Could a Death Entry be mistranscibed ?

[Browniepants]

Hi all,

          I have been trawling through Death Entries on ancestry for days to find My Grandfathers Brother !!

He was Born James Mullany in 1911 Oldham ,
 Married a Lily Edwards in 1938 in Manchester (But Called Himself Patrick )
My Aunty says they always use to know him as Uncle Pat !! (My Mullanys all liked using different names )
He Died in his 40's According to Family (So 1951 - 1961 )
Lily His wife Remarried in Manchester in 1961.

The only Death i can find that Matches is a James Mullan Q4 1959 age 48 Manchester which is correct area, and age .

Could they have missed the Y of Mullany ??  On the records !!

If not the only other death i found is James P Mullaney ( Ours is not with the E ) Q1 1955 Age 43 Rotheram ,  I dont know what he would have been doing there when they lived in Manchester 

                         What do others think i would love to hear other opinions on this
Before i waste money on 2 Certs 

                                       Thanks Yvonne 

[stanmapstone]

For the registration of a death the information is supplied by an informant who would not necessarily know the correct spelling of the name. Also the death registrations were copied and sent to the GRO in the quarterly returns, and a mistake could be made in the copying. The GRO indexes were  made from these quarterly returns which involved the copying of the names from the returns into the indexes, another chance of a mistake. Some of the original handwritten indexes were also copied by typing them, another chance of a mistake.

Stan

[Browniepants]

Hi Stan ,
       Thanks for your answer. So these entries had several chances for the Letter Y to go Missing off the Surname Mullany,

Thats what i wanted to know if it was possible so you have answered that nicely.

                                     Many Thanks

                                                          Yvonne