by CM Thu Mar 22, 2007 12:27 pm
philipchevron wrote:CM wrote:I mean i thought her name was Therese ?? might be wrong.
It would be ironic if Mrs MacGowan had remembered James's name but not vice versa. But I can't say I know the answer to your question. It's a common enough occurence in Ireland. My mother was born Christina, but nobody has ever called her anything other than Christine. All his life my father was known by a forename which does not actually appear on his birth certificate. Amidst such uncertainty, changing my surname to Chevron at the age of 18 seemed quite normal.
Snap Philip, my Dad been known all his life by another forename and my grandmother, both Irish born and bred (unlike me
AND we here in London spell our surname Mac ... while my family over Irish sea spells it Mc. Then my Dad writes his surname as 2 distinct words ... which my grandfather didn't ... though he did use the 'a'... mostly, and so do I, though I stick to one word.
It's all the same. We know who we are
[quote="philipchevron"][quote="CM"]I mean i thought her name was Therese ?? might be wrong.[/quote]
It would be ironic if Mrs MacGowan had remembered James's name but not vice versa. But I can't say I know the answer to your question. It's a common enough occurence in Ireland. My mother was born Christina, but nobody has ever called her anything other than Christine. All his life my father was known by a forename which does not actually appear on his birth certificate. Amidst such uncertainty, changing my surname to Chevron at the age of 18 seemed quite normal.[/quote]
Snap Philip, my Dad been known all his life by another forename and my grandmother, both Irish born and bred (unlike me
AND we here in London spell our surname Mac ... while my family over Irish sea spells it Mc. Then my Dad writes his surname as 2 distinct words ... which my grandfather didn't ... though he did use the 'a'... mostly, and so do I, though I stick to one word.
It's all the same. We know who we are 8)
