Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!

[Manchester Rambler]

No, that's Fribourg FR - at least according to my husband, who comes from the canton of Neuchâtel.

By the way, we found someone from his home town on the 1891 census: it's a bit unfair to count it as a mistranscription, but here it is anyway:

George A Perrenoud, b. Chauxdefourd, Purtzerland

La Chaux-de-Fonds isn't exactly well-known, but Purtzerland for Switzerland?
 

[AngelaR]

Thanks for the help on Keywords, Paul - I'd never tried them before!

What a great way to avoid doing the work I was supposed to be tackling

Western Sahara is particularly bizarre - I can't imagine how they got that out of the records.

On the other hand, it might be easier to see how they mistranscribed an 'l' to an 'r' in the Bellamy family's address in 1881 - Clap Gate, Thorne, Yorkshire....

Angela

[Manchester Rambler]

All of you with ancestors born in Taunton and surrounding areas, whom you can't find in 1891, try Somalia.

By the way Ancestry are aware and are working on putting things right.

Carol
 

Several Cheshire towns have mysteriously emigrated to Switzerland on the same census - I can only suppose a transcriber used the abbreviation CH?  

And for Francoise Ashenden, who was really born in Switzerland, the transcribers have invented a new town called Naburilion B Subject.....

[bigwood]

 :)Hi

Mary Stoker - Margaret Stucker - Margaret SLUCKER


meg

[Linda_J]

Hi all

Maybe I might find my missing ancestor in Saudi Arabia instead of Sandhurst. I better go check! 

Linda
 

[Tariana]

these are from US census. 1930 and 1880, the only ones I have access too. I don't know about other places, but here they charge. A LOT.... 
Molly Jo Smith - transcribed as Mallie Joe Smith
Lity Smith - transcribed as Lida Smith
Reba Smith - transcribed as Reber Smith


this isn't one of mine, but I just found a Hottie Smith.  haha
ooh, and a Smith Smith - bet that name took effort

[Paul E]

and a Smith Smith

I bet there are Smith family historians who dream of having this person in their tree!

best wishes

Paul

[Sue Thomas]

There is one in limpley Stoke in Wilts in 1851
Smith Smith is 39 and a teazel grower born in Bath Somerset!!!!!!!!!

[Manchester Rambler]

Born in foreign parts....

Romanos Pfaff - Bad English Subject - Merthyr Tydfil, 1871 
(The image clearly says Baden!)

Louis Baillon - Naturalizon Englist Sulitts, France - Northampton, 1871

Mary J Birks - Naturalizee, USA - Crewe, 1871

William R L Brachebuch - Naturalesad British Sub - Whitby, 1871

MR