NameNina Vivian Akroyd [3, Birth, Q3 of 1941, Eton dist, vol 3A, p. 2455], [5, Birth on 5 Sep 1941 at Fulmer Chase, Fulmer, Bucks], [3, Death, Mar 1996, Tower Hamlets No 2461D, Reg D32, ent 156 ]
Birth5 Sep 1941, Fulmer Chase, Fulmer, Burnham, Bucks
Death23 Mar 1996
General1st dau.
Spouses
Marriageca May 1963, Maidenhead district, Berks
Notes for Nina Vivian Akroyd
This is almost certainly the birth record for the female later known as Nina V Akroyd when she married John D M Arnold. I have ordered her birth certificate from GRO to see who were her parents. The birth index is:
First name(s) Vina V <—— This is misread from ‘Nina Vivian’
Last name Akroyd
Birth quarter 3
Birth year 1941
Mother's maiden name Stadd <—- I am expecting this to be ’Studd’ - which it was.
District Eton
County Buckinghamshire
Country England
Volume 3A
Page 2455
Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006
I may end up having to get a copy of the birth certificate from the District office if the one from the GRO still shows oddities.
Answer: The Birth certificate, delivered on 23rd April 2021, was misread by the GRO. Her registered name was indeed Nina Vivian but the initial ’N’ had a faint upward stroke on its left so it was mistaken for a ‘V’. I can put a ‘postem’ on Freebmd, but cannot do any such thing on FreeBMD as the index sheet was correctly transcribed into their records. The error was by the person at the GRO who did the transcribing from the certificate they received to the indexes. The GRO also mistranscribed the Studd maiden name of the mother. I can report this to the GRO.
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From the birth certificate:
No: 223
Birth event: Fifth September 1941 Fulmer Chase Fulmer R.D.
Name: Nina Vivian
Sex: Girl
Father: Bayly Gilbey Akroyd
Mother: Lavender Vivian Alnod Akroyd formerly Studd
Father’s job: Captain Royal Corps of Signals (Wheat buyer) of The Orchard Cottage, Souchen End, Holyport, Berks
Informant: Lavender Akroyd Mother The Orchard Cottage, Souchen End, Holyport, Berks
Registered: Tenth September 1941
Registrar: F H Roberts
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The evidence that this is the record for the daughter of Lavender Vivian Alnod Akroyd whose maiden surname was Studd:
1. The above index entry is so close to the person named in her marriage and in her mother’s will,
2. At marriage she was named as Nina V Akrayd, very close to Akroyd,
3. On her mother’s will she was named as Nina V Akroyd,
4. On both the birth indices for her children, her maiden name is given as Akroyd,
5. On her mother’s will, her children were named as Annabel Louise Beach and Fiona Deidre Cline,
where the forenames correspond to the children she and David John had
plus the surnames from their subsequent documented marriages,
BUT Fiona’s married name was incorrect on her grandmother’s will - it was Clive.
On the basis of this I am entering all of h, her husband and their children with her as the daughter of Lavender Akroyd.
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Her death index, confirmed by the identical birth date as on her birth certificate:
First name(s) Nina Vivian
Last name Arnold
Gender Female
Birth day 5
Birth month 9
Birth year 1941
Death quarter 1
Death year 1996
District Tower Hamlets
District number 2461D
Register number D32
Entry number 156
Date of registration mm/yy 0396
County London
Country England
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
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Will notes for Nina Vivian Akroyd
Her probate index:
Surname First name Date of probate Probate number Date of death Document type Registry
ARNOLD NINA VIVIAN 22 July 1996 9651115445 23 March 1996 Grant and will London
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Notes for David John Middleton & Nina Vivian (Family)
Their marriage index:
First name(s) Nina V
Last name Akrayd
Marriage quarter 2
Marriage year 1963
MarriageFinder Nina V Akrayd married one of these people
David J Arnold
Spouse's last name Arnold
District Maidenhead
County Berkshire
Country England
Volume 6A
Page number 59
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
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