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Deed Poll

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John

John Report 10 Jul 2010 18:01

Does anyone know if it's possible to find out why someone changed their name by deed poll.

John

John Report 10 Jul 2010 20:30

Thank you for your reply.What i'm trying to find out is, what the reason was why they changed their name. Just wondering if there is a way of finding out that reason.

John

Eddieisagrandad

Eddieisagrandad Report 10 Jul 2010 21:05

I changed my names by "statutory declaration" thirty years ago. The reason being I did n't want my relatives to ever find me. They have n't.
People have their reasons.

tinkers

tinkers Report 10 Jul 2010 21:18

hello
i changed my name by deed poll for personal reasons im not going to say

personly i dont think you can find out why that person changed their name

John

John Report 11 Jul 2010 07:31

Thank you for sharing that Eddie

John

John

John Report 11 Jul 2010 07:38

Hello Tinky

Thank you for that. I didn't think you could find out why a person changed their name, unless that person was prepared to tell you. This particular person is not around now, just thought there may of been a way of finding out.

John

John

John Report 11 Jul 2010 07:46

Thank you Susan. Have explored most Avenues, but have now hit a brick wall. Don't suppose I'll ever find out, but it is intriguing though.

John

tinkers

tinkers Report 11 Jul 2010 08:32

i can c where u r coming from

my maternal grandparents changed their names and it dosent make things easy to find anything out I cant ask as they are no longer about

i would love to no why they changed their names lol not that im being nosey or anything lol

SpanishEyes

SpanishEyes Report 11 Jul 2010 12:41

Interestingly my husband and I decidede to change the surname of our children because we were lead to believ that the one being used was not correct in that the family had variously made "slight alterations" and this was from their paternal grandfather.
Since I have been doing research I have learnt that that also was wrong info!!!!

There were 10 siblings including my father in law and they all changed the spellings it is a nghtmare!!

Bridget

Researching:
Wrenn, Ford, and many others!

TessAkaBridgetTheFidget

TessAkaBridgetTheFidget Report 11 Jul 2010 15:38


Like Eddie, I changed my name by Stat. Dec. I didn't have to state a reason.

there can be a huge varity of reasons.

eg.
Changing a mistake made in an earlier generation.
Wanting the same surname as parents
Trying to get away from family or other people
Wanting a new start
Disassociating yourself from someone with the same surname.

You may never know for certain.

Researching:
Woodhouse and Trilloe from Herefordshire; Lockyear and Date from Somerset, Thomas and Edwards from Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire, also Argyll, Tipperary, Limerick, Cork