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Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 867 Send Message	Alek	Report	7 Apr 2006 12:35
	got my grandparents wedding certificate through today(only 1 day late) my grandmother's details were correct but my grandfather had the name Albert Gordon instead of Arthur. Then I saw note on the side which said the name had been amended six weeks later to Arthur in front of witnesses. Any thoughts as to why it was n't corrected at the time of the wedding?
Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 4 011 Send Message	Kate	Report	7 Apr 2006 12:36
	Presumably they were too excited to notice! Kate.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 2 481 Send Message	Dizzy Lizzy 205090	Report	7 Apr 2006 12:37
	Maybe they ddn't notice in the excitement of the wedding? Liz
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 2 317 Send Message	Carrie	Report	7 Apr 2006 12:37
	Maybe they just didn't notice it, or think they could change it?
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2 077 Send Message	Paul Barton, Special Agent	Report	7 Apr 2006 12:39
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2 077 Send Message	Was there a lot of champagne at the wedding? ;-)
Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 867 Send Message	Alek	Report	7 Apr 2006 12:43
	they married in 1917 and I wondered if my grandfather (a soldier) had been out on a 'stag night' with perhaps the vicar in tow?