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    1. Re: [DUR-NBL] Place Name
    2. Nivard Ovington
    3. Hi Carol The NH is actually NK which is the abbreviation for Not Known So it reads born "London, County or Township Not Known" In 1841 she is still in Sadberge and enumerated as N which is born out of County enumerated Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) Admin for OVINGTON - HAYLOCK - SEYMOUR Lists >I have a copy of the 1851 census for Sadberge, Durham, with the names of >Jane Guy and Elizabeth Guy. For Jane, under the column where it asks her >birthplace, it says what looks like London written over "city and township >N.H". or at least that's what it looks like. The N.H. part is just a >guess as I can't make out exactly what it says. I can't believe a pauper >and former agricultural worker could have come from London in the 18th >century to Penrith and then gone on to Sadberge, Durham. That would have >been quite a trip at that time. I'm wondering if anyone knows of a place >name in Durham or Cumberland that could look like London. Maybe Lowden or >something similar? A person on the message board told me that if it was >truly London, it wouldn't say city and township. Any ideas? > Carol Trout, Murrieta, California

    03/26/2007 02:26:02