Hi Janice It is the information as supplied by the informant, Peter in this case Its only in later years that any checking was done to verify the details were correct For some reason he thought her maiden name was FISK so thats what he gave or he knowingly gave false information, only you can decide if thats the case Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Well I getting of the subject I just got Doris Gertrude Barnes nee > Gillings > death certificate she died in 1978 & the informant is given as son Peter > Barnes where it asks for maiden name it has FISK which is strange as this > was her mum's maiden name (FISKE) she wasn't the first child & her birth > is > registered under GILLINGS so anyone got any ideas why the name is given as > Fisk. > > I have checked with the GRO & they have e-mailed me back to say that they > check with Blyth & it was what was given, well I did wonder if the GRO > made > a mistake but no mistake been made or at least no official made a mistake > just Peter who I believe was adopted am still waiting to hear more on him > & > I been told there was 3 adopted children so have to wait for that info. > > Regards Janice

Hi Nivard As I understand it Peter is an adopted son, & her mother was Fisk(e) so my guess that Peter just made a mistake I don't know may be & I have at this point no reason to think it but may be his mother was a Fisk & a relation to Doris so that how he came to put that down, also back then I wonder how many people knew their mother's maiden name even with this being 1978 Regards Janice -----Original Message----- From: suffolk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:suffolk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nivard Ovington Sent: 12 July 2010 09:42 To: suffolk@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SFK-UK] What was on the Death Certificate Hi Janice It is the information as supplied by the informant, Peter in this case Its only in later years that any checking was done to verify the details were correct For some reason he thought her maiden name was FISK so thats what he gave or he knowingly gave false information, only you can decide if thats the case Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)