My grandmother was named Kathryne Lota; I was named after her. When I got her birth certificate I see it was actually spelled Catherine (the "normal" way), no middle name. It seems Lota was her favorite teacher and Kathryn was a great aunt. Funny. I was so surprised, but I was new to genealogy then. I have found several examples since of people using different names, and bald faced lies to impress future brides. I know of some of these because they are in my lifetime - my father gave a different name for his father and said he was deceased on his marriage cert, my maternal grandfather gave a different country of birth on his marriage cert. My mother lied about her age. And then there are the mistakes....A constant reminder to have several sources for everything. Kathryne In a message dated 2/22/2017 11:13:08 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, chris@inmanln1.plus.com writes: I'd always understood that I was born at the Bromhead Hospital in Lincoln. However, a couple of years ago I went to visit an aunt who informed me that I was in such a hurry to make an appearance that I was delivered in the ambulance next to "The Rest" by Lincoln Cathedral. When we finally reached the hospital they took my dad in first, instead of mum and me, as he had fainted in the ambulance. -----Original Message----- From: Digoldsby [mailto:digoldsby@ntlworld.com] Sent: 21 February 2017 07:42 To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LIN] Birth Yes the same for our family. We always celebrated 16th September for our mother and she actually died on it too! BUT the certificate said 17th as we then discovered. I did have pups born on either side of midnight!! So I get confused that way also. Anne Easterbrook -----Original Message----- From: lr_mills@mauimail.com Sent: Monday, February 20, 2017 8:58 PM To: eng-lincsgen Subject: Re: [LIN] Birth Hi, Mike, My step-dad always thought his birthday was Dec. 10th. I looked up his birth record and ordered a copy of the entry. The doctor was called out late on the 10th, but my step-dad wasn't born until early in the morning of Dec. 11th. (around 2:30am). I suspect that the family always thought he was born on the night of the 10th. It is a relatively trivial thing, since he always told EVERYONE the same story, but if any authority had checked, they might be suspicious of his inaccuracy. And my wife had an uncle who didn't know what state he was born in. He had to ask me because I had the records. So, Mike, are you sure of when and where YOU were born? Lou (list admin.) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message