I have a woman in the 1881 census in Exeter whose birthplace is shown as Ditson. Would iIbe right to think this is a local version of Dittisham? Regards, John Moore

You would be correct, have also seen spellings Dittsam, Dittsum. As long as it sounds the same any spelling goes. Sent from my iPad > On 8 Nov 2018, at 04:25, John Moore <johnbrianmoore1934@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have a woman in the 1881 census in Exeter whose birthplace is shown as > Ditson. Would iIbe right to think this is a local version of Dittisham? > > Regards, > John Moore > > _______________________________________________ > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/ and Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/devon@rootsweb.com > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

Hi John It could well be..the ‘i’ is often swallowed so it sounds like dit’sham.. I don’t know of anywhere else it could be but someone else might. Jane > On 8 Nov 2018, at 04:25, John Moore <johnbrianmoore1934@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have a woman in the 1881 census in Exeter whose birthplace is shown as > Ditson. Would iIbe right to think this is a local version of Dittisham? > > Regards, > John Moore > > _______________________________________________ > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/ and Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/devon@rootsweb.com > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

Thanks to all for confirming my thoughts about Ditson = Dittisham. Regards, John Moore On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 at 03:39, Jane Lucas via DEVON <devon@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hi John > It could well be..the ‘i’ is often swallowed so it sounds like dit’sham.. > I don’t know of anywhere else it could be but someone else might. > Jane > > > > > > On 8 Nov 2018, at 04:25, John Moore <johnbrianmoore1934@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > I have a woman in the 1881 census in Exeter whose birthplace is shown as > > Ditson. Would iIbe right to think this is a local version of Dittisham? > > > > Regards, > > John Moore > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ------------------------------------------ > > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/ and Devon FHS ( > http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > > _______________________________________________ > > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > > Unsubscribe > https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/devon@rootsweb.com > > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community > > _______________________________________________ > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/ and Devon FHS ( > http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/devon@rootsweb.com > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community >