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Help with strange surname/writting please

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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 4 Sep 2007 22:09

BTW


................ I couldn't get your link to work, so I haven't been able to see the image myself



Sylvia

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 4 Sep 2007 22:08

However ............ who gave the census taker the information??

It may have been Eliza, or a member of her family ............ and she might have told them "near Wentworth".


There also seem to be instances where the person has said a place name, the census taker has apparently said "Where's that then", answer "near Leeds (or wherever)". Census taker recognises that name, so that is what is put down!



All I'm trying to say is ......... don't take what is says on any census as the absolute truth!!!

I now very rarely use the birth place name when searching censuses because they are so often wrong!


Sylvia (in Canada)

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!)

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) Report 4 Sep 2007 22:06

Second letter probably e but could be an o ?

then mpil and probably y

Jill

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!)

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) Report 4 Sep 2007 22:05

I know it's probably a T but what about a Y or a J ???

Has it been mistranscribed?

Jill

Daniel

Daniel Report 4 Sep 2007 21:59

Maybe sylvia, it's possible, it definatley says Wentworth Yorkshire, and there is a real village called Wentworth in Yorkshire. Also the census which says that is a Welsh one so it's no as if they have jsut copied from the village name or something. She is only person on that census with that place of birth.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 4 Sep 2007 21:54

Maybe Wentworth is the wrong place!?

There are many "wrong" birth places on the various censuses, just as there are wrong spellings of names, etc.

Daniel

Daniel Report 4 Sep 2007 21:52

sylvia, maybe they didn't marry, I have looked for any surnames in Wentworth which look/sound like even remotely like tempil and there are none there

Daniel

Daniel Report 4 Sep 2007 21:50

jean i have seen no other children

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 4 Sep 2007 21:50

Did they have any other children?

If so, why not try sending for the bc for one of those in the hope that it hs better handwriting??



OR ................................is it possible that they never actually married?????

Daniel

Daniel Report 4 Sep 2007 21:49

reggie I think she was, I haven't found any siblings, then again I haven't found her parents marriage, so if it pre-dated 1837 that would mean they went at least 8 yeas before having her so i just don't know

Daniel

Daniel Report 4 Sep 2007 21:44

Reggie I haven't nor 1851

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 4 Sep 2007 21:40

Was Rhoda the only child?

Have you found James & Eliza in 1841?

Reg

Joan

Joan Report 4 Sep 2007 21:37

who is their oldest child ?

Ozibird

Ozibird Report 4 Sep 2007 21:36

Temperley???

Joan

Joan Report 4 Sep 2007 21:32

Tempest ?????

Ozibird

Ozibird Report 4 Sep 2007 21:22

Still trying Daniel, don't give up.

Ozi.

Daniel

Daniel Report 4 Sep 2007 21:21

thanks guys can any body find a Eliza marring a James Benton anywhere? I could get the marriage cert for that then

Ozibird

Ozibird Report 4 Sep 2007 21:16

Daughter Rhoda/Rodah married a John Clothier in 1865 but I can't find her before 1861.

Daniel

Daniel Report 4 Sep 2007 21:15

James Benton was 1803, I don't know when they married but sometime just before 1845 as that is when there firstborn was born.

Daniel

Daniel Report 4 Sep 2007 21:12

Yeah sorry guys 1811, you both got her. I find her when she's married as Benton, but nothing for Tempill, Temple, Tempil, Tempilly ahhhh