Hi Mike Thanks for the info, I've a feeling the family changed its surname a 2nd time as Greenblatt has now crept into the tree. Remember John Stoneham - didn't he try and fake his death on a Australian beach? Rita ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 7:02 PM Subject: Re: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] Change of surname - legal requirements > Hi Rita, > > You can do it officially by Deed Poll and you might find this route > preferable in this age of over administration. However most people in the > past > changed their name voluntarily. My grandfather was born out of wedlock and > took his > mothers maiden name WRESSELL ie Albert Edwin the son of Diana Ann > WRESSELL; > father unknown. Later his mother Diana married Henry Hill and by the time > he > was 10 years old my grandfather was referred to as Albert Edwin HILL. > This > change is recorded in the four Sunday School prizes (1 WRessell 3 Hill) > which > have survived and are now in my possession. > > He did not have a passport, National Identity Card, NHI Number or Service > number so when he told a future employer or official that he was Albert > Edwin > Hill they accepted it as the truth. Likewise the parson when he married > (1901) > and the Registrar when informed of his death in 1916. My maternal > Grandfather found himself in a similar position. He walked out on his wife > and seven > children in 1928 as Harry Moorley and was never seen again. I guess one of > the > first things he changed was his name. > > Identity theft is very easy - read about the late John Stoneham, > Postmaster > General and Cabinet Minister. > > Happy New Name sorry New Year. > > Mike Hill aka Pusser Hill > Waterlooville > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message > >