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Have you found frequent name variations in your trees

Yes, many
53 (42.1%)
Yes, some
71 (56.3%)
No
2 (1.6%)

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Offline Redroger

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Re: Name Variations
« Reply #99 on: Saturday 06 August 11 19:54 BST (UK) »
Rosie, I would seriously examine the possibility of the surname being spelt Mares, remember there was no standard spelling before the late 18th century. I have the surname Ayres spelt Ares more than once, so I think Mares is quite lkikely.
Ayres Brignell Cornwell Harvey Shipp  Stimpson Stubbings (all Cambs) Baumber Baxter Burton Ethards Proctor Stanton (all Lincs) Luffman (all counties)

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Re: Name Variations
« Reply #100 on: Sunday 07 August 11 01:02 BST (UK) »
I Have
Blue / Blew
Moxon / Moxham
Schofield / Scholfield

plus a list of 104 ways to spell Montgomery but so far mine have only spelled it one way!

No Smith or Jones that I've found yet

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Denys (France); Rossier/Rousseau (Switzerland); Montgomery (Antrim, IRL & North Sydney NSW);  Finn (Co.Carlow, IRL & NSW); Wilson (Leicestershire & NSW); Blue (Sydney NSW); Fisher & Barrago & Harrington(all Tipperary, IRL)

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Re: Name Variations
« Reply #101 on: Sunday 07 August 11 16:33 BST (UK) »
Hi,

     I have,

Horn-Horne-Hearn-Hern


Petrie-Petree-Petre

Crimmins-Crimmings-Cremin-Cremean-Cremmens

Peirce-Pierce-Pearce-Pearse-Peerce

Very frustrating at times :-\

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Horn/Horne,Johnston,East Lothian
Horn/e, Farquhar,Shanks,Reid,Geddes, Banff and Buckie

Petrie--Moray/Portgordon
Shanks,Moray

Morgan,Peirce,Thomas,Branch,South Wales

Crimmins/Crimin, Ring, Co,Cork.

Flynn-- Dungarvan,Waterford,Ireland.
Christopher, Waterford



Pride and Long ,Newington Bagpath,Glous,England.

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Re: Name Variations
« Reply #102 on: Monday 08 August 11 11:11 BST (UK) »
My record is 9 variations in just 2 generations on my maternal side:-

Gresham-Grisham-Gressam-Grissam-Grissim-Grissom-Grisame-Grassam-Grisome (plus 1 mistranscribed in will calendar as "Frissam").

Best on paternal side:-

Blakely-Blakley-Blakeley-Blackl(e)y-Bleakl(e)y


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Re: Name Variations
« Reply #103 on: Monday 08 August 11 11:51 BST (UK) »
I have a Small Berryman branch not yet attached to my tree though not finding the record.

Variations

Berryman - Berriman - Bereman - Bereiman - Beriman - Berrieman - Berreman - Beryman

One can easily think of more

On top of that maybe Perryman might be a variation
Douglas, Varnden, Joy(i)ce Surrey, Clarke Northants/Hunts, Pullen Worcs/Herefords, Holmes Birmingham/USA/Canada/Australia, Jackson Cheshire/Yorkshire, Lomas Cheshire, Lee Yorkshire, Cocks Lancashire, Leah Cheshire, Cook Yorkshire, Catlow Lancashire
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Re: Name Variations
« Reply #104 on: Tuesday 15 August 17 17:07 BST (UK) »
Family surname is PEARCY,  but variations on the census records:- PEACY PEACEY, PACEY, PEARCE.

Even a Death Certificate as PIERCEY!
BRADY...Dublin
CONBOY...Roscommon
CURRY....Dublin
DEVINE...Dublin
McDermott...Dublin
ROONEY...Dublin
POLLARD...Dublin
QUIGLEY...Dublin
LAWLESS...Dublin
SLADE...Dorset
DAVIS...Bristol & Somerset
PERRIS...Somerset
BOARD...Somerset

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Re: Name Variations
« Reply #105 on: Wednesday 16 August 17 09:34 BST (UK) »
Family surname is PEARCY,  but variations on the census records:- PEACY PEACEY, PACEY, PEARCE.

Even a Death Certificate as PIERCEY!

It's not my family surname, but a distant ancestor had several of those, as well as being married as Pearson.  I put much of it down to dialect variation, as well as unfamiliarity (or deafness) by the cleric.
Tarr, Tydeman, Liversidge, Bartlett, Young

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Re: Name Variations
« Reply #106 on: Wednesday 16 August 17 09:47 BST (UK) »
For a start, will list just a few
Plume - Plane - Clune
Hazelwood - Hazlewood - Haslewood - Aizlewood
Harding - Harden
Bower - Bowel
Tozer - Yozer
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Bateman, Baylis, Bellotti, Boag, Bower (Stillgebauer), Cattermole, Chester, Dullage, Felix, French, Fursse, Garrett, Gilbert, Harding, Haynes, Hazelwood, Plume, Putland, Rudge, Strickson, Vine, Warren, Whitehead, Whitehorn, Wiltshire, Youthed and many more

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Re: Name Variations
« Reply #107 on: Wednesday 16 August 17 11:03 BST (UK) »
Only just spotted this thread so these may have cropped up previously.

Greaves, Grieves, Greves,Greeves, Graves, Groves
Julnes,Julens,Julners,Jillings, Julians
Nurse, Musther, Smith, Julnes, Rogers, Parsons,Grieves(Greaves,Greeves),Wood,Cray,Scrine,Shellard,Greenstock,

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