Querying village name

[BillyF]

Thank you all for your prompt replies!

I originally found this ( 1911 ) on FS and now I live in Wales do not have paid subscriptions to Ancestry or FindMyPast as  it is free at the library, a good saving and on their system I can email things home, but on this occasion I didn`t do it.

So, after the FS find I looked at FindMyPast at the library - definitely Wosalby but I also thought of the misspelling or mispronunciation, but didn`t look at Ancestry.

However, I am convinced this is my George Turner as the age is right and occupation Gardener is the same as on his WW1 attestation. On that he gives his full name as Cecil George ( baptism records show this to be correct ) and the address is right, although also spelt wrongly !!
He was always known as George .

I`m taking it that this 1911 entry is correct, as I`m filling in a few gaps I`ve got for this family. The main problem being the common names !!!!!!!


Thanks for your interest

[BillyF]

Thanks for your help

Google can`t find Wosalby.

I definitely taking it as Worlaby there were  a lot of Turners there and I`m related to all of them !!

[forte]

If you google Lincolnshire Villages, Wikipedia comes up with a list  under W's and gives it as Worlaby.

[BillyF]

I`ve googled it in several ways, abandoned, derelict, disused etc and can`t find any sign of Wosalby.

I`m putting it down to mis- transcribed !!

Thanks everyone

[Geoff-E]

People in 1911 were still spelling their children's names wrongly, why should they get their lodger's birthplace right?

[dcbnwh]

There are numerous instances of Worlaby spelled Woralby.
It could be a case of people mixing up the letters, as in 1911, or is it possible that it is pronounced that way?

http://www.rotary-ribi.org/clubs/page.php?PgID=291237&ClubID=1306

http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/woralby/Interesting

http://www.mikejones-wildlife.com/short-eared-owl-woralby-carr

This one has it spelled both ways:-

http://ukgsa.proboards.com/thread/2334/worlaby-downhill-challenge-sign-open

David

[BillyF]

Maybe when George spoke of his birthplace it was with a broad accent ! and the people of S Lincs didn`t understand.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-23620972

http://inbarton.atwebpages.com/dialect.htm

[carol8353]

Have you looked at the actual image to see if his writing was a little unclear.
It may have looked very much like an S and so that's what it was transcribed as.

Carol

As I asked yesterday,have you actually seen the census image?

It may just be that the American's transcribed it incorrectly.

[BillyF]

I haven`t been able to look at the census image yet, only printer friendly version. I`m pretty sure this is the right person born Worlaby