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Title: HANCK or HAUCK ? Cumberland.
Post by: CumberlandKitchens on Friday 07 October 11 10:47 BST (UK)

 I have a place of birth on 1851 Census of either HANCK or HAUCK.

 it has been transcribed on a publication at CRO in Cumbria as HAUCK & in a another source as HANCK.

Looking at the original 1851 Census it could be either. I have searched Google, Google earth & a good quality Ordance Survey Road Atlas 2001 Britain and nothing close to the above.

Possibility this could be in the Carlisle area.

Any ideas .

Alan

Title: Re: HANCK or HAUCK ? Cumberland.
Post by: PaulineJ on Friday 07 October 11 11:05 BST (UK)

Can you provide the 1851 census reference, and any further sightings of this person-of-interest?

http://www.old-maps.co.uk/gazetteer/10cumbe071/10cumbe071gazA.htm

Pauline

Title: Re: HANCK or HAUCK ? Cumberland.
Post by: CumberlandKitchens on Friday 07 October 11 12:25 BST (UK)

Hi Pauline

  Person of interest is Sarah Cockbain.

References
Page 2437, folio 259, Page number 4
Reg. District Whitehaven, Sub-District St Bees  -Bank End
George Cockbain 52 Head , Sarah Cockbain (nee Dalton) age 52  Born, HAUCK Cumberland

Married  17/8/1819 St James Whitehaven

Thanks for the old maps, I had a look and nothing like what is actually written on the original Census.

Alan

Title: Re: HANCK or HAUCK ? Cumberland.
Post by: PaulineJ on Friday 07 October 11 13:07 BST (UK)

Unless it's a fer-net-ick spelling of Hawk ?
Was there a Hawk Hill in that old-maps list? Another place to try if nothing else.

Pauline

Title: Re: HANCK or HAUCK ? Cumberland.
Post by: Gan Yam on Friday 07 October 11 13:37 BST (UK)

is it possible that she wasn't born in cumberland at all?  Could it be Hawick in Scotland, which would pronounced like Hauck and cumberland was just a mistake.

Title: Re: HANCK or HAUCK ? Cumberland.
Post by: Geoff-E on Friday 07 October 11 13:48 BST (UK)

It's been added later hasn't it?

All of the other "dittos" are written D^o but this one is do.

Title: Re: HANCK or HAUCK ? Cumberland.
Post by: JenB on Friday 07 October 11 14:07 BST (UK)

She is shown as 'born in county' (Cumberland) in the 1841 census.

Title: Re: HANCK or HAUCK ? Cumberland.
Post by: The House of Cockbain of That Ilk on Friday 07 October 11 18:44 BST (UK)

It probably says "Stanok" or "Stanox" (a Sarah Dalton was born in Stanwix in 1792). This enumerator's handwriting was atrocious. The children were born around Whitehaven/Greenbank, but it barely looks like Whitehaven.

Stephen

Title: Re: HANCK or HAUCK ? Cumberland.
Post by: emmsthheight on Friday 07 October 11 21:46 BST (UK)

Hi  :)

I haven't seen the original, but could it be Hawick St, not far from Stanwix Bank?  I've seen a few entries where only the street name is given - ie Hawick instead of Hawick Street.

Best wishes

Emms  :)

Title: Re: HANCK or HAUCK ? Cumberland.
Post by: PaulineJ on Friday 07 October 11 22:58 BST (UK)

Stanwix, not a place I've heard of myself, but it's inspired.
Well done.