Pitt / Pill name alteration how do I find out who gave the information?

[tigces]

Whilst researching the Rees family, I came across John and Elizabeth C (Clara) staying with their Uncle - Thomas Pitt.  Research further into Thomas makes it look like his name may have been transcribed into Pill - which looks like the same transcription on Sarah's; John and Elizabeth's mother's wedding certificate but only her dad John's name has been transcribed this way.

So I would be very interested in finding out who had offered this alternative name and whether or not this is the same Thomas.

Thanks in advance.

[Arranroots]

Hi Tigces

Huh?

Sorry, I cant follow what you are saying!  Are you looking at online records?  Is that where the "transcription" change comes in?

Hoping to help

kind regards, Arranroots 

[Valda]

I think the census starting point mentioned is this one

1871 census RG10 2580 folio 53
Dunkirk Road Hawkesbury Gloucestershire
Ann Thompson 60 Hawkesbury Gloucestershire  Head Widow
Thomas Pitt 64  Hawkesbury Gloucestershire Brother Unmarried Ag lab
John Rees 23 Llanelly Glamorgan Nephew Imbecile
Elizabeth C Rees 15 Llanelly Glamorgan Niece

Possible IGI baptisms and marriage

THOMAS PITT
Christening:  25 NOV 1804   Hawkesbury, Gloucester
Father:  JOHN PITT 
Mother:  MARY 

SARAH PITT
Christening:  24 MAR 1811   Hawkesbury, Gloucester
Father:  JNO PITT 
Mother:  MARY 

ANN PITT
Christening:  21 MAY 1809   Hawkesbury, Gloucester
Father:  JNO PITT 
Mother:  MARY 

ANN PITT
EDWIN THOMPSON 
Marriage:  14 MAR 1847   Hawkesbury, Gloucester

1851 census HO107 1956 folio 458
Hawkesbury Gloucestershire
Edwin Thompson 40  Hawkesbury Gloucestershire Head Married Mason
Ann Thompson 40 Hawkesbury Gloucestershire  Wife Married Monthly Nurse
Jane Thompson 15 Hawkesbury Gloucestershire Daughter Servant
Emanuel Thompson 13 Hawkesbury Gloucestershire Son Mason's Apprentice

Marriages Sep 1840
PITT  Sarah Ann     Neath  26 537   
REES  Richard     Neath  26 537

1861 census RG9 4113 folio 5
Llanelly Carmarthenshire
Richard Rees 42  Carmarthen Carmenthenshire Head Married Cabinet maker employing 4 men
Sarah Anne Rees 50 Hawkesbury Gloucestershire Wife Married
William W Rees 17 Llanelly Carmarthen Son Cabinet maker
Richard Rees 13 Llanelly Carmarthen Son
John Rees 13 Llanelly Carmarthen Son
Henry Rees 9 Llanelly Carmarthen
Sarah Anne Rees 15 Carmarthen Carmarthen Daughter   
Elizabeth Clara Rees 5 Llanelly Carmarthen Daugher
plus 1 servant

Regards

Valda

[Valda]

Thomas seems to remain consistently a Pitt in the main records

1841 census HO107 358/7 folio 10
Hawkesbury Gloucestershire
John Pitt 81 born Gloucestershire Ag lab
Mary Pitt 76 born Gloucestershire
Thomas Pitt 35 born Gloucestershire Ag lab
Prudence Pitt 10 born Gloucestershire
Ruth Pitt 8 born Gloucestershire
Charles Pitt 27 born Gloucestershire Ag lab
Eliza Pitt 30 not born Gloucestershire
Wm Pitt 6 weeks born Gloucestershire

Thomas is written on the 1851 and 1861 censuses as Pitt and transcribed in the census indexes as Pitt - both times living in Hawkesbury (wrong age transcribed on the 1851 census but then there is a big ink splodge just over his age)

This is his possible death registration though the age isn't quite right.

Deaths Mar 1880   
Pitt  Thomas  80  Chipping S.  6a 14*

So on baptism, census and death registration Thomas is consistently written as Pitt either in transcription or in the actual records (census). There is no evidence either that Thomas strayed very far from Hawkesbury in his life, so it should not be difficult to confirm or eliminate him as the Thomas Pill you have found in another record or researcher's tree?

Regards

Valda

[tigces]

Found it, on the census RG10/2929; Folio: 138; Page: 13; it doesn't look like it's the same Thomas as he is down as being born in Bromyard Heredfordshire England.

Thanks for the all the other information .  Oh one other cry for help ... this didn't appear in my e-mails, I checked the spam folder as well anyone know what I need to alter?

[Arranroots]

Hi again

(Well done Valda - as ever!  )

Tigces you need to check your Profile to make sure you haven;t altered the Notifications setting - default it that you DO get notifications.

It could also be that your mail server is a bit slow today?

A 

[tigces]

Thanks and well done everyone, I've checked my settings and everything is ticked - looks like my server is slow nothing unusual there.