Who's the daddy?

[gingerslf]

No harm in posting this I hope!

[JenB]

It is more than likely that there was a code beside her name denoting the alteration, but sadly the page is damaged just at that point.

As Rosie has already said, it was fairly standard practice for women who had married to have their name amended on the register. It would have come from an official source.

[Gadget]

There might be something on the 1921 census that comes out next year.

 

[arthurk]

In that 1939 register extract, what is the relationship between Mary A Prior (born 1866) and Florence H Prior (born 1919), and are the dates of birth correct?

If they were said to be mother and daughter, then the dates of birth (if correct) seem to make that rather unlikely, though not impossible. Not many women would be able to have a baby at age 53, I think, so could this possible anomaly be part of the mystery/cover-up?

[JenB]

Florence H is actually the Helen you refer to?

I’m being very thick but I don’t understand where the father/husband issue comes into it with regard to the 1939 register.

Florence married a man called Laughton in 1940 and subsequently, as was usual, the register was amended to reflect her new surname.

Someone please explain what I’m missing!

[gingerslf]

In that 1939 register extract, what is the relationship between Mary A Prior (born 1866) and Florence H Prior (born 1919), and are the dates of birth correct?

If they were said to be mother and daughter, then the dates of birth (if correct) seem to make that rather unlikely, though not impossible. Not many women would be able to have a baby at age 53, I think, so could this possible anomaly be part of the mystery/cover-up?

The mother is Dorothy M b 1898.

[gingerslf]

Florence H is actually the Helen you refer to?

I’m being very thick but I don’t understand where the father/husband issue comes into it with regard to the 1939 register.

Florence married a man called Laughton in 1940 and subsequently, as was usual, the register was amended to reflect her new surname.

Someone please explain what I’m missing!

You are missing nothing.
At the time of my post I was unaware that the register was amended for the reasons given previously.

But for some reason she also started using Helen instead of Florence.

As for explaining Prior, that's far too complicated and part of the puzzle!

[Rosinish]

I don’t understand where the father/husband issue comes into it with regard to the 1939 register.

Florence married a man called Laughton in 1940 and subsequently, as was usual, the register was amended to reflect her new surname.

Someone please explain what I’m missing!

You are missing nothing.

As for explaining Prior, that's far too complicated and part of the puzzle!

I don't think anyone will be able to help unless you give details of the 'puzzle'?

Annie