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Victoria | Report | 16 Jul 2006 00:28 |
And there is also the possibility that the household where your rellie is a servant already having one 'Sarah', 'Elizabeth' - [even if she had already left by the time the census was done] and so the new girl gets to use her second name for the duration of her employment. This happened as late as the thirties in hairdressing salons!! Victoria |
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Anne | Report | 15 Jul 2006 23:40 |
I think that occasionally servants names were standardised by a family. For example the scullery maid was always called Emma regardless of what her real name was!! So that's even more helpful then - NOT!! Anne |
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ErikaH | Report | 15 Jul 2006 23:27 |
My paternal line had a fondness for using the second forename as a matter of course, and gave the enumerator the second names only! Made finding marriages etc somewhat tricky!! Reg |
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Kate | Report | 15 Jul 2006 23:09 |
I don't think it was that when somebody went into domestic service their employer ordered them to switch their names around, but more likely if a girl was known by her middle name, her employer didn't realise that it was her middle name and thought it was her first name so just filled in the form wrongly, whereas if the girl was at home her parents were more likely to put the names in the right order on the form. But having said that, there are loads in my family whose names are swopped around on the censuses when they were at home with their parents anyway! KAte. |
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Sarah | Report | 15 Jul 2006 22:29 |
Thanks Glen, So you've accepted them into your family then? Whichever way they've decided to give the ennumerator their names? Sarah :-) Actually Merry, they ARE away from home... 17 year olds mostly, off earning a crust before finding Mr Right... so all I have is dob & pob really (plus the area I'd expect them to be in ie not too far from home) |
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Merry | Report | 15 Jul 2006 22:27 |
I'd say this happens quite often......if the person is still with their family and it's obvious you are looking at the right people, one with a name swapped about doesn't seem all that bothersome, but when they are away from home.......it's a different matter!! Merry |
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Glen In Tinsel Knickers | Report | 15 Jul 2006 22:25 |
Sometimes the names were swapped around,sometimes not. When and why they decided which way round to use their names is anyones guess. It has happened with my lot a few times. Glen |
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Sarah | Report | 15 Jul 2006 22:19 |
... if I'm clutching at straws? .............. In looking for rellies on censi, I keep finding correct date & place of birth but forenames inversed ie Maria Elizabeth can be found as Elizabeth M..... I wondered if it was common practice (when taking domestic jobs; gen serv & the like) to do that?................. or am I stretching the rules so they fit????? ......................... Sarah :-) |