Help!! What name?

[Heather D]

Hiya,

I'm not sure what time frame this is, but there is a Barjew Cozens on the 1861 census born 1814 Portisham Dorset. Any connection?

[PaulineJ]

Palmer alias Samway?

Pauline

[Berlin-Bob]

Have a look on the Dorset OPC site www.dorset-opc.com

I put cozens in the search engine and got 70 hits, including this one:

Parish of Litton Cheney  1861 CENSUS
PRO Ref RG9/1366   498 persons, 117 dwellings
all at Gorwell

Barjew; COZENS Sen; head; mar; 47; ag lab; Portisham; F121P24
Ann; COZENS; wife; mar; 45; ; Carsgate; F121P24
Henry; COZENS; son; un; 23; carter; Carsgate; F121P24
Barjew; COZENS jun; son; un; 19; ag lab; Carsgate; F121P24
Elizabeth; COZENS; daur; un; 14; ; Carsgate; F121P24
William; COZENS; son; ; 11; scholar; Kingston Russell; F121P24
John; COZENS; son; ; 6; scholar; Kingston Russell; F121P24
Ellen; COZENS; daur; ; 3; ; Kingston Russell; F121P24
Sarah; COZENS; daur; ; 9m; ; Longbridy; F121P24


Recognise anybody

Bob

[Berlin-Bob]

... and this one:

Portesham  1851 CENSUS HO 107 / 1857
District 3 a     District 3b
All F704p7 at Coryates

Barjew?;    COZENS;    Head;    married;    36;    Farm Labourer;    Portesham;   
Ann;    COZENS;    wife;    married;    32;    ;    Portesham;   
Henry ;    COZENS;    ;    ;    12;    son;    Portesham;
Barjew?;    COZENS;    ;    ;    9;    son;    Portesham;   
Mary Ann;    COZENS;    ;    ;    7;    ;    Portesham;   
Elizabeth;    COZENS;    ;    ;    4;    ;    Portesham;
Edward;    COZENS;    ;    ;    1;    son;    Portesham;


Looks like the same family, 10 years earlier

[Manchester Rambler]

I also read it as Barjew Cozens.  The alias PROBABLY means Henry changed his name more or less officially from Jan-scribble to Palmer.  Perhaps because it was a foreign name, or possibly because a relative named Palmer made him their heir.  I have one case of a distant rellie adopting his godfather's surname for that reason.

MR

[janan]

I've looked at the image for the Barjew Bob found in Litton Cheney: it definitely is Barjew - neatly written for once. The  Portesham one isn't coming up at all so goodness knows what he's been transcribed as. I first read the alias as Samway but not so sure now
Jan

[Spotty]

Barjew is a great name!! 

It helps trace the family when you have a really different name like that.    (Assuming its right)

[Jackienock]

The alias looks to me like Jauncey. Which is in fact not an uncommon name.

Regards
Robert

[Tati]

Hi,

there is a Cousins family website where this name appears several times:
www.cousinsfamily.co.uk/British%20BM/birdata5.html

Tanja