My name, Jean, in the UK and a lot of other countries is female. In France
(and probably others), it's male.
Name confusions can be interesting and in some cases rather worrying. My
father-in-law was born in 1919 and was always known as 'Ted', which for as
long as anyone can remember, he said was short for Edward. When he applied
for a passport in the early 1980s, he couldn't find his birth certificate,
so requested a copy. When it arrived he found that he had been registered as
'Edwin'. He was genuinely surprised.
So when he died, we were most interested to see if he'd got married under
the name of Edward or Edwin. If Edward, would it mean that he and his "wife"
weren't really married? Would that have implications for his will, his wife
and his children? All turned out OK - he'd got married as Edwin, fought in
WW2 as Edwin, and, although earlier wills were signed by Edward, the last
one was signed by Edwin.
Some time in his life, he'd obviously just got confused, but all important
documents were in his correct name.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line:
unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
