Variation in Surname Spellings (General)

by Matt, Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 10:44 (5625 days ago) @ admin

But the interesting thing about this family is that they seemed to have a penchant for changing their names themselves. For example, George READ born 1828 becomes George Read BROWN when he writes his Will in 1879. His son John is referred to as John BROWN in the subsequent Probate but then becomes John REID according to his memorial in Ruardean churchyard. And, just to add to the story, I found that George's daughter Ann (b.1856) is (most likely) recorded as Jane Reade in the 1881 Census (for Brighton) but changed her name back to Ann READ when she married Leonard PIRIE in 1885.