Help to read please

[hepburn]

Hi Caz,just come off the free bmd,I put Newton in with just an "e",in the marriages and deaths ,nothing came up other than Elizabeth,esther,emily, eliza,nothing remotley like epsa....g

[carrielovesfanta]

Thanks G

I think it's an E, not an I - it looks pretty similar to the E in emma further up the page

[meles]

Could she be Hepsibar, and the enumerator simply didn't hear the unusual name? 'Cos it certainly looks like Epsa to me...

meles

[carrielovesfanta]

Hmmm, you might be onto something Meles:

1861 census

Hepzibah Wright, widow, 33, born Elmdon Essex

[carrielovesfanta]

Ah ha!

marriages sep qtr 1845

Hepzibah Newton and William Wright, Royston district!

I think you've cracked it Meles - I tip my hat to you!

Thanks very much everyone

[Arranroots]

Wow!

Meles for President! 

Where is she in 1851 I wonder?

[carrielovesfanta]

I see her in 1851 now - she's in Heydon, Essex with her family. Why do all enumerators have such issue with the name Hepzibah? It's not that uncommon 

But where is her brother?!

Although her place of birth is given as Dudno End (but that's really close to Elmdon)

[J.J.]

I salute you, meles!     (   J.J.   

[meles]

It's me Lunnon accent, innit?

meles