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Naff mistranscriptions of placenames on census

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Jess Bow Bag

Jess Bow Bag Report 22 Feb 2006 13:11

Name: Emily Bacon Age: 42 Estimated birth year: abt 1829 Relation: Wife Household: View other family members Gender: Female Where born: >>Long Arse, <<Middlesex, England Civil Parish: St George Hanover Square Ecclesiastical parish: St Peter County/Island: London Country: England --------------------------------------------------------- this one reduces the options a bit Name: Blanche Barnard Age: 2 Estimated birth year: abt 1869 Relation: Granddaughter Household: View other family members Gender: Female Where born: Nowhere, Norfolk, England Civil Parish: Blatherwick Holy Trinity Ecclesiastical parish: Weldon Town: Blatherwick County/Island: Northamptonshire Country: England

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}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){ Report 22 Feb 2006 10:21

Holme on Spaldy Moor, Yorkshire Lesley......there is a Warter in Yorkshire not far from me!

Roger in Sussex

Roger in Sussex Report 22 Feb 2006 09:32

Magde and Kepney in Middlesex (Aldgate and Stepney) on same page. Mind you it is a diabolical image!

Ma Baker ♫♫♪

Ma Baker ♫♫♪ Report 22 Feb 2006 00:21

Water, Yorkshire should be Wales Lesley

An Olde Crone

An Olde Crone Report 21 Feb 2006 21:56

Salford, MARS!

Unknown

Unknown Report 21 Feb 2006 21:38

Grop Throp, Nottinghamshire

Vicky

Vicky Report 21 Feb 2006 10:00

I have a few Irish rellies living in Lancashire who come from Poland

Helen

Helen Report 21 Feb 2006 09:25

Just try looking up all the people born in Hungary on any census (yes we once thought hubby had Hungarian blood!) Suprisingly St Ives seems to be the main place in Hungary where everyone lived.

Dea

Dea Report 21 Feb 2006 08:38

I know it's not a place name but I found a lovely one yesterday - 'ADAPTED son' - Do you think he may have started off as a daughter and they wanted a son?? - perhaps the first sex change operation ??? Dea x

Pam

Pam Report 21 Feb 2006 08:34

Epelefetic, Liverpool - was really Liverpool and the poor child was epeleptic! Pam

Richard in Perth

Richard in Perth Report 21 Feb 2006 04:36

Nell - it must have been that Yorkshire accent: Fanny Hesrlewood abt 1867 Fsodglinper, Yorkshire, England Annie Reed abt 1867 Hrinlogt, Yorkshire, England Mary Young abt 1861 Fhrintof, Yorkshire, England

sandbach99

sandbach99 Report 21 Feb 2006 01:57

I have Sewpbitewd Somerset

Andrew

Andrew Report 21 Feb 2006 01:07

Is it possible that none of those people on Ancestry were really born in English-sounding towns in Somalia?! Is it even possible that Bristol isn't actually in West Africa?!

Janet in Yorkshire

Janet in Yorkshire Report 21 Feb 2006 00:34

Just been given another Nell - Sowellington - Yorkshire Sounds a bit wet to me - mixture of souwester & wellingtons? jay

Unknown

Unknown Report 21 Feb 2006 00:25

But there's obviously something about Yorkshire Burtersott, Yorkshire,

Unknown

Unknown Report 21 Feb 2006 00:23

Even better, just A Smith abt 1788 N Inmate

Unknown

Unknown Report 21 Feb 2006 00:23

Deu - [no county given]

Janet in Yorkshire

Janet in Yorkshire Report 21 Feb 2006 00:09

Bormegston Yorkshire (Must be something in the air, Nell) Jay

Unknown

Unknown Report 21 Feb 2006 00:01

Put yours here - first offering Sprodpro, Yorkshire!