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Offline Boongie Pam

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Re: Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!
« Reply #81 on: Wednesday 13 April 05 21:16 BST (UK) »
I just love looking for my 2xgreat grandmother Emma Cork.  She is variously described as being born in Clayhidon, Clayhiddon, Chayhardon, Cluddon and finally .............

Clayhardon.

Hmmm?

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Dumfrieshire: Fallen, Fallon, Carruthers, Scott, Farish, Aitchison, Green, Ryecroft, Thomson, Stewart
Midlothian: Linn/d, Aitken, Martin
North Wales: Robins(on), Hughes, Parry, Jones
Cumberland: Lowther, Young, Steward, Miller
Somerset: Palmer, Cork, Greedy, Clothier

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Re: Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!
« Reply #82 on: Wednesday 13 April 05 22:14 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Boongie Pam on Wednesday 13 April 05 21:16 BST (UK)

Clay Hardon


 :o :o  Sounds like the name of a 1970's pornstar, Pam!  :)

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Re: Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!
« Reply #83 on: Wednesday 13 April 05 23:27 BST (UK) »
Searching for my CASHMORE ancestors,
            I came across the name but couldn't get much out of it as, for 'Occupation' it said "LIVES IN THE SHED"!!! The address was  End Lane!
                 Sue (corbie)
HYATT/ELLIOTT/MULLANEY/CORBETT/CASHMORE/AUCOTT/TOPP/TANDY.

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Re: Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!
« Reply #84 on: Wednesday 13 April 05 23:51 BST (UK) »
One census writer got so carried away with his dittos that poor old 5 year old Emmanuel Jacobs ended up being a "School Girl" like his 3 sisters!   :)

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Re: Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!
« Reply #85 on: Thursday 14 April 05 05:29 BST (UK) »
My family were all born in Milverton, In Somerset.

Milverton has been, at different times, transcribed as Silverton, Milveston, Melverton and (my favorite)  Mulbarton
BURROW, BICKHAM, EVANS, SULLEY, STONE - Devon
STEPHENS, MALLET, ADAMS - Cornwall
HANCOCK , BUSSON - Somerset
MCCALLUM, MCDIARMID, MCNEILL - Argyle, Scotland
WALLS, SUTHERLAND, SIMPSON - Orkney, Scotland
FAIRBAIRN - Fife, Scotland
THOMPSON - Aberdeen, Scotland

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Re: Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!
« Reply #86 on: Thursday 14 April 05 09:38 BST (UK) »
In the 1901 census transcription a relative was listed as a conjugational member.  When I obtained a copy of the census page he was actually a congregational minister. Not nearly as much fun! ;D

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Re: Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!
« Reply #87 on: Thursday 14 April 05 10:42 BST (UK) »

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Re: Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!
« Reply #88 on: Monday 18 April 05 20:23 BST (UK) »
Introducing the Dupre family in St Pancras, 1871:

Frederick Dupre 1797  Electorshop Nataordaso, Lancashire, England Head
Frederica Dupre 1821  Gossian Hess, Damstald Wife 
Augustas Dupre 1836  Mary Less, Damstald Son 

Living in hope that this will turn out to be my cousin's maternal (Dupree) line!

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ANT: Nesbit, Potts; CHS: Gosling (Hazel Grove/Lymm), Hinton (Lymm), Johnson (Hazel Grove), Marsland (Hazel Grove), Massey (Daresbury), Sorton (Warmingham); LAN: Jackson, James, Potts (Manchester/Salford); MAY: Caulfield, Griffin (Leveelick); SAL: Goodwin, Johnson (Bridgnorth), Gregory (Wellington); STS: Goodwin, Gregory, Johnson (Wolverhampton); Hallett (Trysull); SOM: Dowding, James, Jones (Bath)

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Re: Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!
« Reply #89 on: Monday 18 April 05 22:47 BST (UK) »
Not a mistranscription or a relative (that I am aware of)
Grief Cousins Freeman
It actually said "Grief Cousins"  :o
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