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Offline BettyofKent

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Funniest mistranscription?
« on: Friday 16 February 07 14:02 GMT (UK) »
My funniest mistranscription (so far!) is
Jemina Crumpler becomes Fanina Oompler  (1891 census)

Can anyone beat that?

 ;D
Betty
KENT:
Stutely - Wittersham & Stone
Padgham - Wittersham
Wanstall - Northbourne
Taylor - Ringwould & Ash
Skinner - Deal
Bushell - Walmer
Spain - Walmer
Also
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Cohen - Birmingham

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Re: Funniest mistranscription?
« Reply #1 on: Friday 16 February 07 14:25 GMT (UK) »
No Betty, I can't top that one. But on a copy of the passenger list for the ship I came to Australia on in 1950, one of the Melbourne addresses for a passenger was given as Foot Spray. The suburb is actually Footscray.
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Re: Funniest mistranscription?
« Reply #2 on: Friday 16 February 07 14:49 GMT (UK) »
My Great Grandfather was a Horsebreaker by profession  The transcription has altered it to Housebreaker!  I don't think he would have put that down on a census return do you!?

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Re: Funniest mistranscription?
« Reply #3 on: Friday 16 February 07 15:48 GMT (UK) »
 ;D ;D my name is fannina oompla, i am a housebreaker and i live in footspray! ;D ;D
Feasey,London
Wisker,london
Peverall,London
Hall,London
Saunders,London
White,Dumfries and Galloway,Edinburgh
Bilton,Dumfries and Galloway
Glover,Dumfries and Galloway
Broadfoot,Dumfries and Galloway and Glasgow
Beresford,Manchester and Alstonfied
Kerry,Manchester and suffolk

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Re: Funniest mistranscription?
« Reply #4 on: Friday 16 February 07 23:51 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: madammagician on Friday 16 February 07 15:48 GMT (UK)
;D ;D my name is fannina oompla, i am a housebreaker and i live in footspray! ;D ;D

and my baptism was before I was born!   ::)   ::)   ::) 

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Steeles, Burton, Garrod (Norfolk), Clarke, Tomblin (Rutland)
Bauer (London, France), Blades, Parker (Surrey)
Edwards, Coles, Smith, Nunley, Craddock, York, & Linnell (Northants) )
Ehmcke, Deimel, Appelkamp (Germany)
Watts (Somerset, Wiltshire) Selway, Churchill, & Chappell (Somerset)
Redwood (Devon, Essex) Button, Archer, Leach (Cambridgeshire)

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Re: Funniest mistranscription?
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 17 February 07 14:50 GMT (UK) »
I found one like that dee, & one of a man married three times after his death!  He didn't Rest in Peace  ;D ;D

Betty
KENT:
Stutely - Wittersham & Stone
Padgham - Wittersham
Wanstall - Northbourne
Taylor - Ringwould & Ash
Skinner - Deal
Bushell - Walmer
Spain - Walmer
Also
Schloss - Poland, Nottingham, Massachusetts & New Zealand.
Cohen - Birmingham

"Census information is Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov."

Offline patrish

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Re: Funniest mistranscription?
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 17 February 07 23:11 GMT (UK) »
 I had one who's christian name was Caroline, transcribed as PARDON. ;D ;D

This one was on a recent thread posted by cbCaroline, place of birth Chooks Berry, she found out it was in fact Tewkesbury  ;D ;D

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Re: Funniest mistranscription?
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 18 February 07 14:40 GMT (UK) »
Not a mistranscription, but I had one in 1901 where a Old Cleeve, Somerset was recorded as "Oakleaf, Somerset."
Wiltshire:  Banks, Taylor
Somerset:  Duddridge, Richards, Barnard, Pillinger
Gloucestershire:  Barnard, Marsh, Crossman
Bristol:  Banks, Duddridge, Barnard
Down:  Ennis, McGee
Wicklow:  Chapman, Pepper
Wigtownshire:  Logan, Conning
Wisconsin:  Ennis, Chapman, Logan, Ware
Maine:  Ware, Mitchell, Tarr, Davis

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Re: Funniest mistranscription?
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 21 February 07 23:03 GMT (UK) »
Hi

I found Snotterfield in Warwickshire - should be Snitterfield and also sometimes mistranscibed as Snifferfield.

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