On 28 Aug 2006, at 13:52, Jean Nathan wrote:
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?
No it wouldn't - in England your name is what you call yourself; a
change of name (from Edwin to Edward) providing it isn't done for
fraudulent reasons is perfectly legal without formalities such as deed
poll, the only problems would be proving it was the same person. Lots
of people are formally known by one name and informally by another.
Would that have implications for his will, his wife and his children?
Only proving that Edward and Edwin were the same person
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.
Brenda
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/
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