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Can anyone suggest another name for' job' . i am having difficulty finding my relation of the same name. one of his brothers were named henry in one census and in the following one he was named william(his middle name). maybe he has two names also!

In terms of sound alikes, how about Jonas or John? John also seems likely for mistranscriptions of copperplate writing too. There's also Jabez as a biblical similarity.

Kate x

Census transcriptions are notorious for errors, both in the way they were written down in the first place and then in the interpretation given by the transcriber doing the computerised index.

Who and what exactly is it you are trying to find, and where are you looking?

have some census records for my relation 'job wren c.1825. (1851,61and 71 census.) district -ware in hertfordshire. cannot find record in 1841. have a christening record from family search for job wren 1825. he also had a son called job edward wren c.1851.

I think Job was a name on its own, but could of course be mis-heard and mis-transcribed.

Who are his parents?

Where's his brother? How do you know Henry is his brother?

Any chance his mother Sarah remarried? Not seeing a Job Stamp on later censuses.

1841 England Census
about Job Stamp
Name: Job Stamp
Age: 15
Estimated birth year: abt 1826
Gender: Male
Where born: Hertfordshire, England

Civil parish: Ware
Hundred: Braughin
County/Island: Hertfordshire
Country: England
Registration district: Ware
Sub-registration district: Ware
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
David Stamp 30
Sarah Stamp 30
Job Stamp 15
James Stamp 11
Emma Stamp 9
Sarah Stamp 7

Rose

Well, it looks like she did:

IGI

DAVID STAMP

Marriages:
Spouse: SARAH WRENN Marriage: 29 OCT 1827 Ware, Hertford, England


Messages:
Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the marriage date.


Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:

M073041

Rose

WILLIAM WRENN
Marriages:
Spouse: SARAH GOODY
Marriage: 21 FEB 1825 Ware, Hertford, England

Messages:
Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the marriage date.

Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:

M073041

Rose

parents were william wrenn and sarah goody

in 1851 census job wren appears married to Selina ann.name wrenn transcribed as wren.would a child take on new fathers name if mother remmarried?

sometimes


I think a lot of them did, at least while they lived at home.


but it also depends who gave the census enumerator the information ......... whoever did that might not have known that Job was not Stamp's son.




and there were no formal adoption procedures until mid 1927, so one can't find documents before that date.



sylvia

You're welcome!

Rose

Rose, I am lost. Where did the surname Stamp come from?

Margaret

i too am a little confused,have marrige record for job wren and selina tunbrige 18th november 1844. they appear as a couple from 1851 census onwards. i dont think she could have remarried. however was looking for job wren in 1841 but can find no record of him?

however thank you all for your assistance and suggestions will need to ivestigate more. :)

Hi Tokan,

I don't think any of us can find Job Wren in 1841.

I am intrigued as to where Rose has got this Stamp surname from. Does it mean anything to you?

She will get back soon with an explanation, she is a good lady.

Margaret

The only Job born c1825 in Ware on the 1841 census is Job Stamp. After this, there's no sign of him.

From that I concluded Job Stamp and Job Wren could be the same person.

I delved into it further and found Job's mother, Sarah Wren(n) married David Stamp 2 years after he was born, thus confirming my theory.

Rose

If you want more proof, look for David and Sarah Stamp in later censuses. You'll see Sarah's brother Henry Goodey is living with them in 1851 and and Edward Goodey is there in 1861.

Rose

One ancestor of mine is Job on some census forms,on others Jacob,and on yet another as Jebo.

Another alternative is Joab(still a biblical name)-JLe

Thanks so much for all your help so far, one more problem to iron out.... on the family search website records show that at time of marriage to David Stamp , Sarah Wrenn is listed as having no children.there are christening records for job wren(30 Oct 1825)????Skeletons where are you hiding!