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Darcy
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:)Does anyone else have an ancester who gives a different, and sometimes strange, place of birth on each census?
I believe my 2nd great grandmother to have been born in Whaplode Drove, Lincoln in 1845 but she is making life very difficult for me!
On the 1871 census she gives her place of birth as Warply, Lincoln. In 1881 it's Lincoln, Lincoln and in 1891 it's Wapple ( no County ) and just to confuse me further on the 1901 census it's Stalybridge, Lancs.
I know it's the right person as my great grandmother was born in Stalybridge.
Could Warple and Wapple possibly be Whaplode drove?
Aaron
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Fisher, Pitts, Lucas, Emmit, Keal, Bennett, Maddock, Jackson, Pidd, Lincolnshire Bullock, Read, White, Gloucestershire. Shepherd, Foyle, Crowter, Green, Wiltshire Strickland, Fisher, Butterworth, Brown, Northhamptonshire Shepherd, Bullock, Waterhouse, Lancashire Fisher, Goodwin, Rutland Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Darcy
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 Thanks RootsChat!
I remember reading somewhere that due to a strong regional accent and the inability to read and write the enumerator's job was often a bit difficult.
2nd great grandma seems to have had gypsy in her soul as she is in a different county on every census - either that or she was evading the law!
Aaron in OZ
PS - the problem was the householder - not the enumerator!
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« Last Edit: Saturday 20 March 04 20:26 GMT (UK) by Aaron »
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Fisher, Pitts, Lucas, Emmit, Keal, Bennett, Maddock, Jackson, Pidd, Lincolnshire Bullock, Read, White, Gloucestershire. Shepherd, Foyle, Crowter, Green, Wiltshire Strickland, Fisher, Butterworth, Brown, Northhamptonshire Shepherd, Bullock, Waterhouse, Lancashire Fisher, Goodwin, Rutland Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Kazza
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Actually I think the problems are a mixture of the both. Part of my family moved from Devon and when they did theirs names seem to have changed.
The same family had children in Devon registered as Vicary and in Wales as Vickery. The Shaplands are sometimes Shopland, probably because of their accent.
Kazza. 
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D ap D
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My ggf was apparently born in 4 different places, in 2 counties. His birth certificate had him born in Llangernyw, his obitury had him born in Gwytherin and his census returns were (born in) Llangernyw, Llansannan and Llangystennin. Luckily they are all within a few miles of each other, but apparently he had a sense of humour and didn't take the emunerator too seriously.
In one census, he and his family were listed as all bein bilingual (Welsh and English). In the next, only his children were bilingual. He and his wife spoke only Welsh!
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Stuck with: William Williams of Llanllyfni John Jones in Llanelli Evan Evans in Caio David Davies of Llansanffraid Evans: Caio/Carms Jones: CDG, DEN Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk"Nor do I think that any other nation than this of Wales, or any other tongue, whatever may hereafter come to pass, shall on the day of the great reckoning before the Most High Judge, answer for this corner of the earth": The Old Man of Pencader to Henry II |
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