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I've recently come across a family where the females were given their own maiden name as a middle name -- so (not the real names!) Jane Smith Jones, née Smith, was the mother of Jane Jones Jones, Ann Jones Jones, etc. Seems they were determined that the girls would keep their birth surname by hook or by crook!!

The cert says that Robert Rieve was in attendance when she died,all that means is that he was in the house to witness the death. He may have been visiting or called in off the street when hubby realised how close to death she was and needed a witness.

I think he's a bit more significant than that, as he's the Informant -- i.e. he is the one who turned up at the Registrar's office to register the death. I think he is at least likely to have been a family friend.

I'm no expert, but I see the name on the certificate as "Allis", perhaps a phonetic spelling of her name Alice.

Yes, I wondered myself if that might be a slightly unusual capital A -- I wish we could see more of this scribe's writing for comparison!

Cheers!

Mike

I think you are wrong on that one. The line says he is Croatian, with his last known permanent address in (wherever) Hungary. Sremska Mitrovica is close enough to Croatia that it doesn't seem impossible for someone born in Croatia to live there for a while -- especially someone who later turned up in America! Unless you have reason to believe that an ethnic Croatian would not have been able to live in Mitrovica at that time, in which case you need to provide your evidence.

Or it could be brother Thomas had a daughter called Margaret who married a Culcheth?

Immediate first impression for George was Hurley -- but on further inspection I think it might be Hinsley.

Cheers.

Mike