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Topic: Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions! (Read 11955 times)
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Chris1969
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I just found Fairy King in 1901
should be Daisy
Chris
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Name Interests: Wells, La Roche, Skingle, Coleman, Capen, Edmonds, Atkinson, Cox, Brett, Onion, Atwill, Sheldrick, Taylor, Lefebvre, Mecklenburgh Places: Camberwell, Lambeth, Southwark Any census information included in this post is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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miss marple
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Posts: 437
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One of my ancestors is called BOWTELL. His name is indexed as follows:
1861: BOUTELL
1871: BONSELL
1881: BOWTALL
1891: BOWTALE
1901: BOWSELL on National Archives website, BOWLIN on ancestry.co.uk.
So that's a full house – name spelled wrong in every census! Anyone beat that?
Jane
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Manchester Rambler
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Here's a Welsh-speaking African from the 1881 transcription:
Williams, William 22 Caernavon, Cameroon
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ANT: Nesbit, Potts CHS: Gosling, Hinton, Johnson, Marsland, Sorton LAN: Barlow, Jackson, James, Potts, Sorton MAY: Caulfield, Griffin SAL/STS: Goodwin, Gregory SOM: Dowding, James, Jones Any census information included in this post is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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lizdb
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Of the 3 main Deboo families I looked for on the 1861 index, I found one indexed under Deboo.
The other 2 took longer to track down - one indexed as BUBOS, and the other as DEVON.
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Paul E
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For 2 years I have searched for my 'Dumelows' on 1881... I knew that they should be there somewhere....... Have search on Ancestry and there they were  They had been mistranscibed on 'family search' as DAVIDSON. Gill
Gill - glad to hear that for once Ancestry triumphed over family search!
Paul
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DebbieDee
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Hepzibah Annie Burge 1887-1969
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Hi
Having subscribed to Ancestry I was really pleased when Wales 1901 finally appeared...however my guess is it may have been rushed through. Anyone else struggling? I had found ancestors on the PRO version but found it a little expensive to get the transcription and the images, so I thought I can now get the images 'for free'.
I am looking for a fairly unusual surname spelt either Assender or Assinder. Have found them in 1891 (eventually) as Asse(i)nger by searching for Ass*...
Did the same on Ancestry's Wales 1901 and only found half the family as Assecider. Looking at the image it is easy to see why as the writing is awful. On the previous image I found the missing parents, same handwriting but transcribed as Asacider...grrr
If this is what happens when I know what I'm looking for
PS Paul, Do you think I get two more on the Censuswhack??
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Price, Morgans: BRE; Assender: HEF & MON; Assinder, Brooks, Greatrex: WAR; Brister, Brown, Burge, Coles, Corfield, Curry, Edmonds, Hooper, Hurst, Jones, Lapthorne, North, Pratlett, Snook, Stabbins, Stevens, Taylor, Twose : SOM; Clapp: DEV; Close, Dones, Jobbins, Phelps: GLS; Rees: GLA & MON; Rendall : DEV & SOM Dunning, Durrant, Tyne: LON Weston-super-Mare FHS http://www.wsmfhs.org.uk/Any lookups are Crown Copyright www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Paul E
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Hi Debbie
I think you deserve a sackful of points for locating your Ass* families!
Unfortunately, I have had notification from the International Federation of Censuswhackers, who have drawn my attention to
Censuswhack Rule 213b
Where a Rootschatter has previously posted any information regarding the Censuswhack elsewhere on the Rootschat board, that entry shall be declared null and void.
so I can't give you any points for posting on the Censuswhack thread.
PS
Only
joking!
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DebbieDee
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Hepzibah Annie Burge 1887-1969
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Thanks Paul LOL 
I just realised I mistranscribed my mistranscription oops! 
It was actually Assecider and Asaseeder...
Another of my favourite mistranscriptions from 1871
Surname: Baby
First Name: A Dear Litta
Bless
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Price, Morgans: BRE; Assender: HEF & MON; Assinder, Brooks, Greatrex: WAR; Brister, Brown, Burge, Coles, Corfield, Curry, Edmonds, Hooper, Hurst, Jones, Lapthorne, North, Pratlett, Snook, Stabbins, Stevens, Taylor, Twose : SOM; Clapp: DEV; Close, Dones, Jobbins, Phelps: GLS; Rees: GLA & MON; Rendall : DEV & SOM Dunning, Durrant, Tyne: LON Weston-super-Mare FHS http://www.wsmfhs.org.uk/Any lookups are Crown Copyright www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Tariana
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Happy Mother's Day USA
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Linney Peoples mistranscribed as Sinez Peoples in the 1900 census.
SINEZ?
His name looks like Linney. In the 1910 census, it's Linnie...
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Paul E
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Oh, Tariana ... those magical words '1910 Census' had me salivating, as you'll know that we're stuck back in 1901 here in the UK!
Sinez is a wonderful name for someone - gives you the impression he had problems with his nasal passages!
And Debbie ... your Dear Litta Baby is just lovely!
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Manchester Rambler
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On the 1871 transcription:
HRH Prince Arthur was born at Beckington Palen, Middlesex...
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ANT: Nesbit, Potts CHS: Gosling, Hinton, Johnson, Marsland, Sorton LAN: Barlow, Jackson, James, Potts, Sorton MAY: Caulfield, Griffin SAL/STS: Goodwin, Gregory SOM: Dowding, James, Jones Any census information included in this post is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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