It's not Ringo Starr, it's not even Richard Starkey! According to Ringo, ...
"My real name is Parkin, not Starkey. My grandad was named Johnny Parkin. When my grandfather's mother remarried, which was pretty shocking in those days, she married a Starkey, so my grandfather changed his name to Starkey, too. (I went to have my family tree done in the Sixties, but I could only trace back two generations - and they couldn't find me! I had to go to my family to find out, and even they hadn't wanted to say anything in case the press found out.) "
Amazing!
I love John, I love Paul, And George and Ringo, I love them all!
It's not Ringo Starr, it's not even Richard Starkey! According to Ringo, ...
"My real name is Parkin, not Starkey. My grandad was named Johnny Parkin. When my grandfather's mother remarried, which was pretty shocking in those days, she married a Starkey, so my grandfather changed his name to Starkey, too. (I went to have my family tree done in the Sixties, but I could only trace back two generations - and they couldn't find me! I had to go to my family to find out, and even they hadn't wanted to say anything in case the press found out.) "
It's not Ringo Starr, it's not even Richard Starkey! According to Ringo, ...
"My real name is Parkin, not Starkey. My grandad was named Johnny Parkin. When my grandfather's mother remarried, which was pretty shocking in those days, she married a Starkey, so my grandfather changed his name to Starkey, too. (I went to have my family tree done in the Sixties, but I could only trace back two generations - and they couldn't find me! I had to go to my family to find out, and even they hadn't wanted to say anything in case the press found out.) "
Amazing!
Thx Alexis...wow, I never knew this. Parkin....hmmmm. I'm so used to Starr or Starkey, it's kinda weird to get your mind around another name.. but no matter what his name is he's still Ringo to us all
Ringo's late mother was born Elsie Gleave and was one of 14 children reared in the Toxteth area of Liverpool. While working in a local bakery she met Richard Starkey and the couple were married in 1936. Their son Richard Starkey was born on 7 July 1940. The couple were divorced in 1943. Elsie later married Harry Graves in 1953. If Ringo's real name is Parkin, why are his children called Zak Starkey, Jason Starkey and his wife Barbara Starkey? The answer seems to lie in the fact that he named his daughter Lee Parkin Starkey. Parkin wasadded to thename as it was the reintroduction of a former Starkey family name.
This is faulty logic on Ringo's part. If "Starkey" is on his birth certificate, then it is indeed his "real" name. Parkin would be his family name or what have you. It's like Marilyn Monroe- even though she was born Norma Jeane, her "real name" at death would be Marilyn Monroe because she changed it legally.
I'm an alligator, I'm a mama-papa coming for you I'm the space invader, I'll be a rock 'n' rollin' b**** for you Keep your mouth shut, you're squawking like a pink monkey bird And I'm busting up my brains for the words
This is faulty logic on Ringo's part. If "Starkey" is on his birth certificate, then it is indeed his "real" name. Parkin would be his family name or what have you. It's like Marilyn Monroe- even though she was born Norma Jeane, her "real name" at death would be Marilyn Monroe because she changed it legally.
This is partly true. Your real name will always be what is on your birth certificate. Regardless of whether you've changed it 'legaly' or not. From that story, 'Starkey' would indeed appear to be his real name.
I just want you to reassure him - talk to him, make him see the error of his ways. Then I'll hit him.
When your name is changed legally, you get a new birth certificate with that name on it.
I'm an alligator, I'm a mama-papa coming for you I'm the space invader, I'll be a rock 'n' rollin' b**** for you Keep your mouth shut, you're squawking like a pink monkey bird And I'm busting up my brains for the words
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Your right for the UK Paul. I had my name changed legally to my adopted fathers name. You get a deed poll certificate (I agree my name was, will be and I won't use original etc etc) but you don't get a birth certificate.
I'm an alligator, I'm a mama-papa coming for you I'm the space invader, I'll be a rock 'n' rollin' b**** for you Keep your mouth shut, you're squawking like a pink monkey bird And I'm busting up my brains for the words
"Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup, They slither while they pass, they slip away across the universe. Pools of sorrow waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind, Possessing and caressing me." "About a lucky man who made the grade" "I'm coming down fast but I'm miles above you."
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