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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: maddys52 on Sunday 26 July 15 02:13 BST (UK)
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This is part of the Ickford 1861 census, I'm wondering if the lady's name is "Martha Cherry" and how old she is? (I thought it was 43?).
I have another thread about "Martha" going at the moment,
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=726454.msg5709644
but couldn't attach the image to the post there?? Hopefully someone here can at least help to make sure I have the right name and age.
Thanks in advance.
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43 is the age I see
The name is a bit harder to make as Martha
If you look at the original the street name is North East? End , yet the RTH on North is different to the supposed RTH in Martha - odd
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I think the name starts with a B as per the transcription. It is identical to the B of Benjamin further down the page.
Check the 1851 census to see if 'Barbra' and daur Emily are together there?
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Barbara is a pauper servant in the Thame Union Workhouse in 1851. I can't easily see Emily though. She is single, born Tiddington (transcribed as Liddington) and her age looks to be 29 ... :-\
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Hi I think Emily is the Emma Cherry aged 3 in same workhouse in 1851?
Keyboard86
PS Their is also a 6 year old Eliza
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Hi I think Emily is the Emma Cherry aged 3 in same workhouse in 1851?
Keyboard86
PS Their is also a 6 year old Eliza
Good find Keyboard. I did search for just surname Cherry but missed Emma.
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I now think that Barbara is a lot more possible than Martha. My hesitation is more with what records and history maddys52 has rather than an interpretation :)
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Oh thank you so much everyone! - much better eyes than mine obviously ;)
I don't have any info about Barbara. As I mentioned on my other post, I have a family of Cherrys from Tiddington (who moved to Ickford) baptised in Albury around 1813 - 1816, and when I saw the name in the 1861 census I wondered if she was related, and started hunting for a baptism to try to establish which branch of the family she might be from.
Thanks again for establishing that she is actually Barbara - now I'll try to find out if she is related. :)
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I think the name starts with a B as per the transcription. It is identical to the B of Benjamin further down the page.
There of lots of B(for Bucks)s in the birthplace column. :)