Name Variations

[kooky]

Thanks for the Hyett variations! I have lost a Samuel Hyatt alias Clulo, last seen in 1869 being sentenced to 3 months in prison for stealing a tablecloth

My Clulos have appeared as:- Chels, Chila, Child, Chilo, Chulo, Chuls, Clabo, Clara, Clewlough, Clewlow, Club, Clubs, Cluce, Cluco, Clueloe, Cluio, Clule, Clulo , Cluloe, Clulow, Clulowe, Cluls, Clute, Cluto, and Cluts. I think that is 24!

And I thought unusual name Clulo was going to be easy!
Kooky

[janeyanne]

i have variations of holben  holburn holbert holbourn holborne holbourne or holborn  / willson wilson/  brigham brigum  all makes for interesting reading if frustrating  at times

[janeyanne]

ps i forgot  McClarren mclarren mclarron mclaren  maclaren  & my name of jane /jayne anne /ann i have been given them all in one spelling or another

[coombs]

Auber, Obey.

They even used both variations when signing marriage certs and such.

[Redroger]

Strangely, the uncommon name Luffman which is the major focus of my research has 13 variants of name. 8 of which seem to be variants, the other 5 either spelling mistakes or what the vicar thought he heard at the ceremony.

[coombs]

A lot of name variations were human error. The old case of spell it as you hear it so if someone with the surname Blackwell was asked "What is your surname good man?" and the person replied in a local dialect "Blackall" then the perosn asking the question may have wrote it down as Blackall instead of Blackwell if he was a census enumerator or registrar.

[Redroger]

This apparently happened frequently with the surname Cornwell on my mother's side, which was often recorded as Cornell or even as Cromwell.

[coombs]

I have Cornwell on my mothers side.

[Redroger]

And so do I in the same region, please see pm I sent a little earlier.