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Can anyone help me work this one out?!
One of my relatives a George Frederick Goldfinch was known as the black sheep of the family, and have been searching for damn ages for anything on him. No idea what he did until perhaps now! Born 1917 in Islington i may have found a marriage for him in 1948. He seemed to marry a women with three different surnames or three separate women at once! On the registers he is listed as marrying Emily Goldfinch or Clissold or Cullen. This/these Emily's are separately listed too; now what do i make of this? Has anyone come across this interesting occurence before because i certainly haven't. Obviously i have sent off for the certificate and can't wait to find out if it is him, fingers crossed.
Sam
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Hi Sam
Never come across this before personally, but might it be that one of those surnames is her maiden name and the other two from previous marriages??
Cheers
Karenlee
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Yeppers, I've seen a fair bit of this " Or ... " business before. It made me wonder. Now I'm about happy that it's much as Karenlee says; Multiple formers.
Interestingly enough; I married a slapper, second time around. This one was the female answer to Henry the VIII. Thus, if ye look me up on the Marriage Records, it looks like I went on a marrying spree at a certain point. Weird, really. Lists me as having got hitched to this litany of Sally's. Sally this. Sally that. Sally the other.
God knows why, but they list me as marrying her under each of her former surnames. Laughable thing is; Keep scrolling down and there she is: New surname! Barely out my door than in some other poor sods!
Check again tomorrow; She'll likely have another. Think what it'll do to His listings. See? Men seem to get tabbed with each of their 'new' wives former names. Weird.
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I have someone who was listed at marriage as surname X or Y. One surname was the surname she was regstered with at birth and the other was her stepfather's surname that she used for everyday purposes. I think it is done to show aliases. The certificate should show which surname was the correct one.