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What is this alias and why would they have one?
« on: Saturday 21 August 21 14:19 BST (UK) »
Hey all!
Please see the last record. The surname is Jeffery but I can't decipher the alias.
Bonus question: Why might folk have an alias?

Thank you all very much!!

P.S. I tried to attach a png/jpg but the file was too big, hence the pdf.

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Re: What is this alias and why would they have one?
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 21 August 21 14:40 BST (UK) »
Alias - Leversuch??

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Added - Alias - a surname they were also known by?

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Re: What is this alias and why would they have one?
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 21 August 21 14:53 BST (UK) »
Alias names in the West of England have been covered before ;)

See: https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=465196.0
Garrad (Suffolk, Essex, Somerset), Crocker (Somerset), Vanstone (Devon, Jersey), Sims (Wiltshire), Bridger (Kent)

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Re: What is this alias and why would they have one?
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 21 August 21 14:56 BST (UK) »
There can be many reasons, just a few examples.

 An Alias is often used when someone is born illegitimate so is known by the mother’s surname, then if she marries they take her new married name. The same if a widow remarries, the children are often take the step-father’s name.

Sometimes a child is taken in by another family and becomes known by their name.
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: What is this alias and why would they have one?
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 21 August 21 14:56 BST (UK) »
Amazing, thanks! Leversuch it is, I am finding new records which are matching perfectly.
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