Name Variations

[Glenpenny]

My maiden name was Roobottom but no-one ever got it right. I suffered from being called Robottom, Rowbottom, Rockbottom, Rosebottom, Rothbottom, Robotham, Ruebottom, etc., etc.  My hubby says I only married him to get a "simple" name.

[NEILKE]

i have flaxons/flexons/fleckey/flacen and a few more spellings

[Plummiegirl]

I have in my tree the following:

Sell (the right name) shown as Loll, Lell, Sall, Sale & many other variations

Fleming as Heming

Vince as Viacge, but also Vance, Vines

Many variations in spelling are not done by the family but the emunerator taking down their details.

But as an aside my mothers maiden name was Earl & she would often add an E on the end as she thought it looked Posher!!!

[Redroger]

Over 100 Luffman entries shown as Suffman in 1911 census. Reason I believe the transcriber unaware of the fact that a capital copper-plate L looked very similar to a capital copperplate S. Moral if you can't find an entry in the 1911 under L where it should be well worth trying under S

[coombs]

Even names such as Roberts can be mistransribed as Roterbs, Robarts, Robert and Robberts.

[Redroger]

In the 1911 census there is an incidence of the surname Luffman being transcribed as SUFFOMA which is completely unknown. Suggestion to future census transcribers use the ONS website to see whether your creations do in fact exist before publishing them.

[Pemus]

No apologies for resurrecting this topic-I have a 'Hodgkinson' who is also a 'Hoskin'.   Of particular interest to 'chesters' on this topic, I see-have sent personal message.

[Genetrix]

If all else fails, try adding "Mc" in front.  I spent two years trying to locate my grandmother's birth certfificate with no luck.  Name was Ravey.  Only when I found a death certificate for another rellie did I notice her mother (the informant) had signed her name McRavey.  I then tried looking for McRavey for grannie and her birth certificate popped right up.  She did, however, drop the "Mc" when she married and its been Ravey ever since. 

All this reminds me of a joke I heard years ago about a lady named Ada Sheepshead.  She hated her name and wanted to get married so she could change it.  Finally fell for a good looking chap and dated him many times till he proposed.  On the eve of her wedding she realized she'd never asked his last name.  Guess what?  It was Ramsbottom!!

Tricia

[Greensleeves]

My Sedgwicks are also Sedgewick, Sidgwick, Shedwick, Sedric and so on.  For some time I have been unable to progress with any of these variations.  And then for some reason I tried searching on any possible spellings  I could think of.  Wow, what a hit I have had with Siggiswick and Siggeswick - going right back to the 1400s.  Now got so much info, it'll take me weeks to unravel it.  Am feeling most pleased.

Greensleeves