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in reply to a message by Sue Restell
Which census years?
Are you sure that they weren't alternating between their first & middle names?
"Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth." Ps. 127:4
JoHannah Jubilee, BenJudah Gabriel, Aaron Josiah, Jordan Uriah,
Maranatha Nissiah, (Anastasia Nike, 1992-1992), Jeshua David,
Shiloh Joshana, Elijah Daniel, Hezekiah Nathaniel, Zephaniah Joseph
Are you sure that they weren't alternating between their first & middle names?
JoHannah Jubilee, BenJudah Gabriel, Aaron Josiah, Jordan Uriah,
Maranatha Nissiah, (Anastasia Nike, 1992-1992), Jeshua David,
Shiloh Joshana, Elijah Daniel, Hezekiah Nathaniel, Zephaniah Joseph
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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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