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Re: Origin Of Surname
« Reply #9 on: Monday 09 June 08 09:45 BST (UK) »
Curious - Alfred Harry/Henry/Andrew's wife Harriet - her Maiden name is Longman, the same as I had assumed was marrying in 1919 after having kids back as far as 1911 !

Sounds like 2 different people then.


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Re: Origin Of Surname
« Reply #10 on: Monday 09 June 08 09:49 BST (UK) »
1891
RG12/156 109 12
Islington
54 Freeling St

Alfred Sictornoss(?), head, 20, Brass Polisher, b. Shoreditch
Harriett, wife, 18, b. Islington
Emily H, dau, 1 mo, b. Islington

Having trouble finding him earlier!! 
 "My dear, I think the English pronounce it 'appiness"  

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« Reply #11 on: Monday 09 June 08 09:53 BST (UK) »
Nice breakthru tho Tati !

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« Reply #12 on: Monday 09 June 08 10:17 BST (UK) »
Not that I have an explanation, but:

Births Sep 1870   
ABEL  Alfred Henry        Shoreditch    1c   76

1871

Edward Abel 34   Brass Finisher     Shoreditch
Ann Abel 31                                    Bermondsey
Edward 5                                        Shoreditch
Charles 3                                        Shoreditch
Alfred Abel 8m                                 Shoreditch
Elizabeth Rush M-i-L     

Class: RG10; Piece: 441; Folio: 110; Page: 6


*** Forget that, Alfred Henry Abel died aged 3 in Shoreditch 1873   :(
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« Reply #13 on: Monday 09 June 08 11:06 BST (UK) »
1891
RG12/156 109 12
Emily H, dau, 1 mo, b. Islington


She was registered as Emily Harriet SICTORNOSS, Jun 1891 Islington 1b 290
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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Re: Origin Of Surname
« Reply #14 on: Monday 09 June 08 11:07 BST (UK) »
There is also a will on the National Archives available for downloading


Online Document ADM 188/1099
Name Sictorness Henry William SS5502 Islington, London . Name Sictorness Henry William SS5502 Islington, London Date: 1896.
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Douglas, Varnden, Joy(i)ce Surrey, Clarke Northants/Hunts, Pullen Worcs/Herefords, Holmes Birmingham/USA/Canada/Australia, Jackson Cheshire/Yorkshire, Lomas Cheshire, Lee Yorkshire, Cocks Lancashire, Leah Cheshire, Cook Yorkshire, Catlow Lancashire
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Re: Origin Of Surname
« Reply #15 on: Monday 09 June 08 11:12 BST (UK) »
How would a Brit pronounce the name Sigtenhorst?  :P


There's a Sigtenhorst family in 1871:
RG10/442/18 29
Shoreditch, London
3 Edwards Street

Andrew Sigtenhorst, head, 23, Knife? Machine Maker, b. Holland Amsterdam
Emily, wife, 21, b. Suffolk
Alfred, son, 1, b. Mddx Shoreditch

(Marriage Dec 1869 Andrew Sigtenhorst - Emily Honey Bell)
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« Reply #16 on: Monday 09 June 08 11:19 BST (UK) »
What a find, Tati!

Death: Andrew SIGTENHORST aged 27, Jun 1875 Hackney 1b 289

Anna
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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« Reply #17 on: Monday 09 June 08 11:22 BST (UK) »
Possible sister for Alfred

Birth: Emily Maria SIGTENHORST Sep 1872 Islington 1b 264
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)