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Name change by deed poll

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Carole Mac

Carole Mac Report 8 Aug 2008 03:12

Could anyone advise me of any websites etc where I can research possible name changes by deed poll in UK?
Thanks
Carole

Gigi

Gigi Report 8 Aug 2008 06:55

Hi Carole,

I found info in the London Gazette

www.gazettes-online.co.uk

Happy searching!

Gillian

Carole Mac

Carole Mac Report 8 Aug 2008 07:20

Thanks Gillian, I will give it a try.
Carole

Carole Mac

Carole Mac Report 9 Aug 2008 00:55

No luck with the gazettes.

Anyone else with an idea where to look for a name change? It would have been done near Aylesbury.
Thanks
Carole

MrsBucketBouquet

MrsBucketBouquet Report 9 Aug 2008 00:57

When...ish?

Carole Mac

Carole Mac Report 9 Aug 2008 01:29

About 1945.
Can't find a marriage, so thought maybe there was just a name change???
Thanks,
Carole

MrsBucketBouquet

MrsBucketBouquet Report 9 Aug 2008 01:44

Maybe they never married?...not unusual....

Have you checked the FULL Marriage index on Ancestry? or findmypast?

Carole Mac

Carole Mac Report 9 Aug 2008 01:46

That is what I am assuming, but the 'husband's name' was taken, I have it on legal documents, so the only other explanation I can think of is a name change by deed poll.
Thanks,
Carole

Carole Mac

Carole Mac Report 9 Aug 2008 01:49

I and others on GR have searched for the marriage before, with no luck. (Percival Aldridge to Florence Wright or Florence Hassall)
Thank you for replying,
Carole