The Diary of Nathaniel Bryceson (Part 8)

[Mongibello]

Does he mean fixed it on the wall?

[Ruskie]

Does he mean fixed it on the wall?

Yes, I suppose he may mean that, but isn't it Ann's clock? 

[Ruskie]

.... I'm still struggling to see how "Sanigear" could end up as "Skirricker" (not disputing the conclusion though.) I know it was suggested previously that the name might have been transcribed wrongly, but it's hard to see how this could cause such a large error.  I guess the "chinese whispers" theory is the best one.

Oddly enough I was just thinking about this a little earlier.

Maybe rather than being pronounced 'San E Gear' it was pronounced 'San A ga' which may have been misheard as 'San A Ka'?  This is slightly closer to Skirricker. Maybe? 

Nat originally spelled it a different way. Can anyone remember what it was? Sirricker or something? 

[Dinkydidy]

Nat first calls her Mrs Skillicker (15th March), but after that it's usually Skirricker.

Didy

[Brycesons-London]

Hello everyone,

We are a family called Bryceson who have lived in London for generations. This is an intriguing thing for us to find and I have tried to read up on the posts although it seems there are an awful lot of them! I wanted to introduce myself and to say how fascinated we are to find all this interest in Brycesons. I know very little about wider family trees and I'm wondering what the connection between us and Nathaniel might be. I'm sure there may well be connections as Bryceson is a very unusual name!

With best wishes to you all,

Andrew Bryceson.

[Paul Caswell]

Blimey This tread is a thrill a minute. !!!

Andrew. Hang in there for a minute, there are probably several people wanting to talk to you. Could you give us a name of a Bryceson ancestor (not living please) just so we can work out who you are?

Welcome to RootsChat.

Paul

[Daisy Loo]

oooh!  Welcome to Rootschat Andrew....it would be amazing if you are related to Steven...? Or perhaps the other Bryceson family that was living in London at the time?

[Ruskie]

Welcome to rootschat Andrew.

The subject of these threads is Nathaniel Bryceson who was actually the illegitimate son of Nathaniel White and Mary Bryceson nee Sheppard.

Bryceson was the surname of Mary's first husband. So although we are very interested in the Bryceson connection, Brycesons are not actually blood relatives of Nathaniel.

There is an awful lot to read through on these threads, but there is a summary and timeline a little further down the page here:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,459757.0.html
Both need updating but it will give you an idea of what we are discussing and discovering.

Bryceson appears to be a Scottish surname. I think we found out a bit more about some of the Scottish Brycesons but I'm not sure where it's hidden. Maybe one of the others will remember. 

[Ruskie]

I notice that Nathaniel has been busy with his penknife yet again.