UK marriage register index 1955 - TWO entries for one partner in a marriage ?

[kob3203]

We've discovered a 1955 Q3 marriage between our Ellen Corbett and a Baranowski
A scan of the page with the her entry is available on FreeBMD here https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?scan=1&r=211851932:5828&d=bmd_1612775592 and there's nothing unusual there.
A scan of the page with both corresponding Baranowski entries is also available on FreeBMD here https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=211818974:5926&d=bmd_1612775592&scan=1

Did you spot it ?

There's a Walter Baranaowski and a Wladyslaw Baranowski marrying a Corbett on p51 of the index, but on p294 of the index there's only one Corbett marrying a Baranowski.

Can anybody explain this ?

[rosie99]

I would imagine that Walter is an alternative name for Wladyslaw.  Just the one marriage (same reference)

Marriages Sep qtr 1955
BARANOWSKI    Walter    CORBETT    Willesden    5f   708    
BARANOWSKI    Wladyslaw    CORBETT    Willesden    5f   708   
CORBETT    Ellen    BARANOWSKI    Willesden    5f   708

[kob3203]

Agreed - that's the most logical conclusion.

[KGarrad]

You will find an index entry for each name mentioned on the Marriage Certificate.
This includes the "formerly", "also known as" and "previously" names

[rosie99]

If you purchase the certificate you will no doubt find that both names are mentioned on it.

[BumbleB]

My guess (and that is what it is) is that the name of the groom is entered as "Walter" but that he signs the document as "Wladyslaw".    Or could, of course, be vice versa. 

[stoney]

You will find an index entry for each name mentioned on the Marriage Certificate.
This includes the "formerly", "also known as" and "previously" names

Yes! When I used to transcribe certificates from the written registers onto a searchable database for the Register Office I had to include every possible permutation! Double barrelled and hyphenated names, plus 'aka' etc. had to be listed separately, so in some cases you would have many entries listed (especially if you had two double-barrelled/hyphenated names on a marriage certificate!) but they would all be linked to the same actual certificate. I think the worst I ever had to do had two individuals with double barrelled names marrying each other, both having also been in previous marriages with names they were known by - that took a bit of head-scratching to make sure every conceivable permutation was accounted for, just in case someone searching for the certificate only knew the individual by one particular moniker!

Stoney

[kob3203]

Thanks everybody, that all seems to make sense now.

Coincidentally I just read on the latest Lost Cousins newsletter, under Family history on a budget, that the GRO's own free online births and deaths indexes were compiled from the registers in the early 2000s (it sounds like stoney was part of that), whereas most other free online indexes were compiled from the original quarterly indexes.