To add to the confusion, however, his death certificate has him as Charles Ernest and, as his death was registered by his daughter, my grandmother, she too must have known him as Charles Ernest. On his marriage certificate, he is simply Charles. So it seems that he came into the world as Charles Frederick and departed as Charles Ernest.
As for his parents, by dint of many hours of dedicated research, I have discovered that Charles' father, John, may well have been married twice, having three children by his first wife and five, including Charles, by his second. Work continues on that. I have my nose to the ground and my magnifying glass to my eye...
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A amn of mystery! Was he the Charles Frederick Perkins born in Exeter in 1850? If so he had a third Christian name. It looks like Steele to me.
No, SP. He was born in Paddington on 15th December 1848.
Oh. He doesn't seem to be FreeBMD.
I know. Weird isn't it? But I have his baptism record as Charles Frederick - right parents and address.
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