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Paul E

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Re: Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!
« Reply #90 on: Thursday 21 April 05 21:45 BST (UK) »
My Clark's again - thanks to following a brother of a direct ancestor, I now have the following listed as place of birth for Leonard or his brother:

Howgrave
Hawgrave
Hawgrove
Homgrans
Hongrane

Its the last two that really tickle me! :)

Paul

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Re: Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!
« Reply #91 on: Thursday 21 April 05 22:38 BST (UK) »
Looking for Fanny Elizabeth CLEVERLEY in the 1881 census in Wiltshire, I finally found her listed as just Fanny Elizabeth in Folkestone, Kent. Presumably servants weren't entitled to a surname!
Markwick & Goldsmith in Sussex
MacLean in Skye & Raasay
Cunningham in Glasgow & Ayrshire
Andrews in Folkestone, Dover & Canterbury

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Re: Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!
« Reply #92 on: Sunday 24 April 05 16:01 BST (UK) »
In the 1871 census ROSE ANN PACKER was transcribed as ROSCOE PACHER.

Well camouflaged.

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« Reply #93 on: Wednesday 27 April 05 19:26 BST (UK) »
You don't want to know what they do with Taubman.
 ;D

Doesn't need a transcription,  I once got a letter addressed to
T. A. Ubman


Taubman, Mitchell, Purcell - Lancashire,
Couglan, Byrnre - Ireland
Mullins, Bowditch, Crabb, Record - Dorset

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« Reply #94 on: Thursday 28 April 05 05:18 BST (UK) »
1901 census  RG13/3825/17/25
10 Devereford Street, Middleton. Lancs.
MORAN
Edward head 49, Clap officer,  Ireland, b. Ireland

Later found him on the 1891 census - occupation "Office of Inland Revenue".

How did ............................?
UK - Northumberland, County Durham: ANDERSON,   DODD(S), EDWARDS, ELLIOTT/ELLET, FENWICK, GREY/GRAY, HINDMARCH and variants, JORDAN, MOORE, MURRAY, RIPPON, RODDHAM, RYDER-TURNER, SPARK(E)(S), STEWART, TILLEY, TIPLADY, WATSON,
Sheffield: TURNER
Middlesex: RYDER
<br />Aberdeenshire: EDWARDS, BRODIE<br />Angus STEWART, DIXON, PETRIE

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« Reply #95 on: Saturday 30 April 05 14:26 BST (UK) »
1861 continues to provide entertainment and evidence for why there are so many disappeared families ...

My Trowsdale family transcribed as:

Michael Trousdale (actually Richard Trowsdale) with his wife and family living with a John Gordon, Adopted Mother (actually unmarried boarder) - such a modern approach to alternative families ;D

Tripped over poor Alexander Bunn by accident somewhere in Staffordshire, transcribed as Stosander Bum  ???

Jonathan
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Re: Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!
« Reply #96 on: Saturday 30 April 05 14:40 BST (UK) »
I came across a family with four servants. The first and third were transcribed as 'servants' the second and fourth as 'seaman' !!!
Jo
LANCASTER - London Kent Sussex Croydon
CLEMMANS - London Kent Sussex
ROCHE - London
WARE - Kent
SPENCER - Kent
NEWNHAM - Sussex
FISHER - London Norfolk
DENNINGTON - London
MONTAGUE - Kent

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« Reply #97 on: Saturday 30 April 05 17:02 BST (UK) »
I'm not sure that this counts as a mistranscription but ...

What about this in the 1841 online FreeCen Argyll census.

A household in Kilmorich (Lochgoilhead - Argyll) - no precise address given -  comprising just one person.

And that person who comprises an apparently independent household of just one person is listed as the following poor dear little soul:
CAMPBELL Archibald, born outside the census county, age 4 months!!!

JAP

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Re: Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!
« Reply #98 on: Saturday 30 April 05 23:14 BST (UK) »
Quote from: JonathanW on Saturday 30 April 05 14:26 BST (UK)
1861 continues to provide entertainment and evidence for why there are so many disappeared families ...

My Trowsdale family transcribed as:

Michael Trousdale (actually Richard Trowsdale) ....
Tripped over poor Alexander Bunn by accident somewhere in Staffordshire, transcribed as Stosander Bum ???


Do you rather get the impression that the transcription of 1861 has been somewhat (shall we say) hurried? :)

I've already spotted those Durham Somalians!

Quote from: JAP on Saturday 30 April 05 17:02 BST (UK)
I'm not sure that this counts as a mistranscription but ...

What about this in the 1841 online FreeCen Argyll census.

A household in Kilmorich (Lochgoilhead - Argyll) - no precise address given - comprising just one person.

And that person who comprises an apparently independent household of just one person is listed as the following poor dear little soul:
CAMPBELL Archibald, born outside the census county, age 4 months!!!


Bless!
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