Ideas needed on the name 'Shunpilder' please?

[Rosinish]

Thomas Baird was the 2nd husband of Jane McLuskie (mother of Julius)!

It's amazing how you miss things without realising as that 2nd page would have given me food for thought.

It will be interesting when/if I ever find a connection though!

Annie

[Rosinish]

Gadget,

Thank you! I will most definitely be on the look-out for some connection with your post pointing to Slamannan as it does look a good possibility for the future!

Annie

[Flattybasher9]

Annie, it's no problem. No apology necessary. I was only trying to find a distant link, perhaps like a godparent, wedding witness etc.

Malky

[Henry7]

Strangely, the clerk who wrote this has used a long 's' once - in the entry above. 

What looks like "Ardlop" is actually Ardloss.  So could that long downstroke after 'Shun' actually be an 's'?

[Rosinish]

Strangely, the clerk who wrote this has used a long 's' once - in the entry above. 

What looks like "Ardlop" is actually Ardloss.  So could that long downstroke after 'Shun' actually be an 's'?

I did notice the long 's' & although the place name is Arnloss it looks more like Arnlup/Arnluss as his other 'o's are fully formed e.g. Southfield & George?

I think for now after spending a couple of hrs on SP for possibles, the name (spelling) does seem likely to have derived from Shonfield/Schofield (a few variants)? but whether the pronunciation at the time of recording the birth was to blame I can't work out?

I have a feeling the father was either ill or inebriated when he registered the birth?
I can't work out what his cause of death was (8 mnths later) so another one I need deciphered 


Annie

Add...Thomas Shonfield (clear as day) listed on the 1901 census is actually on SP Index as Shoufield!

[Karen McDonald]

I have a feeling the father was either ill or inebriated when he registered the birth?

My great-grandfather was plastered when he registered my grandmother's birth. 
She ended up registered under the "wrong" name. Her mum stuck to her guns and so Grandma was always known by a name which didn't appear on her birth cert.
Another little challenge for future generations... 

Karen

[Rosinish]

We hear some funny stories...

My uncle registered my cousin who was meant to be named Deirdre but he couldn't spell it i.e. she was registered as Dorothy!!! 

Annie

[Henry7]

Rosinish - I wasn't drunk when I said it was Ardloss - honest.  I stupidly misread the map.

Harry.

[Rosinish]

Rosinish - I wasn't drunk when I said it was Ardloss - honest.  I stupidly misread the map.

Harry.

Harry...If I had £1 for every error I've made I would be very well off! 

We all make mistakes & mostly when in a hurry/trying hard to help others as well as our own research!

My usual thing is forgetting to change search criteria on SP (area/age etc) or putting forename in surname box...we all do it! 

Annie