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I have an Alias
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Steve,G | Report | 18 Jun 2007 20:43 |
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Hi all, wondering if any one had any thoughts on this one. Last week i went to Somerset records office to view some Baptisms etc I found 2 different entries that are of possible use to me but! Both of the children born 3 years apart are listed as James Green ALIAS Martin, and Ann Martin ALIAS Green. Also the parents are listed as Jeremiah and Ann Green ALIAS Martin on one. And Jeremiah and Ann Martin ALIAS Green on the other!!! (Date's around 1795) Any thoughts anyone??? |
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Redharissa | Report | 18 Jun 2007 22:45 |
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Hi Steve, This alias situation happens when a child is illegitimate and initially known by the mother's maiden name. Later, when the mother marries, the child may also be known by the step-father's name - hence the alias. Strange thing is, you may even find a male child's male descendants continuing to use the original X alias Y as a complete surname a couple of generations after the original event! In my tree, I have come across this frequently in my Wiltshire based families but not at all in any of my other branches, many of which I have researched in similar depth. It makes me wonder whether it could have been a practice favoured more in that area. Who knows! Hope this helps, Tracey |
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Redharissa | Report | 18 Jun 2007 22:47 |
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Forgot to add, Steve, that one of my alias families was precisely the same period as yours. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 18 Jun 2007 22:54 |
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I also have a few of these - from Suffolk. Buckingham alias Beecroft - Unmarried mother, father Buckingham. I also have a Baggott alias Read, who used the name Baggott for his children. His mum was a Baggott, his father a Read, so it seems to work both ways!!! maggie |
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An Olde Crone | Report | 18 Jun 2007 23:05 |
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There was a nasty little practice, carried out by a few hard-line Vicars. Joe Bloggs is baptised in a nonconformist church. His parents did not marry in the local C of E church. So the Vicar, when Joe Bloggs gets married, remembers all this, and calls him Joe Bloggs alias Smith (his mother's maiden name) thus expressing his opinion that a child who was baptised a nonconformist, was not a legitimate child. It was to try to frighten the flock into remaining C of E, in areas where non conformity was gaining a hold. Very common in some areas of Lancashire and Cornwall in the late 1700s, early 1800s. By the mid 1800s, the C of E had lost the fight anyway. OC |
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