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Topic: Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions! (Read 11941 times)
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Paul E
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Could well be a tax scam, Sue!
But there may be something above which says for another of the daughter's profession - 'Bootmaker's Daughter' - hence the 'do'. I keep coming across references to 'Miners Daughter' in profession here and there!
Paul
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Paul E
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What's the problem? She probably got Sunday afternoon off.
Paul
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Wee Bairn
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Hello Everyone,First time posting and all that.I have a family name that has changed 5 times from father James Quade (valuation records)mother Jane Quete (VR) ,Their marriage is recorded as James Quiet married to Jane Ferguson (LDS)all in Ireland .Then son Andrew Meate and family on Scottish census and finally Andrew Queate(same gent) on all other BMD and census.I freely admit to a lot of help from some really determined people to have traced them at all.
Wee Bairn
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Looking for Haldane , Johnstone , Keir ,McLauchlan ,Queate , Walker ,Laurie ,Holmes ,McIlwee , Welsh ,Torrance ,Newport ,Rae ,Scott ,Clark ,Hill ,Millar , McMillan ,Dalziel ,Longmuir ,Wardrop , Grey , Young ,Frew , Main ,Cockburn , Ferguson ,Duncan ,Strachan , Stewart , Campbell copyrighted material from both © Crown copyright and copyright Scotland On Line Ltd.: Genealogy, family history and family tree information and Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Paul E
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Welcome to Rootschat, Wee Bairn! You must have had quite a struggle tracing all those, I'll bet!
Hope to see you posting on Rootschat again soon.
best wishes
Paul
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Manchester Rambler
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I've just found the SOURBEER family of North Meols on the 1871 census - should be Sourbutts. But I think the transcriber was influenced by the father's profession: Night Soiler...
Perhaps he ought to stick to whiskey? 
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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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Paul E
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The pubs in North Meols are a bit ropey these days too, MR! 
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mickgall
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Albert Gall 1897-1951
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Hi all
I've seen some census search results on ancestry.com, that once I've checked the image out, always leave me baffled (polite terminology ) as to how such a mistake can be made.
e.g a search brought up a location as Norwich NORWAY - now that sounded intriguing, on the image it was clearly Norwich Norfolk.
Another ancestor who I knew to be 35 was marked down as 65 but the image showed ........35, and one that really got the alarm bells ringing for no reason was my gt granmum who was born in Dewsbury Yorkshire. The search brought up the right name and age but the place of birth was Dewsbury Buckinghamshire...  OMG!!!!! I could have been following a wrong branch and spent quite a considerable sum of money on this wrong branch. A look at the image showed it was Yorkshire after all  .
I've got lots of other examples but cant recall them right now as I've just got back from the pub so I'm a bit fuddled 
Mick
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Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk GALL-Norfolk,Cardiff,LondonTHOMAS-London,Herts, PRIOR-N.Ireland,WOODS-N.Ieland, DAWKES-Warks,DAVIS-Warkes'Wales, JENNINGS-Surrey,Warks,London,SHELDRAKE-Essex,London, BRITTON-Berks,BLAKELEY-Dewsbury W.Yorks |
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Paul E
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Hi Mick
Try inputting 'Western Sahara' on the opening search screen at Ancestry, under 'keywords', and then search... I think you'll be both amazed and astounded! 
Paul
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carol8353
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My two gorgeous grandsons
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I have ancestors born in Somerset which has been transcribed as Somalia.
A 5 year old father of 6 kids(should have been 55).
A Fred down as Frog.
And my Rapkin ancestors .......you would not believe how many different ways there are of mistranscribing that one.
Rapile,Raphons,Ropkins,Rabjohns to name but a few.
I always have to search by christian name on them......well until I finally found my gt grandma Amy down as Arny RAFKIN.Born in Edgware Road,(EDURE RD)!!!
Who said genealogy would be easy
Wouldn't be any fun would it otherwise.
Carol
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Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukRogers, Rapkin, Phillips - Hammersmith/Fulham/Paddington areas Worth Bailey, Heapy, Burgess. All Macclesfield Cheshire Mockridge,West Monkton Somerset Jenner,Clapham Surrey Kendrick,Liverpool Wensley,Somerset Coleman and Mc Namara from Ennis, Co Clare, Ireland Blake and Maloney from Kilbaha Co Clare, Ireland |
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