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Help deciphering an image - an impossible task, I

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Darksecretz

Darksecretz Report 28 Jul 2006 13:44

hiya, it looks like amorra, but like what has been said, it could well be mistrancribed from Alma, this was my mums name, and she used to get called allsorts especially if the person didnt understand the accent, perhaps this was the case with the enumerator??, she could have been registered as Female, and named later, and if she was called Alma, perhaps the first one did die, and she was named after her?? Julie

Peter

Peter Report 28 Jul 2006 13:29

I call her Ammora, but I don't think that is her real name, since I can't find BMD for her anywhere. I hadn't thought of Alma - it seems a bit short for the scribble, but if the enumerator misheard, anything's possible. Unfortunately, there's a death entry for Alma Charlton, aged 0, in the same quarter as the birth. Thanks for your help, everyone. With any luck, I'll find out definitively when the 1911 census is available. Peter.

Unknown

Unknown Report 28 Jul 2006 06:13

FreeBMD has an Alma Charlton birth reg Mar qtr 1895 Sunderland but no Ammora (which is what it looks like)

Georgina

Georgina Report 28 Jul 2006 01:11

Peter on the official 1901 census (not Ancestry) they have transcribed her as Ammora. Georgina.

MaryfromItaly

MaryfromItaly Report 28 Jul 2006 00:49

Could be anything - it looks as though the enumerator's hand twitched while he was writing it. Ann nora?

Peter

Peter Report 27 Jul 2006 23:45

Could someone take a look in the 1901 census at RG13/4721/51/43 and tell me what on earth the name of the 6 year old daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Charlton might be? Stumped, Peter.