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help! does such a name exist!!!!

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Brenda

Brenda Report 1 Apr 2005 22:57

GGrandfather x 4 James Harvey married an Elizabeth 'Oakde' in Burton on Trent March Qtr 1839,but cannot find anyone with this name at all in the whole of the country!I keep muttering names like oakley,ogdon oakdale, nothing sounds like 'Oakdale' any ideas please?????

Joan Allan

Joan Allan Report 1 Apr 2005 23:00

Could it be a bad transcription of Oalde?

Brenda

Brenda Report 1 Apr 2005 23:06

Hello Joan, Put Oalde on 1871 census for Derbyshire,Hasland and Burton on Trent, nothing came up at all, thanks anyway,Regards,Brenda

Kate

Kate Report 1 Apr 2005 23:11

I would guess Oakden, it seems to be a fairly common name.

Sheila

Sheila Report 1 Apr 2005 23:18

Hi, Nothing on my electoral roll for Oakde are you sure its not Oakden? as there are a few down for Burton-on -Trent. Sheila

Susan

Susan Report 1 Apr 2005 23:24

Just looked up Oakden on 1837 for March quarter of 1839 marriages. There is an Elizabeth Oakden, Burton upon Trent - marriage cert ref is: Vol 17, Page 13. Does this ref match what you have for James? S:>

Judith

Judith Report 1 Apr 2005 23:34

When we transcribe for Freebmd (which is where Ancestry get their BMD references from) we have to put an underscore _ to denote an illegible letter (or an asterix * to show an unknown number of illegible letters) so Oakde_ means the final letter was illegible on the page scan. We have to type what we see so even though the transcriber could probably have guessed that it was Oakden they would have to use the underscore

Brenda

Brenda Report 2 Apr 2005 12:12

Thanks everyone for your help,will now investigate 'Oakden'. Regards Brenda