New Post
Search
Help
ArchivesRe: Interchangeable name - Sarah / Jemima
in reply to a message by Sabertooth
Don't think so. I've got a mother who is Jemima on all records except the 1861 census, when she's Sarah…..and her daughter who is Sarah Ann on most records I've found so far - except the same 1861 census, when she's Jemima. There is another child called Jemima born in 1864. Confusing!
1
Replies
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.
1
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.
1