I would suppose that at the time of birth she would have been known as Evelina Annie Chaffey Wilkins and over time the names got transposed to Evelina Annie Wilkins Chaffey or even Annie Evelina etc. With as many names as that I can see several versions appearing in different recods. ----Original Message Follows---- From: "graham jones" <grahamjones@madasafish.com> To: WESSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WSX] Extraordinary ? GRO birth certificate. marriage twixt birth and registration Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 18:53:02 +0100 My grandmother was born in March 1884. Her mother married in April 1884, and the birth was registered in May 1884 On the certificate The father column is blank The mother is listed as Rose WILKINS now married to Harry CHAFFEY The child's forenames are listed as Evelina Annie Chaffey. i.e. the third forename is the surname of the husband Is there anyone with knowledge of registration procedure at that time who could tell me. 1 Is there any legal reason why the father's column is blank since Harry seems to be the father. 2 Does the blank column mean he did not accept paternity 3 What is the child's technical surname, is it Chaffey or Wilkins. (if the former, we have Evelina Annie Chaffey CHAFFEY) Some points that may be relevant a The mother was barely 16 at the birth b The birth was registered by the mother c at her marriage, my grandmother was recorded as being Evelina Annie Wilkins CHAFFEY If anyone can shed light I would be grateful --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.225 / Virus Database: 107 - Release Date: 22/12/00 ==== WESSEX-PLUS Mailing List ==== Do you know about the Free BMD Project and Free Census? Have a look at: http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ http://www.john.lerwill.btinternet.co.uk/census/censproc.htm _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.