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Topic: Entonai surname, marriage 1877 ***completed*** (Read 154 times)
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althea
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Hi Rc's
Always fascinated by unusual surnames, so here's one
Esther Entonai (Mrs) married Thomas Brown 1877
It appears in waikouaiti parish register, which is the area we are looking for possible Brown, and Glendinning family
http://www.archives.presbyterian.org.nz/marriageregisters/waikouaitimarraiges1.htm
I've searched all the CD's I have and this name only appears the once for marriage, there are a handful of ENTON's but they are a terrible search as papers past picks ups choices like Fenton and Brenton
Anyone heard of this surname before???
Bye
Althea
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« Last Edit: Tuesday 30 June 09 06:33 UTC (UK) by althea »
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Pascoe, Williams, Rowe, Matthews, Eddy: St Just-in-Penwith, St Keverne, Cornwall. Varcoe, Collicoat, Chapman: Roche area,Cornwall Cornes & Graham: Ireland/Shropshire, Barker, Palin: Shropshire McDougall, Morren: Ireland, Earl, Redgen, Steward: Suffolk Info: Thames, New Zealand Genealogy Resources: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~althea/index.htmlNZSG Mem#18951 CFHS Mem#13723 Info: Breage, Germoe & Godolphin Cornwall : http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~althea/index.html |
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Lucy2
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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Hi Althea
... a right "curly" one ! 
What I do when faced with "odd / unusal" names, is run them through the search engine at "familysearch" (selecting "all countries").
A search for "Entonai" though, only comes back with birth in Mexico - 1624  ... where the spelling is "Entoni".
But just looking at the parish register link, I notice there is an "x" alongside of the name of Esther ? "X" = 'her mark" ... so obviously she was not able to write her name.
Also ... same link ... there is a marriage in 1884 for "Hira ANTONI - 21 years" (to TEWAHIA) ... a relative perhaps ? "ENTONAI" ... "ANTONI" 
Lu
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althea
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Hi Lu
the A is a very good idea, as you say if you couldn't write then thats a very possible mispronunciation...guess..
Bye
Althea
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Pascoe, Williams, Rowe, Matthews, Eddy: St Just-in-Penwith, St Keverne, Cornwall. Varcoe, Collicoat, Chapman: Roche area,Cornwall Cornes & Graham: Ireland/Shropshire, Barker, Palin: Shropshire McDougall, Morren: Ireland, Earl, Redgen, Steward: Suffolk Info: Thames, New Zealand Genealogy Resources: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~althea/index.htmlNZSG Mem#18951 CFHS Mem#13723 Info: Breage, Germoe & Godolphin Cornwall : http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~althea/index.html |
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Lucy2
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Hmmm .. the "Hira ANTONI" - Tamati TEWAHIA 1884 marriage, shows up as surname ... "ANATONI".
Check out 'familysearch' (NZ) ... birth for "Esther ANTHONY or ANTONIA" - 1850 - Stewart Island ?
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althea
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Well done Lu
very real possibility and I see she has a marriage, and could easily then remarried under maiden name
certainly in the right area
Bye
Althea
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Pascoe, Williams, Rowe, Matthews, Eddy: St Just-in-Penwith, St Keverne, Cornwall. Varcoe, Collicoat, Chapman: Roche area,Cornwall Cornes & Graham: Ireland/Shropshire, Barker, Palin: Shropshire McDougall, Morren: Ireland, Earl, Redgen, Steward: Suffolk Info: Thames, New Zealand Genealogy Resources: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~althea/index.htmlNZSG Mem#18951 CFHS Mem#13723 Info: Breage, Germoe & Godolphin Cornwall : http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~althea/index.html |
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