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WhiffingSiggs

WhiffingSiggs Report 15 Feb 2012 16:26

Thanks Betty... There is the possibility he married E A Reed and then went off with another woman.. Have a look at my thread on Find Ancestors and see what you think ?!?

Researching:
Siggs of Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and West London, Wise of North Hampshire, Wiltshire and North London and Aubrey/Whiting of South Wales/Herefordshire.

Betty

Betty Report 15 Feb 2012 14:09

oh she was born 24 Jan 1808 and Christened on 14 Feb

Betty

Betty Report 15 Feb 2012 14:07

Found Elizabeth Ann Reed on the familysearch site batch number C037213 .Saint martin in the Fields, Westminster father John Read mother Jane .wonder if Matthew is from the same parish..........a look on the batch number may turn uo something ?

Betty

Betty Report 15 Feb 2012 13:53

have you got the marriage Transcript ? as I found a marriage 3 Nov 1829 to Elizabeth Ann Reed in Saint Martin in the Fields ..........

JustDinosaurJill

JustDinosaurJill Report 14 Feb 2012 23:43

I input Margaret Ohren into FreeBMD and asked for phonetic search of surnames. These came up.

Oram, Orwin, Orme, O'Heron, Orren, Orham, O'Hearne, O'Rein,

Something I learned years ago was to think of the area someone might come from, think of how they spoke ie accent and try saying the surname with that accent.

hth. J

Researching:
Birmingham: Wood,Benson,Eadie,Wassall. Barnsley: Eadie. Whalsay,Sheltland: Polson,Poleson. Chipping Norton: Busby. Winchcombe: Goodall/Goodhall. Kate MM (Eadie) Meteyard. Sidney Herbert Meteyard - English Pre-Raphaelite Painter and member of the Birmingham Group. Meteyard/Meatyard family.

WhiffingSiggs

WhiffingSiggs Report 14 Feb 2012 22:35

I'll check that. I've looked at Aveley parish records for the period and Ohren doesn't come up. Likewise I've done a search of St.Dunstan, Stepney and very little comes up. They are the birthplaces of both.

Researching:
Siggs of Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and West London, Wise of North Hampshire, Wiltshire and North London and Aubrey/Whiting of South Wales/Herefordshire.

Kense

Kense Report 14 Feb 2012 21:56

Have you looked on this site or googles the relevant surnames?

http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Siggs

I wonder if Ohren could have Orrin as an alternative, I know that is a name that occurs in Essex.

WhiffingSiggs

WhiffingSiggs Report 14 Feb 2012 21:47

I have a whole thread about C M Siggs on find ancestors board.

Researching:
Siggs of Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and West London, Wise of North Hampshire, Wiltshire and North London and Aubrey/Whiting of South Wales/Herefordshire.

WhiffingSiggs

WhiffingSiggs Report 14 Feb 2012 21:40

I'm trying to establish facts about Charles Matthew Siggs 1808-1855 and Margaret Ohren c1821-1889. Very hard to find info about the early part of their lives ! I'm thinking there might be some bad transcriptions?

Researching:
Siggs of Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and West London, Wise of North Hampshire, Wiltshire and North London and Aubrey/Whiting of South Wales/Herefordshire.

Betty

Betty Report 14 Feb 2012 21:33

Liggs on another site has been used especially in the Haverhill,Suffolk area but they also got that as Essex?

Would you like me to do a look up to see if what you are looking for is there ..............

WhiffingSiggs

WhiffingSiggs Report 14 Feb 2012 21:10

Thanks people.

Researching:
Siggs of Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and West London, Wise of North Hampshire, Wiltshire and North London and Aubrey/Whiting of South Wales/Herefordshire.

DF

DF Report 14 Feb 2012 20:58

Kevin, try wildsearches: *iggs .....O*en - I bet that's Owen!
Debs

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~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** Report 14 Feb 2012 20:54

I haven't got more experience but I don't suppose that there's any harm in guessing.

Sometimes F looks like S (depending on the handwriting) so if you were to reverse that - possibly Figgs???

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 14 Feb 2012 19:51

S - could be L or even T

g could be y

Ohren - obrien

The list is endless really as it depends on the handwriting

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

WhiffingSiggs

WhiffingSiggs Report 14 Feb 2012 19:49

Could those with more experience possibly suggest some alternative transcriptions for:

Siggs

and

Ohren

Ta :-)

Researching:
Siggs of Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and West London, Wise of North Hampshire, Wiltshire and North London and Aubrey/Whiting of South Wales/Herefordshire.