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anyone heard of the forename THURPA?
« on: Monday 03 January 05 18:20 GMT (UK) »
She's my ggg auntie - the daughter of James and Rebecca Edwards of West Mersea born in 1858.

All the other names of her siblings are your normal nineteenth century names - thought if i could  find something out about the name origin it might help me get more infor about her parents.

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Re: anyone heard of the forename THURPA?
« Reply #1 on: Monday 03 January 05 18:27 GMT (UK) »
Are you quite sure that is doesn't read Thirza?

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Re: anyone heard of the forename THURPA?
« Reply #2 on: Monday 03 January 05 18:37 GMT (UK) »
Thursa appears three times in my family - Lightfoot in Hambleton near Selby - between 1830 and 1900.
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Re: anyone heard of the forename THURPA?
« Reply #3 on: Monday 03 January 05 20:09 GMT (UK) »
No - it definately says "thurpa" in the census. Theres one other "thurpa" registered in the censuses from 1871 to 1901 and she too has english born parents but her mother is called PHEBE and she has a brother called ZACHARIAH.

Maybe they just had wacky parents!

I found out Thurpa is a name used in Tibet and Georgia, Eastern Europe. As i understand, Russian Immigration to England occured late C19 as opposed to early. Anyone know anymore?

Thanks for the feedback.
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Re: anyone heard of the forename THURPA?
« Reply #4 on: Monday 03 January 05 20:26 GMT (UK) »
I have just had a look at RG10/1690 folio 99 page 13 and agree that it does look like Thurpa.  Unfortunately, enumerators didn't write many "Zs" so there is nothing else on the page to compare it with.  Maybe it was just a new name to him or a slip of the pen.

However, I think that you can be 99.9% sure that it should say Thurza/Thirza.

There is a Thurza Ann EDWARDS birth registered in the June quarter 1857 Lexden registration district which would tie in with her birth date/place on the 1871 census. 

Agreed? Cheesy

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Re: anyone heard of the forename THURPA?
« Reply #5 on: Monday 03 January 05 21:23 GMT (UK) »
It may be a pet name.

For example, I have a Caroline who appears in only one Census as Cassie and Amelia who appears as Millie. Clearly these were what their mother (widowed) called them - 10 years later they are married and back to their birth names.

I have no idea what Thurpa might be an affectionate name for though!
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Re: anyone heard of the forename THURPA?
« Reply #6 on: Monday 03 January 05 21:30 GMT (UK) »
Thanks all for your feedback.

Casalguidi has cracked it - It is THURZA!

I've just found her as Thurza Clover in subsequent censuses. Thank God for that - i thought she'd had a tragic early death or something.

Many thanks, Casalguidi - you've saved me HOURS!!!

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« Reply #7 on: Monday 03 January 05 22:03 GMT (UK) »
Am pleased you agree with Pauline and I re Thurza/Thirza - just spelling variations.

For ndedross .................

Yes, Millie is short for Amelia, Carrie for Caroline, Cissy for Cecelia, Fanny for Frances, Polly for Mary Ann, Nancy for Ann, Nellie for Ellen, Omy for Naomi and so it goes on ..............

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Re: anyone heard of the forename THURPA?
« Reply #8 on: Monday 03 January 05 22:08 GMT (UK) »
There are many Thurza's in the 1891 Glamorgan census that I am currently transcribing for FreeCEN.
I assumed it was a common name of the era.
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