JAMES OR JOHN?
Mr. James Mead, of Southsea, a Portsmouth dockyard employee, is 52 and' the father of a grown-up family, but officially he has never existed. Hi' learned this the other day : when, on applying for a certificate of .'his birth, he was -told- that- it had never been registered (says, the London "Daily Mail"). He and a twin brother-were born at Potterne, Wiltshire. One was named John and the other James, but only the birth of John was registered. The twins were mixod by their godmothers at baptism, and Mr. Mead is not sure whether he is James or John Their mother professed to identify them at the time, but even she could not distinguish between them afterwards. Mr. Mead, however, has now satisfied the authorities that, even if he is James, he was born, and he has got a certificate from them.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 150, 21 December 1929, Page 30
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145JAMES OR JOHN? Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 150, 21 December 1929, Page 30
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