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Are they the same surname?
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Maria Joan | Report | 19 Feb 2009 15:16 |
Thanks every one that got back to me, you have all been a great help. i will know what to do if i need help again. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 18 Feb 2009 16:58 |
Try having ancestors with the surname Cattermole! |
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♥Deetortrainingnewfys♥ | Report | 18 Feb 2009 15:51 |
Its not just surnames which change over the years. My father was born Denis and was known and died Dennis - he gained an "n"?? I have no idea when, presumably, it was recorded wrongly at the birth registrations. |
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Jeeberella | Report | 18 Feb 2009 15:26 |
hi maria |
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°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o° | Report | 18 Feb 2009 14:41 |
All records of G G Grandad's family arrear with the same spelling after around 1875 but his 2 brothers both adopted a different way of spelling the same name. |
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RobG | Report | 18 Feb 2009 14:27 |
Best not to get too precious about the spelling of names in your tree - our ancestors weren't that fussed. In fact, it's best to think further "outside the box" - some very bizarre forms of spelling seemingly different names have originated from the same medieval name. |
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Potty | Report | 18 Feb 2009 13:40 |
Don't get too bogged down in the spelling of names. There was no standard spelling of names until fairly recently. Most people were illiterate and wouldn't know how their name was spelt. |
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Mick in the Sticks | Report | 18 Feb 2009 13:39 |
Surnames evolve over time. My own surname is spelt with and without an E and in the distant past the E was sometimes an IE or Y. |
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Eileen | Report | 18 Feb 2009 13:37 |
Hi, often the names were written down by other people,they wrote down what they heard. As a lot of people could not read,they had no idea how their name should be spelt. |
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Julie | Report | 18 Feb 2009 13:36 |
They could be....I have 4 different spellings of Bevan going though my tree all direct descendants |
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Maria Joan | Report | 18 Feb 2009 13:26 |
My maiden name was Sedgbeer, it was not until i was doing my family tree i found out it was spelt sedgebeer with an E and the rest of my family is spelt with out, so now i am doing my tree i am finding out there are sedgbeers spelt some with the E and some without, would the sedgbeer with out the E be related to the sedgebeer with the E, or was the E dropped years back? or are they different? |