two surnames

[kassie]

Good morning, (it is morning in Canada)

I have discovered a birth for a relative still living that is recorded twice under two different surnames (on Ancestry).  The page number and vol. number are the same.  Are there any other reasons for this besides the mother not knowing who the father was.

thanks

Kassie

[Jebber]

This occurs when a couple are not married and the father wishes to be acknowledged on the birth certificate. The birth is always in the mother's name, but if the father attends the registration his name can be included, hence the child is indexed under both names, but there is only one registration certificate.

Regards,
Jebber

[kassie]

Hi Jebber,

The mother was married before and it shows her married name on one page and the name of the person she married one year later on  the other page.  Thanks for answering question.

Kassie

[Nadine Moore]

Kassie

The mother was married before and it shows her married name on one page and the name of the person she married one year later on  the other page.

This would mean the Mother and her new husband would have adopted the child.

When my daughter was born in 1982 I was unmarried. Both her father & I had th be present with the registrar to have his details on the certificate, and we decided to register her birth in my maiden name.

We subsequently married and just sent her birth cert & our marriage cert off and a completely new birth certificate was issued to us in her new surname.

There are two entries for her birth, both in 1982. There are handwritten numbers next to each entry and next to the second entry it also says 5/84 (This would be May 1984 when we sent our documents to have her name changed)

Because both mine and her father's names were on the original certificate we did not have to go down the adoption route.

Hope this helps

dinie

[kassie]

Thanks dinie,

I had not thought of that possibility.  Is there any way to find out for sure?.

Kassie