Thanks Elaine, I hadn't thought about looking under the given names. The only two I have are my ggm's and her father's which appear on her marriage certificates. It's a good hint - thanks for your time and thought into my query. Cheers, Diane -----Original Message----- From: Elaine Collins [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 12:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Anglo-Italian] MAROTTA Hi Diane, in the census I think anything is possible. Imagine illiterate people who may speak very little English and be suspicious of these snooping enumerators, and the exasperated enumerators, desperate to get out of the cramped, overcrowded buildings, can't really make themselves understood, doing their best to transcribe phonetically what they hear, which may or may not be a name anyway. And as I think someone else pointed out, Italians may have been inclined to give surnames first, so they may be listed under their Christian names. If other clues fit - ages, shape of family group etc - I think you have to take the most unlikely of apparent 'corruptions's of names very seriously. Best wishes, Elaine > Hello Listers, In an act of desperation, I'm asking if anyone on the list > can possibly see the name EROTTI as a corruption of MAROTTA, or vice versa! > I know, a very long shot, but one has to try. Perhaps with the English > interpretation of the name! > > There are people by the name of ERROTTI living in Naples now, - haven't > heard back from my enquiry and that has been discussed on the list, however, > I'm trying to think a little bit laterally. > > It could be that the family came into England around 1858 and I'm wondering > if, by the 1881 Census, the interpretation of the name had got to > MAROTTA?????????? > > > I've tried putting each of the vowels in front of the name, but my > inclination is to believe that the name ERROTTI is correct. But, it doesn't > solve the question of where the family are according to Census records. > > Any further suggestions please? > > Diane > > > > ==== ANGLO-ITALIAN Mailing List ==== > Italian Research > http://www.dreamwater.net/anglersrest/Italian.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ==== ANGLO-ITALIAN Mailing List ==== Italian Research http://www.dreamwater.net/anglersrest/Italian.htm ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237