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Surnames... Can they differ?
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Julie | Report | 30 Sep 2006 19:21 |
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Just wondering... could surnames be wrong on census. for example i found a marriage record for the surname loden, yet on birth cert i recieved today, mothers maiden name appears to be Dodden. Could this be the same person? Julie x |
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Devon Dweller | Report | 30 Sep 2006 19:29 |
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Yes they can vary. People wrote what they heard. Sheila |
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Heather | Report | 30 Sep 2006 19:30 |
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Which census Julie. Could be a mistranscription couldn't it? |
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Julie | Report | 30 Sep 2006 19:31 |
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So is it possible, birth record could have recorded the wrong surname, as i cannot find one record of Dodden? Julie x |
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Julie | Report | 30 Sep 2006 19:35 |
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Hi Heather, It was on Marriage record for David Sergeant to a Mary ann Loden.I will Have to find it for the year and quarter as i did not save it because i was not sure if it was the same people. |
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Heather | Report | 30 Sep 2006 19:47 |
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Hi Julie I'm guessing it may have something to do with the handwriting. Did you find it on freebmd? If you did, perhaps you could check the original on Ancestry? Heather |
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Julie | Report | 30 Sep 2006 19:54 |
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Hi Heather, No it wasn't on bmd, I ordered marriage cert for my great grandmother and Grandfather x2 from Staffordshire registry office direct, her fathers name was david sergeant. I looked on ancestry and found record of marriage for him to a Mary ann Loden. Which mysteriously i can't seem to find now. I sent o0ff for my G G grandmothers Birth Cert direct to registery office in Kidderminster and her mother is recorded as Mary ann Dodden, Which i also can find no records for.... so don't know which one if any are wrong. Julie |
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Heather | Report | 30 Sep 2006 19:59 |
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Julie, i've found the marriage on familysearch. Feb 1857 at Bilston, Staffs. I can't see those names in 1851 though. Heather |
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Heather | Report | 30 Sep 2006 20:03 |
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Julie I have to go but perhaps if you check marriages on Ancestry bmd for Loden and Dodden for that quarter. Some of familysearch is wrong, lol. Heather |
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Julie | Report | 30 Sep 2006 20:13 |
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Thanks Heather.. I will check both on Ancestry and LDS site. Bloody ancestors Lol... My GG grandfather was only one who could write so that might explain the errors with the rest. Julie x |
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