Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!

[Paul E]

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...

[Aragina]

OHHHH so may but favoites were my Circus lot

Bishop as Birkett in 1871 Birkenhead
Dismore as Lismore 1851 Plymouth (Only found this one as she was with her mother  )
Hawker as Hawken 1871 Bristol
 I've had Bristol in Cornwall 1871. Bodmin as  Bosmin 1871.  Redruth as Redmith 1871.
 My Favorite though is Saudi Arabian Republic as Surrey in 1891, thank goodness her twin in the same entry had Surrey 

[SS from The Rhondda]

One of my favourites has got to be this piece of extreme luck skillful searching by yours truly:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,19290.msg70603.html#msg70603

The elusive George Frederick NEWBERY was no where to be found

But I uncovered him. Someone transcribed the surname as UNBREE

[Paul E]

SS - my kinda guy!  I too like the first name, age, area searches the best!

[forester]

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.

[suey]

Emily Knight 1871 born Tunbridge Wille 

Winifred Knapp 1891 - Winifred Naff 

1901 - Gas Gas Davis - should have been John James 

Lester instead of Tester - Dewitt for Hewitt 

[indiapaleale]

I finally found AMBROSE STOCKWIN

AMBRON STICKWIN !!!

Made me laugh anyway!

Indi

[JLo]

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?

[ryan]

The only ones that come to mind in my case are:
Fereday mistranscribed as FereDOG. How silly, eh? Bagnell (should be Bignell) as BOGnell, as well as Munson mistranscribed as Marrison on the ol' 1901. That one sure raised a brickwall in my Munson research until Bernie Barnes helped me out. Also, on my GG Grandparent's marriage cert (Thomas John Hill m. Florence Caroline Mary Bignell) Thomas' occupation looks as if is reads 'Butcher JOINTEYman', where in fact it is actually 'Butcher Journeyman'. Yes, the handwriting was very poor (or is it my vision?)