[WED]aliases

[Lyn Nunn]

Mary, you have jogged my memory. I have a problem which involves this kind
of scenario. I have a Benjamin Tincknell born 1836 the son of John Tincknell
and grandson of John Tincknell and Sarah Millard. In 1841 he lived with his
father and grandparents, father listed as a pauper aged 35 in census. At his
marriage he listed his father as Elisha Duckett, yet used the surname
Tincknell. If it is the same Benjamin, I cannot figure out why except that
Elisha was his grandmother's brother-in-law (i.e. married to her sister) and
that perhaps he took Benjamin in. From memory John was not found in 1851 but
I will have to check that and where Benjamin was.

If anyone has any ideas about this I would be grateful. I am sure they did
this just to confuse us! :)

Lyn


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Jackes" <mjackes@telusplanet.net>
To: <wedmore@lists.tutton.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 2:24 AM
Subject: [WED]aliases


> Another puzzle.  Does anyone know why there are so many people who had
> aliases?  Is there a pattern to the alias.  For example, if a child was
> brought up in an uncle's household, would he use the uncle's surname?
> Mary Jackes
> Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 0N8, Canada.
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