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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => London and Middlesex => Topic started by: MJF on Saturday 30 March 24 09:28 GMT (UK)
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Hi, does anyone know what the date and letters refer to on the left hand side, written in blue on the attached pic. It is from the 1939 register entry for Ellen Ivy Jerome. Jerome has been crossed out and Borthwick added, this being her married name. However, I cannot find a record of their marriage? Husband was John Borthwick. Thanks.
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The code NR230 indicates a change of name other than by marriage, see para 2.2 here
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/changes-of-name/#:~:text=The%201939%20Register%20was%20updated,a%20reason%20other%20than%20marriage.
As an example, my mother in law left her husband in the 1960’s and went to live with another man, taking his surname. The register was updated, using code NR230, with her adopted surname when the change came to light for some reason.
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Thanks JenB, Very useful info.
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JenB, Do you think the date relates to when the register was altered or, the date her name change was registered officially? I have just checked The Gazette but cannot find her? Thanks.
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Why would she change her name "officially"?
People in the UK were able to call themselves anything they liked; just as long as it wasn't for the purposes of deception or fraud.
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BKA is the area code for Hendon, Middlesex
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/articles/1939-register-enumeration-districts
I believe that the date is when the amendment was done by the NHS
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It's the fact that her name was changed on the 1939 Register? I presumed it must have been done by Deed poll or why bother to amend the Register. More questions than answers!
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If she used the NHS for any reason and was using another name then it would be changed.
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Rosie99, Thanks, that makes sense as she was pregnant.
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It's the fact that her name was changed on the 1939 Register? I presumed it must have been done by Deed poll or why bother to amend the Register. More questions than answers!
My mother in law never changed her name by deed poll. She simply took on the surname of the man she was living with. The alteration in the register was dated October 1964, shortly after they moved to a new location. As Rosie has said, the alteration was quite likely initiated when she registered with a new doctor.
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Thank you to all, you've been very helpful. :)
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There is an interesting article in The London Gazette, in September 1976, about someone who changed his name by Deed Poll.
I can't show his name, because he is still living, but possibly the son who has a tree on Ancestry.
Several other trees on Ancestry, none of whom has found a marriage for Ellen.
Ellen appears on a couple of Electoral Rolls in Barnet in the 1960s, living with her mother, but no husband.
John is shown as John Bell Borthwick on two of the trees, born in Berwickshire or Co Durham in 1911.
May not be the same person, but there was a John Lesie Borthwick, mmn Bell, born in Lanchester District, but in 1905. He is on the 1911 and 1921 censuses with his parents, David and Elizabeth Ann, who married in Lanchester District in 1901.
He died in 1985 in Durham North District, having married Elsie Ramsay in 1933 in Lanchester District.
David
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Thank you David, Yes this is the same person, (family). I have an Ancestry account so will look at the Lanchester lead, it sounds interesting. It is John Bell Borthwick who I am trying to trace. Could you possibly give me the link to the Gazette article, I can't find it and would like to read it. Many thanks, Mandy
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David, Sorry, I have now found the article. Thanks for your help. Mandy
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Hi, Does anyone know the meaning of what is written on this birth certificate? Reads, Adopted ? Superintendent Register? Thanks
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It means that person was adopted after the birth was registered. The birth was registered by the natural mother and when the child is adopted the original birth certificate has adopted added to it but no information is given on it about the adopted parents. This is the normal procedure
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Thanks Rosie, The person whose certificate this is was never adopted but since the Mother was single maybe the baby was earmarked for adoption?