Marriage 1886

[daisy59]

Hello would someone who married in 1886 have needed to show their birth certificate as it seems my great nan used another surname when she married other than the one on her birth certificate. She was born out of wedlock in a workhouse no father mentioned on the certificate she was named under her mothers maiden name. She was baptised under that name also and kept that surname till the 1881 census. When she married in 1886 her surname had changed and it states her fathers name and in brackets dead . We have checked and double checked and it does seem to be the right person we are looking at.

[avm228]

No birth certificate would have been required or expected to be produced at the time of the marriage. It is very common to find name changes or other apparent anomalies, especially in cases of illegitimacy.

[AntonyMMM]

A person marries under the name they are known by or use at the the time they marry - there is no requirement (even now) for that to be the name on their birth certificate.