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You gotta see 'Dis Dick' on burial record!
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hunkyhywel
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You gotta see 'Dis Dick' on burial record!
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Any help deciphering the words/meaning of what is written in the third entry of this burial record?
My only guess at the moment is some version of 'sic' since the name is identical to the record preceding it. But it really does look like 'dis dick'
amondg
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Have you found him on the census?.
The name above his is also David Edwards are they father and son?
sparrett
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I am only guessing but the first word "dis" might be like AKA Dick.
Sue
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heywood
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Was his father Richard/Dick?
I am thinking of the Irish custom of distinguishing between people of the same name by including their father‘s name, e.g. I have Thomas (Pat) and Thomas (Andy).
Perhaps there is something similar in Welsh?
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Zefiro
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Quote from: sparrett on
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I am only guessing but the first word "dis" might be like AKA Dick.
Sue
I think dis is short for the latin
dictus
, meaning
said
or
called
So you're right. This David was known as Dick.
hunkyhywel
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Thank you everyone!
Update. I have found this man's baptism record. Not only was his father's name Richard, but the same 'Dis Dick' appears on his baptism.
'Dictus Dick' not only seems most likely but is somehow even more amusing.
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You gotta see 'Dis Dick' on burial record!