Why would a death be indexed under two surnames?

[stanmapstone]

From the Government web site https://www.gov.uk/register-a-death
You’ll need to tell the registrar:
the person’s full name at the time of death
any names previously used, eg maiden name.
I wonder if whoever registered the death took this to mean any name used in the past and gave her previous married name as well as her maiden name.

Stan

[dawnsh]

This might only be solved by you a) getting a copy of her will to see who she left her estate to or b)getting the death cert to see who the informant was.

[groom]

As you've found her marriage to Alfred Eccleshall, it isn't as if she'd never been married so the informant gave her legal name. I think it might just have been, as Stan said, a mistake by whoever was the informant. There are birth certificates with the wrong father given, simply because when asked, "Father's name?" the informant has given their father's name rather that that of the baby's father.

[ScouseBoy]

From the Government web site https://www.gov.uk/register-a-death
You’ll need to tell the registrar:
the person’s full name at the time of death
any names previously used, eg maiden name.
I wonder if whoever registered the death took this to mean any name used in the past and gave her previous married name as well as her maiden name.

Stan

           There could also be the case were a woman was divorced, then started to use her maiden name again.          In that case    it would be correct to give  her previous married name.

However,  an Informant could forget what the married name once was.

[ecksdochter]

Hello,
     The Government website says, "the person's full name at the time of death.
                                                   ANY names previously used, eg maiden name."
     Surely that "ANY" will include previous marriages!
     Scottish Death Certificates may be different, but I have a relative who married 3 times. She was widowed twice, 3rd husband still alive at the time of her death. Her Death Certificate says:
           Ann D., Married to
           1. Tom B.
           2. Dick C.
           3. Harry D.
           Daughter of Joe A. & Jane E.
     I can find her Death Certificate  indexed on ScotlandsPeople not only under Ann D. her name at the time of her death but also under Ann B. (1st marriage); Ann C. (2nd marriage); or Ann A. her maiden name.
     Probably both of Dorothy's husbands are listed on her DC which is why she is indexed under both names. Viewing her Will won't give you any information relating to her DC so, if you want an answer to the mystery, go for the Death Certificate.
               Regards,     Dod.
     

[ScouseBoy]

From the Government web site https://www.gov.uk/register-a-death
You’ll need to tell the registrar:
the person’s full name at the time of death
any names previously used, eg maiden name.
I wonder if whoever registered the death took this to mean any name used in the past and gave her previous married name as well as her maiden name.

Stan

            That IS what it means, surely?

[wilcoxon]

My marriage in 1985 is indexed with different surnames.
I was divorced and refused to be known by my previous married name .
I insisted on using  my maiden name.

[groom]

I know births can be indexed under different names - my great nephew is recorded 3 times, his mother's, his father's and both ie Smith- Brown, but he only has a certificate in the last name. I've never heard of it happening before with a death, it can't be very common otherwise the question would have been asked on here! I wonder if there is only the one death certificate though?

[Jebber]

I have never known dual names indexed for a death certificate unless the person was using both names.

When I registered her death in 2010,  I informed the Registrar of my mother in law's first married name as well as her maiden name, but only her maiden name is shown in the appropriate box on the death certificate.