Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!

[Manchester Rambler]

Here's a Welsh-speaking African from the 1881 transcription:

Williams, William 22 Caernavon, Cameroon

 

MR

[lizdb]

Of the 3 main Deboo families I looked for on the 1861 index, I found one indexed under Deboo.

The other 2 took longer to track down - one indexed as BUBOS, and the other as DEVON.

[Gilld]

For 2 years I have searched for my 'Dumelows' on 1881... I knew that they should be there somewhere.......
Have search on Ancestry and there they were

They had been mistranscibed on 'family search' as DAVIDSON.
 
Gill

[Paul E]

For 2 years I have searched for my 'Dumelows' on 1881... I knew that they should be there somewhere.......
Have search on Ancestry and there they were

They had been mistranscibed on 'family search' as DAVIDSON.
 
Gill

Gill - glad to hear that for once Ancestry triumphed over family search!

Paul

[suey]

Have been looking at every Rule in Hertfordshire today -Please, someone tell me how Rule became WILF!
Oh, and theres a family of Clack who ought to be Clark!

[DebbieDee]

Hi

Having subscribed to Ancestry I was really pleased when Wales 1901 finally appeared...however my guess is it may have been rushed through.  Anyone else struggling?  I had found ancestors on the PRO version but found it a little expensive to get the transcription and the images, so I thought I can now get the images 'for free'.

I am looking for a fairly unusual surname spelt either Assender or Assinder.  Have found them in 1891 (eventually) as Asse(i)nger by searching for Ass*...

Did the same on Ancestry's Wales 1901 and only found half the family as Assecider.  Looking at the image it is easy to see why as the writing is awful.  On the previous image I found the missing parents, same handwriting but transcribed as Asacider...grrr

If this is what happens when I know what I'm looking for 

PS Paul, Do you think I get two more on the Censuswhack??

[Paul E]

Hi Debbie

I think you deserve a sackful of points for locating your Ass* families!

Unfortunately, I have had notification from the International Federation of Censuswhackers, who have drawn my attention to

Censuswhack Rule 213b

Where a Rootschatter has previously posted any information regarding the Censuswhack elsewhere on the Rootschat board, that entry shall be declared null and void.   

so I can't give you any points for posting on the Censuswhack thread.




PS


Only



joking!

[DebbieDee]

Thanks Paul LOL 

I just realised I mistranscribed my mistranscription oops! 

It was actually Assecider and Asaseeder...

Another of my favourite mistranscriptions from 1871

Surname:  Baby
First Name:  A Dear Litta

Bless

[Tariana]

Linney Peoples mistranscribed as Sinez Peoples in the 1900 census.
SINEZ? 
His name looks like Linney. In the 1910 census, it's Linnie...