The GRO Index shows the marriage of William A Cockburn to Elsie H Drummond in DQ 1942 at Liverpool South, ref: 8b 210. On both Ancestry and FreeBMD the alternative surname of Sherlock is given for Elsie. Elsie was born at West Derby in 1910, the daughter of John Drummond and Elsie Hay. I cannot find any previous marriage of daughter Elsie to a Mr Sherlock. I also cannot see any reason why she should have been adopted. Elsie's father died in 1926 and he named his wife as executor leaving her reasonably well provided for. I also cannot find any record of a remarriage of Elsie's mother to a Mr Sherlock. All I can think of is that the parents may have abandoned Elsie for adoption as a child. Does anyone have any ideas? David
I would normally expect that to indicate a previous marriage - but I think it is one where you need to get a copy of the certificate to see if that explains it. Antony -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Railton Sent: 22 August 2012 15:19 To: [email protected] Subject: [ENG-LIV] DRUMMOND or SHERLOCK - marriage name confusion The GRO Index shows the marriage of William A Cockburn to Elsie H Drummond in DQ 1942 at Liverpool South, ref: 8b 210. On both Ancestry and FreeBMD the alternative surname of Sherlock is given for Elsie. Elsie was born at West Derby in 1910, the daughter of John Drummond and Elsie Hay. I cannot find any previous marriage of daughter Elsie to a Mr Sherlock. I also cannot see any reason why she should have been adopted. Elsie's father died in 1926 and he named his wife as executor leaving her reasonably well provided for. I also cannot find any record of a remarriage of Elsie's mother to a Mr Sherlock. All I can think of is that the parents may have abandoned Elsie for adoption as a child. Does anyone have any ideas? David ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Admin Message - List guidelines: http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm The list admin can be contacted at [email protected] ------------------------------- 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