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Have you found frequent name variations in your trees

Yes, many
53 (42.1%)
Yes, some
71 (56.3%)
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Offline Zelley

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Name Variations
« on: Monday 13 June 05 21:43 BST (UK) »
One of the interesting problems is variations in the names by choice or error.

Several examples that I have found :

ZELLEY - Zelly, Zealy, Zealey, Sealy
Sealey, Selly and Selley and more
VALENCE - Vallens, Valance and Vallence
MABBE + Mabb
FLISHER - Flesher & Fisher
Zelley,  Lovell, Godbold, Woods, Phillips, Lewis, Emery,
Magee, Baker, White. Flisher, Kyne, Tilston, Valence/Vallens,
Mabb/Mabbe, Bellamy, Selley, Martha Smith, Arno (of Dartmouth, Devon}.
Dorset, London, Warwick, East Anglia, Kent,  Devon
North Wales          

The ancestors lived here and there, in many scattered
places, with various occupations

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Re: Name Variations Poll
« Reply #1 on: Friday 17 June 05 20:04 BST (UK) »
Persons answering the poll are welcome to provide a few examples such as Randall, Randell, Rendle
or Godbold, Godbolt or even Wood and Woods,
Kyne or Kine etc.
Zelley,  Lovell, Godbold, Woods, Phillips, Lewis, Emery,
Magee, Baker, White. Flisher, Kyne, Tilston, Valence/Vallens,
Mabb/Mabbe, Bellamy, Selley, Martha Smith, Arno (of Dartmouth, Devon}.
Dorset, London, Warwick, East Anglia, Kent,  Devon
North Wales          

The ancestors lived here and there, in many scattered
places, with various occupations

Offline Kevwood

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Re: Name Variations
« Reply #2 on: Friday 17 June 05 20:11 BST (UK) »
I have sollars to sollards, baldwin to baldwing, clark to clarke  but the worst is Serjent to sargent to sarjent to seargent !!!


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Re: Name Variations
« Reply #3 on: Friday 17 June 05 23:04 BST (UK) »
I have Jones to Jones to Jones to Jones.................... ;D ;D ;D


Jan
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Bennett, Owen, Owens, Hudson, Crisp, Challinor/Challoner/Chaloner, Lewis, James, Richards, Simon, Mills, Evans, Trow, Davies, Turner, Beaton/Betton, Lloyd, Jenkins, Evans.....and a ton of JONES!!!!

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Re: Name Variations
« Reply #4 on: Friday 17 June 05 23:13 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Lloydy on Friday 17 June 05 23:04 BST (UK)
I have Jones to Jones to Jones to Jones.................... ;D ;D ;D
Jan

What about SMITH or LEE :o
Zelley,  Lovell, Godbold, Woods, Phillips, Lewis, Emery,
Magee, Baker, White. Flisher, Kyne, Tilston, Valence/Vallens,
Mabb/Mabbe, Bellamy, Selley, Martha Smith, Arno (of Dartmouth, Devon}.
Dorset, London, Warwick, East Anglia, Kent,  Devon
North Wales          

The ancestors lived here and there, in many scattered
places, with various occupations

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Re: Name Variations
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 18 June 05 12:37 BST (UK) »
Joking aside now!!!!......

I have Beaton/Beeton/Beetton/Betton

Challinor/Challenor/Challiner

Trow/Trowe

Simon/Simons


Jan
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Bennett, Owen, Owens, Hudson, Crisp, Challinor/Challoner/Chaloner, Lewis, James, Richards, Simon, Mills, Evans, Trow, Davies, Turner, Beaton/Betton, Lloyd, Jenkins, Evans.....and a ton of JONES!!!!

TROW From Wales to New Zealand

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Re: Name Variations
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 18 June 05 12:47 BST (UK) »
      I have found Laing/Lang/ Lange/Layng, not counting Sang

                      and as for the Robbs and Dunns - well !!!!!!

                                           Ysabeau

                        PS And what about Christian names
Aberdeenshire : Anderson + Baxter + Bruce + Dickson + Emslie + Hendry + Hunter + Laing + Lawson + Maitland + Reid + Robb + Walker + Watt + Williams

Banffshire/Morayshire : Farquharson + Gordon + Grant + Lamb + Lawson + Stewart/Stuart

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Re: Name Variations
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 19 June 05 07:54 BST (UK) »
Until I started thinking about this, I didn't realize just how many variations there were!  These are all names of my children's ancestors and all variants come from official records - either church registers or statutory records.

Lochtie, Lochty, Loughty

Philp, Philip, Philips, Phillip, Phillips

Trippet, Trippett, Trippit, Trippitt

Pearcy, Peircy, Peircey, Piercy, Piercey, Percey, Percy

Bourke, Burke, Burk

Stanton, Staunton

Brownell, Brownill, Brownhill

Cuming, Cumming, Cumin, Cumyn

Dooley, Duly

Kinsella, Kinchella, Kinchilla, Kinnale, Kinsals

Siddle, Siddal, Siddall, Sydall

And the one which takes absolute pride of place:
McLause, McLaws, McIlhose, McLehose - a total of some 80 variant spellings!  If you can think of a way to spell it, it has been used!

JAP

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Re: Name Variations
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 19 June 05 08:51 BST (UK) »
Wow!  Excellent contribution.  May you manage you rake up all the scattered leaves of your family trees regardless of
the many shades? :D
Zelley,  Lovell, Godbold, Woods, Phillips, Lewis, Emery,
Magee, Baker, White. Flisher, Kyne, Tilston, Valence/Vallens,
Mabb/Mabbe, Bellamy, Selley, Martha Smith, Arno (of Dartmouth, Devon}.
Dorset, London, Warwick, East Anglia, Kent,  Devon
North Wales          

The ancestors lived here and there, in many scattered
places, with various occupations
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