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Female Christian name.
« on: Monday 26 June 23 18:41 BST (UK) »
I have a female ancestor born in 1784 with a Christian name written in parish registers variously as: Savill, Scivel, Seevil, Seville and Seivilla. Does anyone know of a female name from this period that fits any of these as I'm puzzled?
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Re: Female Christian name.
« Reply #1 on: Monday 26 June 23 18:48 BST (UK) »
Are the names from census transcriptions? 
Where was she born?
What name is on her marriage/death entry?
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Re: Female Christian name.
« Reply #2 on: Monday 26 June 23 18:52 BST (UK) »
A Seville Ratcliffe was b 1785 Bury Lancs

Seville Hughes 1782 Bucks

A Sevilla Windsor died Shropshire 1842 b 1784

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Re: Female Christian name.
« Reply #3 on: Monday 26 June 23 18:54 BST (UK) »
A possible classical source?

The mother of Brutus (assassin of Julius Caesar) was Servilia.
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Re: Female Christian name.
« Reply #4 on: Monday 26 June 23 18:56 BST (UK) »
I'm wondering if this is some form of Sibyl/Sibylle/Sybille ? (Spanish 'v' is pronounced more like a 'b' I believe, so perhaps the scribe copied a written name rather than what he heard?)
Somerset: Poole, Hutchings/Hutchin(s), Harvey/Harvie, Bullen

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Re: Female Christian name.
« Reply #5 on: Monday 26 June 23 19:00 BST (UK) »
Presume you are referring to the Shropshire entry as the 1841 shows her as Scivell but b 1791.  The image is Savill.  She was born Shropshire
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Re: Female Christian name.
« Reply #6 on: Friday 30 June 23 19:08 BST (UK) »
Thank you all for your thoughts.

It was indeed the lady from Shropshire, and I was hoping that someone had met the name before and could give me the correct spelling and pronunciation.

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