From: charlesellson@btinternet.com   
      
   On Thu, 14 Sep 2023 22:12:15 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver"   
    wrote:   
      
   >I'm looking at the 1942Q2 marriage index page - page 363, MAT.   
   >   
   >It covers only surname Matthews - from Alice to Joan B.   
   >   
   >There are two George A. Matthews; one is fine - he married a Taylor, in   
   >Mansfield, 7b 333.   
   >   
   >But the second one is very strange:   
   >   
   >-- George           Williams    St.Helens     8 b  1692   
   >-- George A.        Taylor      Mansfield     7 b   333   
   >-- George A.        Digby or    Norwich Outer 4 b   413   
   >                       Laurence   
   >-- George E.        Pearson     Upper Agbrigg 9 a  1117   
   >   
   >I've never seen an "or" like that before; anyone know what's going on?   
   >   
   Usually someone who for various reasons is known by two different   
   surnames.   
   It can be :-   
   - someone whose mother has re-married   
   - a child of unmarried parents   
   - a previously divorced woman who has reverted to her maiden name   
   - someone who has simply adopted another surname   
   - a widow of more than one husband   
   etc. etc.   
      
      
   >Looking for 1942Q2 4b 413, I find "Lawrence Elfrida H. R." and "Digby   
   >Elfrida H. R.", both "Matthews Norwich Outer 4 b   413". _Very_ odd!   
   >   
   >(Yes, the George A. says [or] Laurence with a u, the Elfrida Lawrence   
   >with a w.)   
   >   
   >(I can't find a George Matthews to Elfrida marriage in marriage records,   
   >but there _was_ a war on so such records may have got lost.)   
      
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