Genealogy Chat

Sylvia - the b.rego was not USUALLY amended in the case of the addition of a name at baptism, but it could be. If one brought in a baptismal cert showing a different name, then that would be entered into col 10 of a b.rego. One could also make a declaration. (There was a time limit, but I forget what it was). The law said one had to register a birth within 6 w, not that one needed to name the child within 6 w. This was one mechanism to avoid having a family full of "unnamed male"s and "unnamed female"s for those who believed one shouldn't put off until tomorrow anything you could put off until the day after tomorrow.

and don't forget that she may not have been registered as Doris Marie


..... it is not uncommon to find a child registered under one name, and then given an additional name at baptism.

The birth registration was not amended in such cases





sylvia

This is the only Doris Marie I can find and it's not Wales

Doris Marie Cooper
Year of Registration: 1908
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Dartford
County: Kent
Volume: 2a
Page: 566

Have you looked for her in the 1911 census?

If you have her father's name from her marriage cert you should be able to spot her in there - that would give you her place of birth and help a bit.

If she was the eldest in the family she may well have been registered under her mother's name ...

Jill

Unable to find Doris in birth register know she was born 1905, came from Wales married John H. S Stewart in 1933 at Holborn.