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From: "Tim" <>
Subject: Puzzled
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 19:31:28 -0000


When one receives a certificate from a registrar of birth,marriage,and
deaths are the details always written exactly as shown on original?I know
that you might be thinking why is he asking such a dumb question but i am
somewhat puzzled by the following.

On the marriage cert of my 2gt grandmother in the part that says this
marriage was solemnized between us it gives James Matthews and Fanny Dunn.I
presume that the parties concerned had to fill this and if either had not
been able to sign there would have been an x the mark of blah blah

However the birth cert of my gt grandmother Fanny Matthews indicates that
the informant Fanny Matthews could not write
as it gives x the mark of Fanny Matthews.The address given for the
informant is the same address at which the birth took
place so i have always assumed that the informant was Fanny Matthews nee
Dunn especially as i am not aware of any of my female Matthews having the
first name Fanny.However if that is the case why could she write when she
was married in 1855
but could not write when my gt grandmother was born in 1863.
I have never been able to fathom it out .Would welcome some thoughts.

Thank you

Tim


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