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SEWANCKE surname - what should it really say?
« on: Wednesday 17 November 04 22:05 GMT (UK) »
I have just received a marriage certificate and, unfortunately, it is not a photocopy of the original but transcribed by the local registry office.

One of the witnesses (or so it says) is Charles John SEWANCKE.  I am certain that the surname is a mistranscription of something else................. any ideas?

I've been researching this family for well over a decade and the name isn't even remotely familiar.  He could have been a church official but it would be nice to find out.

Even a WWW search comes up with nought!

Incidentally it's Folkestone, Kent 1878.

TIA

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Re: SEWANCKE surname - what should it really say?
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 18 November 04 13:35 GMT (UK) »
 Perhaps not very likely, but the name 'Schwancke' exists...
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Re: SEWANCKE surname - what should it really say?
« Reply #2 on: Friday 19 November 04 12:27 GMT (UK) »
Quite possibly that is it then.............. or something very similar :)

Thanks

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