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what is her name?
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Maureen | Report | 29 Aug 2005 14:57 |
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I have a wedding cert for a lady with her name shown as Marion Ellen Howe, bit of an usual name for someone born c1873. I have found what i think is her on 1891 census where she is down as Mary Ann Howe Is it possible to have the wrong name entered on wedding cert? ( I thought i had to show my birth cert when i got married). I would like to find her birth cert but no sure what to look for. maureen |
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Richard in Perth | Report | 29 Aug 2005 15:08 |
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You don't say what area, but here is a possibility from FreeBMD: Births Mar 1873 Howe Marian Ellen - Elham 2a 916 Yes it's possible for a name to be wrong on a certificate, but just as likely (probably more so) that it will be wrong on the census - Mary Ann sounds very similar to Marian, after all. |
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Heather | Report | 29 Aug 2005 15:09 |
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Yes, it is very possible, particularly if she couldnt read or write. Was it signed with a mark? Mary Ann and Marian would sound much the same to the clerk. If you have her marriage cert you should have her addy at time of marriage and her fathers name and occupation. From that you should be able to trace her. Give some details and some of us can have a look. |
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Maureen | Report | 29 Aug 2005 15:35 |
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Thanks Richard and Heather Heather, you are not the only one totally confused now!! I have a census with Mary Ann Howe with father named John, Profession, looks like Gun Maker living Small Heath Birmingham, . I have a wedding cert Marion Ellen Howe, father John a White Smith, living Small Heath Birmingham, married at Aston Birmingham. The actual names on the wedding cert and where the signatures would be are both written in the same writing there is no mention of a 'mark' on it. maureen |
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Maureen | Report | 29 Aug 2005 15:38 |
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meant to say - its the 1891 census i have been looking at. maureen |
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Unknown | Report | 29 Aug 2005 18:09 |
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It's also possible that the bride decided Marion sounded more sophisticated than Mary Ann - of which there are lots! Or perhaps the family she was marrying into had a Mary Ann and she wanted to be different. My gt grandfather's second wife was called Marian and she was born 1873. Mistranscribed as Marion on the census. My mum says her mother always referred to her as Mary-un with the emphasis on the first syllable. nell |
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Kim | Report | 29 Aug 2005 18:25 |
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Found this: Marian ) Gender: Girl Pronunciation: mar-ee-AHN Origin: French Notes: Blend of Mary (Latin) 'star of the sea' and Ann (Hebrew) 'grace'; variant of Mary; anglicized form of Marion. Common in the Middle Ages, and revived in the early Victorian era. Singer Marian Anderson; Robin Hood's love Maid Marian; track star Marion Jones. Variants: Mariam, Mariana, Mariane, Marion, Maryann, Maryanne |
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