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Surname Changes

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Surname Changes

Posted: 9 Feb 2015 4:02PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 10 Feb 2015 6:44AM GMT
Surnames: Halle, Hall
How common was it for someone for what ever reason to change their last name?

My 4x Great grandfather had the last name of Halle but his father had the surname Hall.
His father also had 10 kids, which only 2 of them had the surname Halle all the rest stuck with Hall.

Is there something i could search to confirm why or was it a thing they could freely do back then?
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Chris Morris 9 Feb 2015 11:02PM GMT 
Megan Roberts 9 Feb 2015 11:28PM GMT 
Chris Morris 11 Feb 2015 3:57AM GMT 
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