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Help[Facts] Interchangeable name - Sarah / Jemima
Hello - I wonder if anyone can help me. Amongst my ancestors I appear to have a mother AND daughter who both seem to use both Sarah and Jemima as their name in different censuses. Has anyone seen this before? Is it a known alternative?
Thanks
Sue Restell
Thanks
Sue Restell
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Which census years?
Are you sure that they weren't alternating between their first & middle names?
Are you sure that they weren't alternating between their first & middle names?
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Yes, mistakes are rampant in old census records. Names, ages, birthplaces, etc. Especially if the record is a transcript from an original record. The more transcriptions the more things get lost in translation.
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Yes I do wonder if it could be a mix up. I don't know whether the 1861 enumerators took details verbally (in which case he could quite easily have mixed up the mother and daughter's names) or if the householder filled out a form like in 1911 (in which case it would have been harder to mix them up). I just wondered if Jemima and Sarah were 2 versions of the same name - sort of like Elizabeth and Betty.
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