Strange name

[alliegwuk]

Hi

Has anyone come across the surname Sreawn or variations thereof.

My Great Grandmother's maiden is recorded as Winifred Sreawn and her father as Patrick Screawn (in Warrington). Patrick is shown as having been born in Ireland.

My guess is that this is a phonetic spelling.

Can anyone help?

Many thanks

[alpinecottage]

If you can give some dates, ages or other details (eg where are these two variations of the name recorded?), people can have a look at the censuses and other records and see if they can help you.

[Dulaigh]

Possible Scrahan

[obbie]

there are
Winifred Sreawn wed thomas graham 1909
Winifred Screawn wed richard owen potter 1929
both in warrington , which is yours ?
how old was she D.O.B a year will do ?
did she sign marriage register or with an X ?
what was patricks occupation ? was he a cobbler by chance ?

answers to these questions may let us work backwards through censuses

[alliegwuk]

Thanks to you all.

My Winifred Screawn (or Sreawn as its recorded on the marriage certificate) married Thomas Graham in 1909 - the year my grandfather William was born).

I've done what I can with the census and could well be missing something - given the census takers were often very nearly as illiterate as the people they were counting!.

Winifred (also recorded as Winnifred) appears to have been born around 1888 and died in 1955.

As ever, any help gratefully received.

Thank you

[heywood]

Hello,

I have a feeling that I have seen this before but as I can't see a reply from me- perhaps I just looked it up at the time and was waiting your reply.
However - this is what I recalled and have found again.

1891  RG12; Piece: 3080; Folio 36; Page 23

Patrick and Charlotte Sheehan and family including Winifred 4 yrs and Martin 5 yrs.
There is a Martin Screawn (b abt 1884)  in WW1 records

1901 RG13; Piece: 3584; Folio: 107; Page: 16
The family are Shean
Martin is transcribed as Martha and Winnie as Minnie 

Patrick is a tanner. What is the occupation on the marriage cert.?

regards

heywood

[heywood]

1881 RG11; Piece: 3513; Folio: 58; Page: 18

Patrick and Charlotte are transcribed as 'Shareny' living in Preston on the Hill, Cheshire

Possible marriage:
Jun 1877   Runcorn  8a 325   

Charlotte  Hughes
Patrick Shryheana 

Possible birth:
 Dec 1886   Warrington  8c 222
Winifred Shearin