marriage in 1939,

Kathleen E,,,,,, NYE------Croydon.?

I was wondering if when the father registered the birth he gave the mother's surname as Cole to conceal illegitimacy.

It's possible, if the parents weren't on good terms after the birth, that the mother didn't know the birth had been registered and then did so herself in her own name.

Jacqueline, what is in the father's details on the certificate that Kathleen Evelyn registered?

This is the index on FreeBMD:

Births Mar 1937
Cole Tony Mye Croydon 2a 895
Cole Tony Cole Croydon 2a 879

Mother's maiden name given as Cole.

Is that a transcription error, or did Charles make a mistake when he registered Tony?

I'm wondering if her name had been mis-spelled.

Not seeing a Kathleen Eveleyn Mye but there are quite a few births of a suitable age for girls named Kathleen E May.

Hello Marie
yes the birth date and birthplace are the same
,on the certificate registered by Charles stephen Cole it has the same mother name on both
and he was placed in Foster care of a lady called mrs wren in croydon from a young age

Hello Jacqueline, welcome to the boards.

I presume the birth date and birthplace are the same on both certificates?

On the cert registered by Charles Stephen Cole, does it give any details for the mother?

Did your father stay with either of his biological parents?

My father was born on the 28 january 1937 at 76. Eridge road .u.d croydon ,his birth was registered Twice one by his father Charles Stephen Cole on the 18th Februray 1937 and this state that my father name would be Tony Cole ,his father was a Opticians Attendants who lived at 43 ,Mardell road ,Croydon
And the second time he was registered was by his Mother Kathleen Everlyn Mye who work as a domestic servant at the address above , it state on his birth certificate that he was called Tony Mye and this was registered on the 10th March 1937 her home address was Ivy Cottage ,New town ,Hever Kent . when i put her name on ancestery she dosent exist . can anybody help ?