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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: ldavies on Monday 16 September 13 19:05 BST (UK)
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For the life of me cannot figure out what this name is, it's probably a common name just that I'm reading it wrong, would appreciate a pair of fresh eyes on this, thanks.
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looks like mursadn but can't be can it?
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From which census was this from . if it was from a census , just wanted to compare letters with other names , it tends to help me anyway !
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Thursader ?? but that doesn't seem correct either !
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Thanks for the replies, yeah I came up with Mursada and Thursada but thought that cant be right? This is more of the census, its from 1891.
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where was she born and when? There are a couple of birth regs for Theodosia Howells that may be in the right area....
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She is 3 months in this census which is 1891 so it would be 1891, and her birth is Trealaw, Glamorgan which comes under Pontypridd - I have checked but can't see anything resembling this name
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The 1891 census has the family with a dau Rhoda ( very clear on the original ) aged 10 below Evan Daniel aged 12 . Free BMD has a Rhoda born March Qtr of 1891, , Maybe the enumerator misheard , and if there was no one to correct him , he put down what he thought was correct ........... Ancestry has deciphered the name a Thomas !
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Think she may be Laura Ann in the 1901 census.
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Yeah I have them in 1901 and there is a Rhoda who is 10 years old but I just assumed that this child had died rather than it was just a misunderstanding with the name itself, makes sense I suppose!
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Maybe the name they said was a 'pet' name and enumerator put it down rather than the real name ? even tho my grandmother was born in Wales , I'm not 'up' on Welsh pet names ! it certainly doesn't look like Rhoda on 1891, and it doesn't appear that she's a twin
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It could be a pet name, I know that her sister is on the 1891 census as Martha and then on the 1901 census as Mattie, same as her brother Edward who has his name on 1901 then in 1911 is called Isaac after his middle name. So you could be right, I still just don't have a clue what it says