In French RANCON with a cedilla under the C is pronounced Ranson. Could your Sara(h) be of French descent? The H appears and disappears on the name frequently. I have seen people named Mary Ann/Marianne/ Marian/Marion/Peggy - the same person varying the spelling! A school friend of mine did not like "Plain" Jane, so morphed into Jayne. Only this week I looked up details of my mother's second cousin who died 4 weeks ago aged 93. I never met his first wife, but I knew her name was Jan, which is also how it appears in the marriage index. Writing to me after the funeral yesterday, his niece referred to his first wife Janet. Obviously be careful, but do accept the fact that spelling variations happen even in the present day. My father in law was registered as Thomas Rowland. (His father was also Thomas) He went to school as Roland Thomas (change of order and loss of W) which is how he remained for the rest of his life. Jean Wood http://www.cheziris.eu/index.htm http://www.cheziris.eu/Duterrau.htm http://www.saintes-fleur-de-sel.fr/index.htm > Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 17:58:40 +0000 > From: philwarnorp2@gmail.com > To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [B&S] Thomas RANSON & Sara SQUIRE, marriage, West Ham, Essex, 1917 (Sarah SQUIRE) > > On 24/01/2014 17:54, Josephine Jeremiah wrote: >>>>I am seeking a marriage of Sarah SQUIRE to ? RANCON. >> Hi Millie, >> >> The marriage of Thomas RANSON and Sara SQUIRE was registered in the June >> quarter of 1917 at West Ham, Essex. >> >> Ian is questioning how do I know it's the right marriage as the surname is >> RANSON, instead of RANCON, and the bride's name doesn't have an 'h' at the >> end of it. >> >> However, I think that this is a very likely match, don't you? >> >> Josephine > Hi JJ, > > It is down to my fave topic "Clerical errors" > > Soft C in Rancon sounds like RANSON, > > SAra or Sarah so close. > > My bet is on you! > > Phil > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message