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[panda40]

The information on the marriage certificate stating he was a corpral in the 2nd Wesr Riding regiment has yet to be proved. Has anyone access to these records or can find anything on line. We know that people did put little white lies on their marriage certificates and to date we have only found evidence of him serving in a different regiment under a different name
Another possible spanner in the works
panda

[groom]

That is the same information as the Alfred May in the 1911 census in Halifax.

[MargP]

Another spanner in the works

Marriage Index

Matthew Hedges to Ellen Amelia Chatterson

Oct Qtr 1888
Reg Poplar
London
1c
1192

[MargP]

Another spanner in the works

Marriage Index

Matthew Hedges to Ellen Amelia Chatterson

Oct Qtr 1888
Reg Poplar
London
1c
1192

The Parish record as been transcribe incorrectly and is 1888 on the original

[groom]

There is a mistake in the transcription, I've looked at the Parish records and it should be 1888. So they married before his birth.

Name:   Matthew Hedges  Age:   21
Spouse Name:   Ellen Amelia Chatterton   Age:   21
Event Date:   25 Dec 1889
Parish:   Poplar St Stephen

Father Name:   William Thomas Hedges
Spouse Father Name:   John Chatterton

I can see what has happened, the next year is on the same page and whoever transcribed it took the whole page as 1889

Snap Margp 

[MargP]

On findmy past there is an entry for Alfred May it is for a civil service Evidence of age
details given date of birth 25 June 1889
Bromley, Poplar
Middlesex
Type of record Birth
also known as Hedges M W
ref Z 86669 194


Regards panda

Hi Topas you can order this on the following link
http://www.findmypast.co.uk/csEvidenceOfAgeSearchResult.action?earfnbr=39552

[MargP]

Well, I been racking my brain, as to why anyone would what 2 Death Certificates for the same person, in 2 different names, and the only thing that I can come up with is that, he may have had Insurance Policies/Bank Accounts in 2 differnt names and this was the only way to obtain the money that he had left??

Margp

[MargP]

I have found Matthew W Hedges b 1889 in a tree on Ancestry, there is also a Alfred Sidney May b 1875 Elstead Surrey in the the same tree, but I have not found how they could be related yet, or am I just clutching at straws.

Margp

[groom]

Jsut to clarify it the GRO has his death in both names, but with the same number, so there is no doubt it is the same man.

Alfred May
Age 76
Dec quarter 1967
I.O.W. Hampshire
6B 997

Matthew W Hedges
Age 76
Dec quarter 1967
I.O.W. Hampshire
6B 997