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Offline Old Blue

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« on: Tuesday 03 October 06 10:42 BST (UK) »
Hello

I have a marriage certificate in which the groom is listed as Frederick William McCullock (also known as Frederick McCullock).  Does anyone have any thoughts on why this might be mentioned - it seems rather an irrelevant detail.  I've scrutinised it closely in case the McCullock could be spelt differently as in McCulloch, but it looks identical... :-\

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Re: "also known as"
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 03 October 06 11:30 BST (UK) »
The Registrar General suggested that the clergy adds both the full name and the name commonly known as with the word "otherwise" between them.
This is normally done when a person is using an alias, it seems this vicar chose to be safe than sorry and included both forms just in case.
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Re: "also known as"
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 03 October 06 11:48 BST (UK) »
Thanks Guy

- seems like it was a rather pedantic vicar.....it was at a Presbyterian chapel, I wonder if that had any bearing on the vicar's attitude.

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OB
Taylor (Staffs), Buckham (Durham/Northumberland), Bullen (Lincs), Bing (Kent), McCullock (Lancs), Moyes (Lancs, Fife), Snapes (Bucks), Hodt (Middx/Germany)
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