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« on: Thursday 15 March 12 13:34 GMT (UK) »
Well I have good news and bad news, in 1928 when Alfred Matthew etc joined the prison service he signed a declaration stating he was Matthew William Hedges, son of Matthew and Ellen Amelia Hedges formerly Chatterton but he actually signed the declaration A. May which when he was at Dartmoor Prison it gives his name as Alfred May without the other names, I know this as I have visited the prison museum and seen his name in their ledger for staff members, so none of this actually explains how it got from Matthew William, to Alfred Matthew etc, I am hoping my Aunt's birth cert will reveal any more info as she was born abroad, and I am still trying to track down my cousins on the IOW without much luck so far