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Offline Gen List Lass

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Re: Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!
« Reply #99 on: Sunday 01 May 05 01:59 BST (UK) »
Its easy to see how it all happened.

A few years ago a new postman called my father in law "Mr Obee". Dad in law had the O.B.E. and official stuff had it on his address after his name.

He thought the postman "ignorant" I suspect the postman was taking the  mickey of someone he thought stuck-up. He still got his Xmas box though!
UK - Northumberland, County Durham: ANDERSON,   DODD(S), EDWARDS, ELLIOTT/ELLET, FENWICK, GREY/GRAY, HINDMARCH and variants, JORDAN, MOORE, MURRAY, RIPPON, RODDHAM, RYDER-TURNER, SPARK(E)(S), STEWART, TILLEY, TIPLADY, WATSON,
Sheffield: TURNER
Middlesex: RYDER
<br />Aberdeenshire: EDWARDS, BRODIE<br />Angus STEWART, DIXON, PETRIE

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Re: Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!
« Reply #100 on: Thursday 05 May 05 18:30 BST (UK) »
Just found John Yarwood of Pickmere on the 1901 census - transcribed as John Garwood of Dickmere....

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ANT: Nesbit, Potts; CHS: Gosling (Hazel Grove/Lymm), Hinton (Lymm), Johnson (Hazel Grove), Marsland (Hazel Grove), Massey (Daresbury), Sorton (Warmingham); LAN: Jackson, James, Potts (Manchester/Salford); MAY: Caulfield, Griffin (Leveelick); SAL: Goodwin, Johnson (Bridgnorth), Gregory (Wellington); STS: Goodwin, Gregory, Johnson (Wolverhampton); Hallett (Trysull); SOM: Dowding, James, Jones (Bath)

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Re: Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!
« Reply #101 on: Thursday 05 May 05 19:48 BST (UK) »
Also watch out for Percy as Perry, Kelly becomes Skelly (especially if first name ends in s ), I had a Russell into Rafsel ?? but my favourite, was Horace becoming Harriet  ;D

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Searching:<br />DASH - Cornwall ;STEPHENS - Anglesey / Holyhead ;KELLY - Whitehaven / Liverpool ;CARRICK - Wigton, Cumberland ;FARISH - Cumberland ;MASON - Ipswich ;FISK - Suffolk ;PRIEST - Suffolk & SW London ;HAWKS - London & Thetford, Norfolk
SMITHERS - London ;RIDGWELL - Norfolk ;ELSTON - London ;APPLEBY- London

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Re: Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!
« Reply #102 on: Saturday 07 May 05 17:46 BST (UK) »
I have the surname SKINNER transcribed as KITTNER.

I am still confused how they got it that wrong - especially seeing as the rest of the family have been given the right surname!

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« Reply #103 on: Saturday 07 May 05 17:58 BST (UK) »
I had a first name Arhtur Walmsley transcribed as Ausetter Walmsley!

Try searching surname Nethercliff, Netherclift, Nethercliffe but as the parents were Draycott (male) and Netherclift (female) who never married the children decided to take one name or another or have it double barrelled both ways! ie ND or DN. Every child was different!

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DUNN - Cambuslang, LKS
FORSYTH - Shotts, LKS
FRAME - Hamilton, LKS
HODGSON - Hamsterley, DUR
HUMPHREY - Easingwold, NRY
HUNT - Frimley, Surrey
MCKECHNIE - Argyll - Shotts
NETHERCLIFF(T)/ DRAYCOTT Sandhurst, BKS
PEPPERCORN - Lolworth, Cambs
PRATT - Thirsk, NYK
REDSHAW - Hamsterley, DUR
REYNOLDS - Fritton,Stratton,NFK
ROWLEY - STS to DUR
TALLACK - St Agnes Padstow,CON
WALMSLEY - NRY,Brum
WILSON - Hamsterley, Co Durham
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Re: Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!
« Reply #104 on: Saturday 07 May 05 18:00 BST (UK) »
I'm used to my Dinmores being transcribed as Dinsmore, Dunmore, Dunsmore, but in 1861 one line of the family have half transcribed as DIAMOND while the other half are correct!

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Lewis & Davies in Glam.
Richards & Roberts,  in Carmarthen & Glam.
Bowen & Morgans in Carm.
Walters & Mort in Glam.
Dinmore, in SE London (prev.Surrey & Kent), Lowestoft & Yorks.
Collier/Collyer, Tyler & Welch in SE London(prev.Surrey)

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Re: Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!
« Reply #105 on: Saturday 07 May 05 18:10 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Sahara on Saturday 07 May 05 17:46 BST (UK)
I have the surname SKINNER transcribed as KITTNER.

I am still confused how they got it that wrong - especially seeing as the rest of the family have been given the right surname!


Welcome to Rootschat Sahara!  The logic defies belief! :)

Quote from: 1000xlch on Saturday 07 May 05 17:58 BST (UK)
Every child was different!

John Rowley

So, for once you can't bame the transcriber, John! The enumerator must have enjoyed having to put all those versions down. :)

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Re: Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!
« Reply #106 on: Thursday 19 May 05 08:16 BST (UK) »
I had a Nehimah transcribed as Johannah  :o, poor fellow they gave him a girls name.
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Re: Your Favourite Census Mistranscriptions!
« Reply #107 on: Thursday 19 May 05 08:41 BST (UK) »
I've discovered my Curry family in 1861 at last mistranscribed as....

Crovry  ???

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