Attestation (surname alias)
Posted: 12 Jan 2024, 19:43
Just wondering if other Forum members have this family tree situation during the 19th and early 20th century:
Recently I was looking for possible military records for one of my great-uncles (born 1883). Finding one soldier's records for three different regiments, from the Boer War to WW1, I had a close look at each record. At first I thought it was my great-uncle's records. Then I looked at the family names mentioned and the home addresses. Turns out the chap in question is my 1st cousin, twice removed.
Owing to family "complications" he enlisted using his middle name and mother's surname (which matches my great-uncle's name). His later records indicate his actual name for an alias - so the "name game" thing did catch up with him. Other records (marriage, census, death) always had his birth name.
Does anyone else have a similar military records "alias" situation (e.g. enlisting with mother's maiden name)?
Recently I was looking for possible military records for one of my great-uncles (born 1883). Finding one soldier's records for three different regiments, from the Boer War to WW1, I had a close look at each record. At first I thought it was my great-uncle's records. Then I looked at the family names mentioned and the home addresses. Turns out the chap in question is my 1st cousin, twice removed.
Owing to family "complications" he enlisted using his middle name and mother's surname (which matches my great-uncle's name). His later records indicate his actual name for an alias - so the "name game" thing did catch up with him. Other records (marriage, census, death) always had his birth name.
Does anyone else have a similar military records "alias" situation (e.g. enlisting with mother's maiden name)?