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Marthar - boy's name????
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Deryn | Report | 31 Oct 2004 18:55 |
Anyone heard of it? |
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PennyDainty | Report | 31 Oct 2004 18:59 |
Hi Deryn, my Dad had a workmate called Martha but I'm not sure how it was spelled, just knew it was unusual for a man. Christine |
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Christine in Herts | Report | 31 Oct 2004 20:56 |
Any chance it's a corruption of Matthew? I can imagine that happening either through handwriting problems or through the effect of a regional accent. Christine |
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Geoff | Report | 31 Oct 2004 23:03 |
Or if it's a census, simply entering the age in the wrong column. |