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From: "s-athomas" <>
Subject: Re: Puzzled
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 23:28:04 -0000
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Also I suspect sometimes officials were rather brusque -- it is quite
possible that the registrar said: "What's your name? " and filled it in then
thrust the book across the table and said: "Put your mark there." I doubt
if many women would stop him, and demand to be allowed to sign their own
name...

People were probably more indulgent at the time of a marriage.

Sally-Anne
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"Tim" <> wrote in message
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> 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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