« Reply #30 on: Wednesday 27 December 17 23:37 GMT (UK) »
What an interesting thread & some good work going on!
Iolaus, your theory sounds good!
I've just pulled out a 1901 birth (closest off the top of my head to dates on this query) to a married couple...
My g/mother was recorded with forename & middle name, no surname.
Her father's name & surname in a separate column then another column with mother's forename & marital surname then formerly maiden name.
Her mother registered the birth (not her father)!
Annie
South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland:- Bowie, Campbell, Cumming, Currie, MacDonald, MacInnes, MacIntyre, MacKinnon, Steele, Walker
Ireland:- Cullen, Flannigan (Derry), Donahoe/Donaghue (variants) (Cork), McCrate (Tipperary), Mellon, Tol(l)and (Donegal & Tyrone)
Newcastle-on-Tyne/Durham (Northumberland):- Harrison, Jude, Kemp, Lunn, Mellon, Robson, Stirling
Kettering, Northampton:- MacKinnon
Canada:- Callaghan, MacKinnon, MacPhee
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