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The mark of...
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Michelle | Report | 18 Oct 2003 21:13 |
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I have just got a copy of my great grandparents marriage certificate and where the bride signs her name is "X the mark of Margaret Stobart" does this mean she couldn't even write her own name Michelle |
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Annie | Report | 18 Oct 2003 21:18 |
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Yes it does! I have a number of certs where my family have just made their 'mark'. Very many of them could not read nor write back in the early 1800s. It explains the variety in spelling of surnames, because they had no idea what the Clerk was actually writing. I like the copies of certificates where you can actually see the mark, they are all different. Best wishes Ann |
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Cleo | Report | 18 Oct 2003 21:18 |
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Yes - on my Grandmothers birth certificate her name is marked with a cross also and the registrar has written the mark of .... |
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Margaret | Report | 18 Oct 2003 21:19 |
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On my grt grt grandad's birth cert his mum signed her mark X. To be honest I am assuming that she couldnt write either, mind you this was back in 1869, and most children where working rather than going to school. Eating and paying the rent was more important in those days Maggie |
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