Error on Certificate.....

[Tracey]

I have just remembered (another post has prompted me) to say that the first initial of my gt grandfathers name is wrong on his daughters birth entry - this is on the type written certificate (issued 1976) but is correct on the entry on SP (1902).
How mislead or confused i could have been had i not known and all because someone mis-typed an H for a W

[DavidWW]

I have just remembered (another post has prompted me) to say that the first initial of my gt grandfathers name is wrong on his daughters birth entry - this is on the type written certificate (issued 1976) but is correct on the entry on SP (1902).
How mislead or confused i could have been had i not known and all because someone mis-typed an H for a W

See just how easy it is for an error to creep into the situation , and this from the official source...............

David

[JimM]

The first certificate I obtained was for my fathers birth, from Martha street in Glasgow...
After paying the fee and waiting for about an hour I received a typed extract that told me my grandfather was a "wine worker".

I didn't know anything about my grandfather but I was a bit bemused by the thought of him treading the grapes in some vineyard in Shettleston.

Later when I got to view the original at Park Circus it clearly says that he was a "wire worker"

Jim

[Bryan]

My grandmother's birth certificate says quite clearly

Harriet Andrews Paterson - boy

now that could really confuse things!

[DavidWW]

My grandmother's birth certificate says quite clearly

Harriet Andrews Paterson - boy

now that could really confuse things!

Date and place, please, - I only have one example of this currently........

David

[Bryan]

She was born in Manchester in 1881 (I think) but to scottish parents - another point of confusion.

[DavidWW]

She was born in Manchester in 1881 (I think) but to scottish parents - another point of confusion.

Hi Bryan

Thanks.

Parents' names ?

David

[Tracey]

Is this the one - just to clarify if its 1881 or 91 ?

Births Dec 1891
Paterson Harriet Andrew Chorlton 8c 832

Not that its telling me if she is male or female

[Bryan]

yup thats the one - problem with doing things from memory is I always get dates wrong!
I would guess the middle name (which is Andrews - mother's ms) confused the poor registrar.

[Tracey]

Hi Bryan

ive nothing better to do today than be nosey and freebmd is working to speed just now