surname Dlddyhm, originate from.

[aghadowey]

Fascinating thread and each new clue brings more mysteries!

There's a Wales in Erie Co., New York (just east of Buffalo) and only about 170 miles from London, Ontario.

[jorose]

I wonder if "Cecil" was pulling something - can't find anything about him at all even just using first name searches.  Think his middle name might be listed as "Glynes" in the article, but either way... 

The surname simply doesn't seem to exist.

[aghadowey]

I thought Cecil's middle name might be Glynne but that was when I was thinking that 'Wales' was the country 

[gracie23]

Roe,
I really think this is a Welsh name, whether spelled correctly or not.
May I suggest you post it on the Wales board and see if anyone there can come up with anything you could work with.
If you look at Welsh names, there is a lot with the double d's and strings of letters with one or no vowels! I was reading on a Welsh site last night and it said that some double d's are really a "th" sound" Very interesting language!

Deborah

[Roecoyle]

Many thanks to everyone for your input, all very much appreciated.
I have today sent to GRO London for a copy of the birth for a Kathleen
McKay born 1899 (as suggested by shaunJ), i think this is a good
possibility this is Lisa's daughter. Although in the 1901 census it states
she was born in Scotland, i think this may have been a white lie for
whatever reason. I could not find a birth in GRO Scotland that would
fit, so here's hoping its the London one, If i can confirm this is Lisa's
daughter then i would presume that either Lisa was using this surname
although not married to the gent or she was married a few years before
the marriage notice in the Boston Sun, so why the notice in 1903??.
That's if the surname really existed, i am beginning to wonder.
In the meantime i will try and find a marriage in the other Londons of the world.
I will keep you posted.  Roe.

[PrueM]

After following this story in the other threads about the "funny" surname, I'm so glad that you've been able to come this far, Roe!

I had a look in the GRO indexes for the JAS quarter of 1903 for surnames DILDDGIM, DIDDHYM and variants, as well as for Lisa/Elissa/Lissa MCKAY/MACKAY but no sign of either 

There's no sign of them in the digitised LMA marriage records, either.  If the "St Andrew's" mentioned was in a Westminster parish, it is probably not digitised, and will still be at the Westminster Archives.

I agree with Deborah that it would be an idea to post on the Wales board, for help with the surname, as they may be able to suggest what it is/should be.

Cheers
Prue

[Roecoyle]

Thanks prueM and Deborah, Yes i will try the Welsh board and i will have a look
into the St Andrews Church records and see what i can dig up.
 Many thanks. Roe.

[Morganllan]

The only Welsh name I can think of is Dyddgen, which is a Welsh Chapel, a street in Crwbin near Kidwelly, and there's a Welsh Director of a famous UK soap with that as part of his name 

[Roecoyle]

Thanks morganallan, thats another one to add to my list.  Roe.