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Title: Is Mirran Marion?
Post by: Shuggie B on Saturday 14 August 10 09:52 BST (UK)

I've two instances in the 1841 Census of Mirran Hendry who live next door to one another and are likely to be related but searches using this forename are fruitless.

Has anyone heard of Mirran as a female name or is it likely to be a mis-hearing/spelling of Marion or similar?

Title: Re: Is Mirran Marion?
Post by: genjen on Saturday 14 August 10 09:57 BST (UK)

I've not heard Mirran but could it be Miriam wrongly written or transcribed?

Can you post part of the image for others to have a look?

Jen

Title: Re: Is Mirran Marion?
Post by: genjen on Saturday 14 August 10 10:04 BST (UK)

Or, how's about this one as a possibility?


http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/meaning_of_Murron.html

Jen :)

Title: Re: Is Mirran Marion?
Post by: Shuggie B on Saturday 14 August 10 10:06 BST (UK)

I have attached an image of the Census entry.

I am beginning to think that it is a mistranscription of Marion as I had just found some further evidence.

Title: Re: Is Mirran Marion?
Post by: ev on Saturday 14 August 10 10:18 BST (UK)

hi all

i see 3 mirran hendry's on the 1841 census(freeCEN) all kilmaurs

mirran age 1 , daughter of laurence hen(d)ry and mary ann(holmes?) is marion
on the IGI
the mirran age 3 looks to be marion on the IGI as well(daughter of david and iseballa?)

ev

Title: Re: Is Mirran Marion?
Post by: Shuggie B on Saturday 14 August 10 11:19 BST (UK)

Thanks ev,

I had two of those Mirran's but not the third.  More importantly you've opened my eyes to the FreeCEN web-site which I didn't know about. I've been spending money hand-over-fist to Scotland's People - some of which I could have saved.

I have come back to my family history project after a year or more's lay-off and am probably ignorant of some of the research options open to me.

Thanks again,
Ian

Title: Re: Is Mirran Marion?
Post by: betsyblue on Saturday 14 August 10 11:26 BST (UK)

Yes Mirran or Mirren are old Scotch variations of Marion another one was Marren these were the variations for Marion in my family .

Title: Re: Is Mirran Marion?
Post by: elinga on Tuesday 17 August 10 19:58 BST (UK)

thought I would add my thruppence worth...................
I had a Mirran in my family too but here real name was Margaret Ann.
regards
Elinga

Title: Re: Is Mirran Marion?
Post by: Shuggie B on Tuesday 17 August 10 20:46 BST (UK)

Thanks everyone.  For the record, my Mirrans turned out to be Marions

Ian