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Forename changes/discrepancies on census?
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Dianne | Report | 21 May 2006 23:57 |
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This week I received a marriage cert in which the bride's father's name was Edward. In the same envelope came her birth cert in which her father was George, and yet I know she is the same girl in both certs as she lived in a very small village, and she had an unusual name. I can therefore only assume that he went by two different names as the mood took him. Dianne xx |
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Estelle | Report | 21 May 2006 20:01 |
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Hi everyone, thank you so much for your speedy replies! I am fairly convinced this is the right ancestor after all your helpful advice. I just need to set about proving it. It is so xciting, it's taken me 8 years to find out this info. I've spent nearly all day looking into this - how addicitve is it?! As if I don't get enough of it in the week :o) Estelle x |
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Mandy in Wiltshire | Report | 21 May 2006 19:56 |
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Hi Estelle I've had three incidents where the enumerator seems to have been having a 'funny five minutes'! I have a John Blake who appears on one census as Edward (not even his middle name), and an Eliza who appears on one census as Emma. The other occasion was when the enumerator had got the family muddled up - he called the mother Mary (she was Catherine) and called both her daughters Catherine (one was Catherine and the other was Mary). So I wouldn't set too much store by the census info, providing that you have other evidence that this is 'your' person. Mandy :) |
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Helen | Report | 21 May 2006 19:55 |
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I have found quite a few times that people were often know by their middle names, especially if there was someone else in the family with the same first name. This is not just something that happened way back either, my Nan Gwen and her brother, my Uncle Derrick (I know, strange spelling!) are actually Mary Gwendoline and Laurence Derrick. Their parents were Mary and Laurence. |
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Joan of Arc(hives) | Report | 21 May 2006 19:40 |
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I have found quite a few of my rellies with wrong ages, first names, wrong spellings of surnames, etc. So I don't think the censuses were 100% accurate. Best to go on other evidence as well. ;0) Joan |
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Estelle | Report | 21 May 2006 19:37 |
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I think I might have had a major breakthrough in my research, but the forename on the census is completely different to the one on the marriage certificate. My GGGrandfather got married in 1858 and his father's name is shown as John. I think I may have now found him on the 1841 census but the father is down as Edward. Everything else fits in well though. Does this happen at all and names are shown incorrectly? Or am I just clutching at straws? Thanks in advance for any advice. Estelle |
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