.Maggie Coupland

[CaroleW]

She does not have 2 christian names on the 1939 register??  She only married with one christian name in 1942 which was Maggie

If she was only adopted at 8yrs old it is less likely that her christian name (s) were changed.  However - I think it's likely she was with the Couplands as a baby & was formally adopted when the legal adoption rules were introduced in 1926

Has she applied for her grandmothers adoption records?  Even though she only knows the adoptive parents names & birthplace that should be sufficient to trace her

[DIANA60]

Thank you, no she was adopted aged 8 as my friend found on the National Archives confirmation of that. She was known as Maggie Margaret for some reason. Much appreciated for your help.

[antonymark]

Hi Diana60,

Threads merged.

Your other thread about Maggie.

Have you had sight of the certificate for Maggie's marriage to George H Meears / Whiteman? She most likely gives her father as her adopted one but there is a chance that if her birth father's name was known to her it was entered.

Her being known in the family as "Maggie Margaret" put me in mind of a neighbour's grandson with given name James but known to one and all as "Jimmy James".

Is Mablethorpe as the location for the workhouse she was adopted from new information? This could be a clue as to her birthplace.

Looking at births in Louth district for Dec qtr 1920 and Mar qtr 1921 there are 6 Margarets and one Madge. Can any of these girls be followed forward to 1939 and eliminated to whittle down the options?

Sorry if that's more questions than answers!

Best regards, Tony.

[DIANA60]

Thank you for the information, much appreciated. She was under Maggie in 1939 & her adopted father is on her marriage certificate.

[CaroleW]

I have asked the moderator to merge this thread with your previous one to prevent possible duplication of info.   You gave her name as Maggie Cuppleditch in that post - where did you get that surname from?

[DIANA60]

I got that from a funeral paper cutting but wasn't 100% sure it was her.

[antonymark]

I got that from a funeral paper cutting but wasn't 100% sure it was her.

Can we ask whose funeral and when?

What made you think there was a link to the name Cuppleditch and have you now discounted this?

Where did the clue about it being Mablethorpe workhouse come from? Does that source know anything else?

I'm just thrashing around looking for a nugget of info that might lead somewhere. 

Tony.

[DIANA60]

It was my Great Grandmother's funeral. Maggie was down as her Granddaughter in 1930. Maggie's Granddaughter got the information about Mablethorpe Workhouse from British Archives & that's all she knows.

[antonymark]

So, she was named as Maggie Cuppleditch in the newspaper report?