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Have you found frequent name variations in your trees

Yes, many
53 (42.1%)
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71 (56.3%)
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Offline smeghead

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Re: Name Variations
« Reply #18 on: Wednesday 22 June 05 00:00 BST (UK) »
I have Jeves,jeeves,jeaves,geves,geaves and have found relatives where the misspelling has stuck Jeves is the version i am looking for but many other names in my tree have variations or misspelling part of the fun of genealogy

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Jeves, Sparkes, Downton, Chaney, Digby, Jenkins, Taylor, Hiscock, NOAKE, McCabe, Harman, Cuffay, Lloyd, Jamieson Lister,Rimmer,Kryten, Kochanski, Holly                                            Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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Re: Name Variations
« Reply #19 on: Wednesday 22 June 05 09:33 BST (UK) »
My nightmare name is SOUTHERN, so far:

Southern, Southen, Souther, Southan, Southam, Souton, Sowten, Sowtan

I dare say there are more to find yet  ;D

Steph.
Beer (Kent)
Hall/Halle  (Stafford/Enfield/Folkestone)
Richards (Kent)
Silk (Kent)
Southan/Southen/Southern/Southon (Kent)
And more (there are always more!)

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Re: Name Variations
« Reply #20 on: Wednesday 22 June 05 09:39 BST (UK) »
So far only with my Newells, who are also Newel or Newall or Newhall.

But Great Grandad Johnson pulled a fast one on his wedding certificate, Calling himself and his father - Johnston, but then they lied about brides age, her father's name and occupation too.  An elopment so the family think.
Greenwich, London-BEARMAN/JOHNSON/GREENE Barking Essex-BEARMAN
Manchester- NEWALL/Newell or variants, LOLLEY/Lolly,WALL
Shropshire- WALL
Cheshire- MADDOCK/CARTER/PERCIVAL
Windsor, Berkshire - MILES
Buckinghamshire - MILES
Monmouthshire - JAMES & MORRIS
Herefordshire- FLEET
Yorkshire- SHIPLEY & GRAY
Sussex- EDWARDS & KNIGHT
Wiltshire/Hampshire-WATERS
Wolverhampton area Staffordshire- ASTON
Staffordshire- LOLLEY

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Randall
« Reply #21 on: Wednesday 22 June 05 19:41 BST (UK) »
What about Randall, Randell & Rendle
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 #22 on: Wednesday 22 June 05 20:59 BST (UK) »
 Hi All,
    I Have;   For the name Hyatt,
               Hyaitte, Hyett,Hyette,Hiatt,Hiett, Hiaght, Height, Hyit,Heyitt,Hiyite, Myatt, Wyatt, even Byatt! Then go 'searching' and all we get is HOTELS Worldwide! Adds hours on to the research!
           Sue
HYATT/ELLIOTT/MULLANEY/CORBETT/CASHMORE/AUCOTT/TOPP/TANDY.

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Re: Name Variations
« Reply #23 on: Wednesday 22 June 05 21:38 BST (UK) »
Sue, you can cut out words in most search engines by inserting a 'minus' for example

Hyatt -hotel

Or look for an Advanced Search as it usually gives you an option to specify words you don't want.

Might narrow if down a little  :D

Hope this helps - always frightened I may be sucking eggs with this kind of thing  ;D

Steph.
Beer (Kent)
Hall/Halle  (Stafford/Enfield/Folkestone)
Richards (Kent)
Silk (Kent)
Southan/Southen/Southern/Southon (Kent)
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Re: Name Variations
« Reply #24 on: Wednesday 22 June 05 22:06 BST (UK) »
 Hi Steph,
     Thanks for the advice, I'll try it that way in future.
                           Sue
HYATT/ELLIOTT/MULLANEY/CORBETT/CASHMORE/AUCOTT/TOPP/TANDY.

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Google - Hyatt Family 1881
« Reply #25 on: Thursday 23 June 05 02:59 BST (UK) »
First hit was: Henry Edkins - Mary HYATT (Feb. 17, 1757)
Others: Benjamin Garner Hyatt, veteran WW II, then the name Julia HYATT (1855 - 1918) popped-up.

Be creative, try a real name & date
e.g. James Hyatt, 1850 and what do you get
 - James Franklin Hyatt, born 1874
in Franklin, Arkansas

Then I tried Zelley, Hyatt
and received a grab bag of interesting results

Using WYATT, I go a lot on Stanley Zelley WYATT, but on a Wraxall, Somerset site there was a 1816 marriage of one George Wyatt to Harriet DOGGETT.
And for those that care about the DOGGETT name, also in 1816
Sophia DOGGETT married one Mark MAY
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 #26 on: Thursday 23 June 05 04:30 BST (UK) »
Hi Zelley,
        Thanks for your look ups. As it happens I do have a lot of the Hyatt's going back to c1795. I'm always looking for more tho'
       They are all from the Middlesex London area, with some going to the USA/Aus/Tasmania.
      This has been a 40yr project for me and thanks to this site I've traced more in the last few months than I could have ever have  imagined.
     That is on all my name searches. It's agreat place to be.
                     Thanks again,
                            Sue
HYATT/ELLIOTT/MULLANEY/CORBETT/CASHMORE/AUCOTT/TOPP/TANDY.