« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 26 May 15 21:41 BST (UK) »
Do you know if the parents had a broken English accent
It could be Elsbeth in a broken accent whereby the "beth" sounds like "beath" & "s" like a "z"
Best I can come up with
Annie
ADDED............Sorry, didn't see the edit as I was too busy looking at it :-)
South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland:- Bowie, Campbell, Cumming, Currie
Ireland:- Cullen, Flannigan (Derry), Donahoe/Donaghue (variants) (Cork), McCrate (Tipperary), Mellon, Tol(l)and (Donegal & Tyrone)
Newcastle-on-Tyne/Durham (Northumberland):- Harrison, Jude, Kemp, Lunn, Mellon, Robson, Stirling
Kettering, Northampton:- MacKinnon
Canada:- Callaghan, Cumming, MacPhee
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