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Re: Help, I have conflicting info on Great grandfather
« Reply #18 on: Tuesday 03 August 21 13:13 BST (UK) »
Have you seen this entry in the Gro index?

Smith Frank July - Sept 1874 Nottingham RD mmn Gamble


Hi Millmoor,
Would his birth on GRO be listed as Frank Smith, if later documents have his name as Francis Henry Smith?

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Re: Help, I have conflicting info on Great grandfather
« Reply #19 on: Tuesday 03 August 21 13:19 BST (UK) »
I think this is partly where the problem lies.  Was his name always Francis Henry but known as Frank or was he in fact Frank?

I see that he appears on the 1939 as Frank.

Hopefully the marriage certificate will shed some light on this with his father's name and occupation.
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