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Topic: Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions! (Read 11873 times)
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Paul E
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We've all got them, so come on, lets have your best mistranscriptions...
To start you off
William NIPE (1881) was transcribed as William NIPER in 1891 and William WIPE in 1871.
Leonard CLARK (1881) was transcribed as Conard CLARKE in 1891.
Over to you...
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« Last Edit: Wednesday 16 March 05 12:04 UTC (UK) by Paul E »
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Paul E
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SS - my kinda guy! I too like the first name, age, area searches the best! 
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forester
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According to FreeCEN, in 1891 my great-great-grandfather was a Hay Fruper. He must have changed jobs, because in 1881 he was a Hay Trusser.
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indiapaleale
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I finally found AMBROSE STOCKWIN
AMBRON STICKWIN !!!
Made me laugh anyway!
Indi
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JLo
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I can't compete with the great name mistranscriptions, but I do have a good occupation. I wondered for ages what a 'Hay Her' was, until I looked at the original and found it was a hay tier. Does that make him more lowly than an ag lab?
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Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukMarshall, Beeson (Herts) Lo(e)wenthal,Kavanagh, Maxam (London, Birmingham) Harrisson, Matthews (London, Essex) Poulton, Philbrick (Essex) Guest, Timmins (Staffs) Raynes/Ryall (Ireland, Birmingham) White (Bucks) Gunn (Scotland, Lancs, Essex) Ison (Tamworth, Birmingham, USA, Canada) |
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JLo
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I was inspired by this topic to have yet another look for the Lowenthals on 1881 and I found them - transcribed as Leonathal. When I looked at the original record, even I would have mistranscribed it!
Anyway thanks for the inspiration 
Julie
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Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukMarshall, Beeson (Herts) Lo(e)wenthal,Kavanagh, Maxam (London, Birmingham) Harrisson, Matthews (London, Essex) Poulton, Philbrick (Essex) Guest, Timmins (Staffs) Raynes/Ryall (Ireland, Birmingham) White (Bucks) Gunn (Scotland, Lancs, Essex) Ison (Tamworth, Birmingham, USA, Canada) |
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Paul E
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Hi Julie
The more I think about it, the more I think that a lot of 'missing' people on the census indeces are really mistranscribed. I have a personal theory that a lot of the companies that do the transcriptions use myopic monkeys! However, I know that sometimes the text is really hard to decypher.
Congratulations on your find though!
Paul
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Lloydy
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In 1881 Cornelius Nunnerley, Son but in 1891 he had changed to Cornelia Nunnerley, daughter!!!!! I didn't think sex-change operations were available then!!!!
Someone checked the original image for 1891 and it's clearly Cornelius - think the transcriber must have been having a bad day.
Jan
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Bennett, Challinor/Challenor, Mills, Evans, Lewis, Owen, Owens, Trow, James, Ashton, Betton/Beaton, Breese, Breeze, Crisp, Davies, Elias, Hudson, Hughes, Jenkins, Turner, Richards, Gethin, Tudor, Simon....plus tons of Jones!!! - All my Montgomeryshire lot!!
Challinor/Challenor - originally from Shocklach, Cheshire Betton - originally from Worthen, Shropshire
Census & BMD information Crown Copyright www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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buttercup
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In 1871 i got Bogan (if i remember correctly) for Bryan, what was wierd though all their children were listed as Bryan... 
In 1871 i also have some wierd name which sounded very foreign (cant remember at teh moment) but after a few days of close scrutiny i worked it out.. it should have been Pickering! (it wasnt easy though so ill forgive them)
BC
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HURST, RUDD, BANKS, APPLETON, BRYAN, RIGBY, ORMSHAW, PICKERING - Lancashire
BRYAN, PICKERING - Cheshire
BROWN, TURK - East Sussex
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