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Peter | Report | 26 Jan 2009 10:45 |
Could someone clarify this for me - I'm new to this! I have found a late Aunt's marriage entry in the BMDs. In it her maiden/birth surname is quoted. I then traced her death cert and found that the info was submitted by her daughter. When I then found my Aunt's husband's death cert the daughter then described herself as a step daughter. Would I be correct in searching for my cousin using my Aunt's birth surname? There's not a chance that she was married previously and then reverted to her birth surname upon a second marriage? Sorry if this is boring the experts! |
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Heather | Report | 26 Jan 2009 10:48 |
Well ................If she was registered under the aunts birth surname it would mean she was illegitimate - if auntie married before then she would be registered under aunts first married name. BUT auntie should have used that name when she married for a second time. |
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Janet 693215 | Report | 26 Jan 2009 11:29 |
There is a chance she was married before. I know on my Nan's 2nd marriage she appears in the indexes in both her maiden name and her previous married name. her death certificate only states her last married name. |
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Peter | Report | 26 Jan 2009 13:46 |
Thank you for your replies. I will send off for her marriage certificate! Excepting that she might have actually married earlier, abroad, I can't find any other entries for her between her 16th birthday and her recorded marriage in 1947. I must presume her daughter was born out of wedlock. So far I have found 4 entries with the correct surname/initials between 1920 and 1945..... |