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Re: Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!
« Reply #189 on: Thursday 06 June 13 18:03 BST (UK) »
The one which caught my eye whilst looking for Irish ancestors who came to England - A young lady who was  born, apparently, ''barn in Ireland'' Intruiged I read more. Her occupation was (best Irish accent please) ''fish warker''!
Yorkshire : Readman, Martindale, Pickering, Pennock, Mayman, Tarbotton.
Northumberland : Readman, Chirnside, Douglas, Stephenson
Cumberland : Potts, Parkinson, Keenan, Dixon, Grears, Martin

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« Reply #190 on: Sunday 09 June 13 23:28 BST (UK) »
A long time back I was researching for friend a Caroline Johnson, and on one census, her christian name had been mis transcribed as Pardon  ::)
this information is Crown Copyright. from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk   London Hall, Thurston Stanley, Phillips, Ayrton, White, Morrish, Smith.    West Ham/Barking Saint,Briggs,   Essex  Barker,   Hampshire  Kill, Kent Spong,   U.S.A Earp, Scotland/Cumbria Templeton, Devon Morrish, Chudley

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Re: Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!
« Reply #191 on: Monday 10 June 13 17:04 BST (UK) »
I have come across several census entries where the marital status has been written as windower
Spencer, Svombo, Barry, Pardey, Rolf, Whitewood, Wadham, Cotton, Cooper, Fry, Wheeler, Whillier, Willier, Eldridge

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« Reply #192 on: Monday 10 June 13 17:46 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Peter Spencer on Monday 10 June 13 17:04 BST (UK)
I have come across several census entries where the marital status has been written as windower
"Windower" seems to be the default version for both widows and widowers in most of the transcriptions I've looked at-odd!
Cooper- Berks, Herts, Wrexham,Birmingham
Garrett- London, Berks
Morton-Berkshire
Harvey- Essex
Hambling, Royal,Dale,Jackson, Tann, Boatwright Edridge/Etheridge/Uttridge -all Norfolk
Osborne-Norfolk and Northumberland/Durham

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Re: Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!
« Reply #193 on: Monday 10 June 13 19:59 BST (UK) »
Took me ages to find my missing Lot Croisdale - transcribed as Sip Crowdalter!
Austin/Austen - Sussex & London
Bond - Berkshire & London
Bishop - Sussex & Kent
Holland - Essex
Nevitt - Cheshire & Staffordshire
Wray - Yorkshire

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Re: Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!
« Reply #194 on: Wednesday 19 June 13 16:45 BST (UK) »
One of mine was transcribed as a Trunter's Assistant...should have read Fruiter's Assistant.

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CAPES Hull. KIRK  Leeds, Hull. JONES  Wales,  Lancashire. CARROLL Ireland, Lancashire, U.S.A. BROUGHTON Leicester, Goole, Hull BORRILL  Lincolnshire, Durham, Hull. GROOM  Wishbech, Hull. ANTHONY St. John's Nfld. BUCKNALL Lincolnshire, Hull. BUTT Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. PARSONS  Western Bay, Newfoundland. MONAGHAN  Ireland, U.S.A. PERRY Cheshire, Liverpool.
 
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Re: Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!
« Reply #195 on: Wednesday 19 June 13 16:56 BST (UK) »
I have found quite a few blunders...

Oh dear, reading this thread has made me cry with laughter.  Cheered me up no end

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Bedfordshire:     Church, Brooks
Essex (Great Bardfield):   Woolard
Hertfordshire:  Day, Johnson
Kent:   Church, Bristow, Day, Pharo, Oliver, Green
London:   Brinsley, Gillbe, Dawson, Gash
Northampton:   Pharo, Ilett
Suffolk:   Day, Munnings
Yorkshire:  Oliver, Hall, Richardson

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« Reply #196 on: Wednesday 19 June 13 17:01 BST (UK) »
Quote from: annber on Wednesday 08 May 13 13:45 BST (UK)
One of my ancestors was transcribed as Freak instead of Fredk, the abbreviation of Frederick!

Love it..... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Carol
CAPES Hull. KIRK  Leeds, Hull. JONES  Wales,  Lancashire. CARROLL Ireland, Lancashire, U.S.A. BROUGHTON Leicester, Goole, Hull BORRILL  Lincolnshire, Durham, Hull. GROOM  Wishbech, Hull. ANTHONY St. John's Nfld. BUCKNALL Lincolnshire, Hull. BUTT Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. PARSONS  Western Bay, Newfoundland. MONAGHAN  Ireland, U.S.A. PERRY Cheshire, Liverpool.
 
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Re: Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!
« Reply #197 on: Wednesday 19 June 13 17:43 BST (UK) »
Just found this occupation in the 1871 Scottish Census  "Internet on Mongron Bank" and no it was not for the Berners Lee family.

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Dent (Haltwhistle and Sacriston), Bell and Jetson (Haltwhistle), Postle, Ward, Longstaff, Purvis, Manners, Parnaby and Hardy (Co. Durham), Kennedy and McRobert (Banffshire), Reid(Bathgate), Watson (Wemyss), Graham (Libberton), Sandilands (Carmichael), Munro (Dingwall)
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