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Surname spelt wrong
« on: Tuesday 10 July 18 12:26 BST (UK) »
Hi there

Just a quick question I have a birth certificate for one of my ancestors and was just wondering could they have spelt the surname wrong on her birth cert as I am having difficulty finding her on previous census before 1871 on which she was on there married to Isaac Roberts  & has got 2 children Isaac & Thomas living in  burton upon trent but I cannot find a marriage date for these 2 ???
 But on her birth cert it says she was b Nov 1846 Louisa Saunders father John Saunders mother Ann Pritchard and they lived much dewchurch Hereford  but on her marriage cert in 1877 she is classed as Louisa sanders marriage to William simnett and she was also said she was a spinster I'm so confused   ??? ??? She is on the 1881 census with William and her 2 sons Isaac & thomas

Any help on this matter would be truely grateful
Kind regards
Jill😀

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Re: Surname spelt wrong
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 10 July 18 12:51 BST (UK) »
Spelling of names has always varied, my own maiden name has been spelt in a variety of ways, even variations among siblings. It often depended on the pronunciation, dialect and the way people hard it also made a difference.

Saunders and Sanders is a very good example, nothing to be concerned about.
CHOULES All ,  COKER Harwich Essex & Rochester Kent 
COLE Gt. Oakley, & Lt. Oakley, Essex.
DUNCAN Kent
EVERITT Colchester,  Dovercourt & Harwich Essex
GULLIVER/GULLOFER Fifehead Magdalen Dorset
HORSCROFT Kent.
KING Sturminster Newton, Dorset. MONK Odiham Ham.
SCOTT Wrabness, Essex
WILKINS Stour Provost, Dorset.
WICKHAM All in North Essex.
WICKHAM Medway Towns, Kent from 1880
WICKHAM, Ipswich, Suffolk.

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Re: Surname spelt wrong
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 10 July 18 13:28 BST (UK) »
Perhaps Louisa and Isaac never actually married….

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Re: Surname spelt wrong
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 10 July 18 14:06 BST (UK) »
Hi
Isaachar has mmn of Saunders
Thomas has mmn of  . . . . . SANDERS  ??? ::)

Ray



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Re: Surname spelt wrong
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 10 July 18 14:49 BST (UK) »
 1861 censusMuch Dewhurst

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Re: Surname spelt wrong
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 10 July 18 14:53 BST (UK) »
Oops!

1861 census Much Dewhurst has
John Pritchard age 68, ag. lab
Susannah Pritchard age 56
Louisa Sanders (transcribed as Sanaters) age 14
all born Hereford

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Re: Surname spelt wrong
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 10 July 18 15:03 BST (UK) »
It is something you have to get used to -- when researching your family history.

I have oodles of different spellings for some of my names..

it adds to the fun :) :)

xin

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Re: Surname spelt wrong
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 10 July 18 15:18 BST (UK) »
1851 census

HO 107 / 1977 / 84 / 6

Saddlebowhill, Much Dewchurch

John Sanders, head, mar, 24, ag lab, Herefordshire Much Dewchurch
Ann Sanders, wife, mar, 24, Herefordshire Much Dewchurch
Lucya do, daur, 3, Herefordshire do
George do, son, 2, Herefordshire do

Quote from: bevo on Tuesday 10 July 18 14:53 BST (UK)
Oops!

1861 census Much Dewhurst has
John Pritchard age 68, ag. lab
Susannah Pritchard age 56
Louisa Sanders (transcribed as Sanaters) age 14
all born Hereford

On this census Louisa is a 'boarder', can't work out her birthplace, but its not Much Dewhurst  :-\
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Re: Surname spelt wrong
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 10 July 18 15:21 BST (UK) »
Quote from: xinia on Tuesday 10 July 18 15:03 BST (UK)
It is something you have to get used to -- when researching your family history.

I have oodles of different spellings for some of my names..

it adds to the fun :) :)

xin

Using my dictionary I'd say it sometimes adds to the frustration :-)

viz: 
"Kilvington" transcribed as "Kilswington"  and
"Shearing" probably written as heard "Sharring",
"Shirras" written as "Shirraws" etc., etc.
Aberdeen: Findlay-Shirras,McCarthy: MidLothian: Mason,Telford,Darling,Cruikshanks,Bennett,Sime, Bell: Lanarks:Crum, Brown, MacKenzie,Cameron, Glen, Millar; Ross: Urray:Mackenzie:  Moray: Findlay; Marshall/Marischell: Perthshire: Brown Ferguson: Wales: McCarthy, Thomas: England: Almond, Askin, Dodson, Well(es). Harrison, Maw, McCarthy, Munford, Pye, Shearing, Smith, Smythe, Speight, Strike, Wallis/Wallace, Ward, Wells;Germany: Flamme,Ehlers, Bielstein, Germer, Mohlm, Reupke
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