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Margaretfinch

Margaretfinch Report 3 Nov 2008 07:57

Good Morning If you had been a woman who could not read and write and you lost your husband and registered the death lived in London but came from Suffolk how else do you think they might have said the name POOLE or that it could have sounded like thank you

Margaret

Bev

Bev Report 3 Nov 2008 08:39

pole?

paul?

just guessing here lol

Julie

Julie Report 3 Nov 2008 09:12

Puwel, Poohwell lol

Alan

Alan Report 3 Nov 2008 09:22

at the risk of sounding obvious....POOL

MaryfromItaly

MaryfromItaly Report 3 Nov 2008 10:21

Pole is a very common variant of Poole/Pool, all over the country.

maryjane-sue

maryjane-sue Report 3 Nov 2008 10:22

Phool?

Margaretfinch

Margaretfinch Report 3 Nov 2008 11:47

thank you for your suggestions do you think possibly that it could be Powell

Margaret

Julie

Julie Report 3 Nov 2008 11:50

certainly i would think

MaryfromItaly

MaryfromItaly Report 3 Nov 2008 12:23

Yes, definitely.

Selena in South East London

Selena in South East London Report 3 Nov 2008 17:33

I have Poole's in my tree mistranscribed on the 1841 census as Cool.

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 3 Nov 2008 17:47

What was his name and can you list the last set of census details for him?

Rose

Chris in Sussex

Chris in Sussex Report 3 Nov 2008 18:08

Known variants for the name Poole....Assuming the 'P' has not been mistranscribed/misheard.

poole
POLE
POLL
POLLS
POOL
POOLES
POOLL
POOLLE

Chris

Robert

Robert Report 3 Nov 2008 18:08

Hi Margaret, I have the name's Finch and Poole in my family history in the Abingdon Berks and oxford area. Have any family from there.

Bob

Robert

Robert Report 3 Nov 2008 18:10

Hi Margaret, I have the name's Finch and Poole in my family history in the Abingdon Berks and oxford area. Have any family from there.

Bob

Amanda,

Amanda, Report 3 Nov 2008 21:22

Hi Margaret,

I am so glad to see you haven't given up.

Can you rule out this one?

Deaths Mar 1888 (99%)

POOL William Brooks 55 Edmonton 3a 207

Kind regards
Amanda x