1939 register name change interpretation please

[ValJJJ]

I'm puzzled about a family's entry in the 1939 register.

I know women's surnames have been changed on marriage, but this is an odd one.

At the top of the page (attached), there is Ida Chatterton, married, and two children.  Her husband Claude A Chatterton is on the previous page. 

Chatterton is crossed out and replaced with Brierley for Ida and the two children (but not for the husband) and it looks like this change was dated 1946 judging from the ink colour of the annotations.   However I cannot find Ida remarrying a Brierley, and it's odd that the children's names are changed.  Then Ida Brierley is crossed out and replaced with Bannister.

Ida Hawthorne married Claude A Chatterton in 1934.  He died in 1941.

Ida Brierley married Isaac D Bannister in 1972.

There is another Claude A Chatterton in the 1939 register, as born in 15 Jan 1883 and a widower.  Presumably this is the person who married Sarah Brierley in 1915 (she died in 1919).   Is Brierley a coincidence or a connection?

Look forward to finding out more if anyone can shed light on this.

Thanks.

[PaulineJ]

Were the kids births reregistered or amended in '46?

[ValJJJ]

Thanks for the question PaulineJ but I have no idea.  And no idea how to find out either!  Would they show up in freeBMD or the GRO?  That would only be for births though presumably, not name changes.

[PaulineJ]

The GRO site wont cover 1946, but you can check freebmd

[JenB]

The code NR230 beside the name denotes a change of surname, but it need not have been by marriage.

My mother in law left her husband in the 1960's and went to live with another man and adopted his surname (no Deed Poll involved). Her change of surname was noted on the register as occurring in the 1960's, but they didn't actually marry until the 1970's.

Any date shown beside the amendment is simply the date on which the amendment was made, not necessarily when it took place.

[JenB]

According to this article NR230 was the code used for change of name other than by marriage
https://blog.dearmyrtle.com/2020/12/peculiar-codes-in-1939-register.html

[Millmoor]

There is a birth for Claude A Chatterton in Nottingham in 1938 - mmn is Hawthorne.

There is a marriage in Nottingham in 1934 between Claude A C Chatterton and Ida Hawthorne.

There is a birth for Claude A C Brierley in Nottingham in 1913 mmn Brierley. Might his mother be Sarah Brierley ?

William

[Ladyhawk]

Not that this helps marriage entry has two surnames next to Claude’s name 

Ida Hawthorne
Registration Quarter:   Jan-Feb-Mar 1934
Spouse:   Claude A Chatterton Or Brierley
Volume Number:   7b Page Number:   670

[ValJJJ]

Thanks all of you, particularly for the meaning of the code NR230.

Yes I also found the marriage for Hawthorne marrying Chatterton or Brierley - which adds to the confusion.  Perhaps he was aka Brierley and at some point Ida decided to use that surname instead?

We shall never know!