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Missing From 1911 Census
Anthony Temple Heald - born in 1843, Sheffield.
He's on the 51,61,71 census as Anthony,
on the 81 he's called George A.T Heald,
91 he's back to Anthony,
1901 he's George again!
His death was registered as George A Heald.Just wondered why he changed his christian name?It's definitely the right person, as his wife children and occupation are correct.
He's also missing from the 1911, i've searched for both names even just his surname but nothings come up.Any help would be much appreciated.
He's on the 51,61,71 census as Anthony,
on the 81 he's called George A.T Heald,
91 he's back to Anthony,
1901 he's George again!
His death was registered as George A Heald.Just wondered why he changed his christian name?It's definitely the right person, as his wife children and occupation are correct.
He's also missing from the 1911, i've searched for both names even just his surname but nothings come up.Any help would be much appreciated.
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Some 'extra' names are those given at baptism. My Dad said it was common practice in Catholic families to add a Saint's name. I guess some could also be in honour of the godparent(s). I have known one case where a chap started using his father's name, which would have been shortly after his father died, so i can speculate only this was in honour of his father. I have also come across an immigrant family (in a tree I was compiling for someone else) where none of the births were registered with a forename. This threw me for a while - usually you see 'male' / 'female' where the baby died. Luckily for me, this family was in London, and Ancestry 'hinted' at the baptisms and there were enough children of this marriage (!) that even I spotted the correlation between baptism record and anonymous birth registration.
As to death certificates, a general point is that the information on them is only as good as what the informant provides, not necessarily therefore what the deceased would have said.
I'll come back to the 1911 Census - time marches on!
As to death certificates, a general point is that the information on them is only as good as what the informant provides, not necessarily therefore what the deceased would have said.
I'll come back to the 1911 Census - time marches on!
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