Find Living Relatives

Top tip - using the Genes Reunited community

Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

  • The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
  • You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
  • And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
  • The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

Quick Search

Single word search

Icons

  • New posts
  • No new posts
  • Thread closed
  • Stickied, new posts
  • Stickied, no new posts

How easy was it to change a name back in the 60's?

ProfilePosted byOptionsPost Date

Michael

Michael Report 9 Jul 2011 09:27

I am looking for my Auntie who disappeared in the mid 50’s / early 60’s her maiden name was Coe and her married name was Busby. How easy would it have been for her to change her name back then? And are there any records kept?

Many thanks

Mike

Flick

Flick Report 9 Jul 2011 09:42

As long as there is no intention to defraud, a person can choose to be known by any name.

Have you posted before about this person? The names seem very familiar..........

Michael

Michael Report 9 Jul 2011 10:07

Yes I posted a few days ago, but not getting very far. If it’s a legal change will there be any records? and where will I find them?

However I am thinking that if she has changed her name (and I don’t know if she has) then maybe I should let sleeping dogs lay and respect the fact she doesn’t want to be found.

Mike

Jean

Jean Report 9 Jul 2011 14:48

do you now the parners name only i am a busby from aston birmingham

Michael

Michael Report 9 Jul 2011 16:13

This is all I know:
Dorothy was born in 1936 in Brentford Middlesex her father was Cecil Coe born 1909 in Aylsham Norfolk and her mother was Doris L White born 1912 not sure where. Her mother Doris died when she was only 1 in 1937 and Cecil remarried Nellie Canning in 1938. Her half brother (my father) Peter Coe was born in 1942. Dorothy married Albert Cecil Busby in Willesden in 1953. I am told that Albert was a motor mechanic and the worked for the REME at Crawley, he later died in 1985. A few years after her wedding Dorothy disappeared (I am guessing 1955 – 1960) and severed all contact with her family.

Mike

Flick

Flick Report 9 Jul 2011 22:37

http://www.genesreunited.co.nz/boards.page/board/living_relatives/thread/1273382