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brummiejan

brummiejan Report 10 Jan 2013 23:03

The name on the electoral register is the name you go by as far as I know - and this would probably have been more flexible in the past than now too. Not a nickname obviously! Remember married women do not have to take their husband's name on marriage but would invariably have appeared on the register with his surname at this time.
My great-grandfather used his 2nd name and was recorded as this on electoral registers.
Your posting doesn't entirely make sense to me - do you wish to put a bit more about this so people can make suggestions?
Jan

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 10 Jan 2013 23:02

Diane, I don't think anyone could guarantee that. Anyone can call themselves anything they like as long as it's not for fraudulent purposes. If a woman lived with a man and was known by his surname then I wouldn't be surprised to find her as such on the ER. (But I bet someone will correct me if they know different!)

Would remarriage perhaps be an explanation? Or emigration?

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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 10 Jan 2013 23:01

You put down on the electoral roll the name you are known by. ie you may heve been registered as Joyce but are known as Mary . people can call themselves any name as long as its not to defraud.

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Gee

Gee Report 10 Jan 2013 22:59

Well, in 2013, my 'real' name, never appears!


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Diane

Diane Report 10 Jan 2013 22:51

Please could anyone confirm that the name that appears on an electoral role has to be the name that appears on a birth record and not a nick name or name you might go by.
The reason being I have found a relative from 1946 - 1962 on the electoral role but can find no death record for her.
Thanks Diane

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