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I read that 'formerly' is used for the maiden name or birth name.  I have a marriage certificate where the wife was Elizabeth late Cook, formerly Bisdee and it turned out that Bisdee was her maiden name and prior to this she had married Charles Cook.  So the plot thickens!   Lesley

Thank you Anne.  I will pass these on to my friend Janice whose family I was helping to research. Interesting use of 'late' in the register - perhaps she was previously married? 
kind regards
Lesley

Yes, that makes a big difference!  Thank you very much. I hope you didn't have to spend too long on the photo but I rather fear you did!

Hi dobfarm.  Yes, Gt Aunt Nell was the daughter of Thomas Mackesy.  So as you say she should know if it was her father.  I'm not satisfied that he is Gt Grandfather Harris who would have been almost 50 at the time.  Question: Have I got the date of the photograph right?  Jayne Shrimpton says winged collars were becoming fashionable in the late 19th century and continued over to the early 20th century.  There again she also says that the three piece lounge suite became the popular Sunday best of the working man in the late 1860s & 1870s.  So, I'm back where I started wondering if this photo was older than the mount suggests?