I also thought it could be WATSON but the fact that there is a later marriage spelt WOZZEN suggests the latter was, in fact, how it was pronounced. Francis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris & Caroline" <crhayles@btinternet.com> To: <eng-hampshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 5:00 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Meaning of SOJOURNER > Mispelling of Watson by a illiterate clerk? > Chris > > > > > . > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Francis Payne" <francisp@xtra.co.nz> > To: <eng-hampshire@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 2:19 PM > Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Meaning of SOJOURNER > > >> Yes, if you look on IGI for "Wossen" London does crop up. >> >> However, if you search for "Wasson" you get a lot more, so the soundex >> for >> this name isn't reliable. >> >> I'm now trying to think of all the phoenetic possibilities for this name >> and >> need to try them one by one on IGI. What a performance ! >> >> (Chances are I won't come up with the obvious one). >> >> Francis >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "dubhda2" <david.dowd@btinternet.com> >> To: <eng-hampshire@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 1:08 AM >> Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Meaning of SOJOURNER >> >> >>> Hi Francis, >>> I just wonder if Wassen is a variation on Wasson (name appearing in >>> London >>> 1881-1998) - which is from Old Northern French Wace, so possibly >>> unconnected. >>> >>> There are no Wosens or Wossens in this year's Southampton/Winchester >>> 'phone >>> book, nor in Leicester University's library of commercial directories >>> 1760-1920. >>> >>> There was a family of Wossens in Wiltshire 1898 (and a Wossencraft). 1 >>> family of Wosens lived in Pennsylvania in 1920 (and 1 of Wossen in >>> next-door >>> New York State) - but the names can have separate Ethiopian and Middle >>> Eastern origins so these are maybe irrelevant. >>> >>> Regards, David >>> >>> >>> ............................................. >>> Want to contact the local community? >>> Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings >>> http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk >>> ............................................. >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> ENG-HAMPSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>> the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ............................................. >> Want to contact the local community? >> Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings >> http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk >> ............................................. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ENG-HAMPSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ............................................. > Want to contact the local community? > Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings > http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk > ............................................. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-HAMPSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Could be the same clerk or son of! Ha! ha! Chris . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Francis Payne" <francisp@xtra.co.nz> To: <eng-hampshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 12:29 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Meaning of SOJOURNER >I also thought it could be WATSON but the fact that there is a later > marriage spelt WOZZEN suggests the latter was, in fact, how it was > pronounced. > > Francis > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris & Caroline" <crhayles@btinternet.com> > To: <eng-hampshire@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 5:00 AM > Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Meaning of SOJOURNER > > >> Mispelling of Watson by a illiterate clerk? >> Chris >> >> >> >> >> . >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Francis Payne" <francisp@xtra.co.nz> >> To: <eng-hampshire@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 2:19 PM >> Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Meaning of SOJOURNER >> >> >>> Yes, if you look on IGI for "Wossen" London does crop up. >>> >>> However, if you search for "Wasson" you get a lot more, so the soundex >>> for >>> this name isn't reliable. >>> >>> I'm now trying to think of all the phoenetic possibilities for this name >>> and >>> need to try them one by one on IGI. What a performance ! >>> >>> (Chances are I won't come up with the obvious one). >>> >>> Francis >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "dubhda2" <david.dowd@btinternet.com> >>> To: <eng-hampshire@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 1:08 AM >>> Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Meaning of SOJOURNER >>> >>> >>>> Hi Francis, >>>> I just wonder if Wassen is a variation on Wasson (name appearing in >>>> London >>>> 1881-1998) - which is from Old Northern French Wace, so possibly >>>> unconnected. >>>> >>>> There are no Wosens or Wossens in this year's Southampton/Winchester >>>> 'phone >>>> book, nor in Leicester University's library of commercial directories >>>> 1760-1920. >>>> >>>> There was a family of Wossens in Wiltshire 1898 (and a Wossencraft). >>>> 1 >>>> family of Wosens lived in Pennsylvania in 1920 (and 1 of Wossen in >>>> next-door >>>> New York State) - but the names can have separate Ethiopian and Middle >>>> Eastern origins so these are maybe irrelevant. >>>> >>>> Regards, David >>>> >>>> >>>> ............................................. >>>> Want to contact the local community? >>>> Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings >>>> http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk >>>> ............................................. >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> ENG-HAMPSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>>> the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> ............................................. >>> Want to contact the local community? >>> Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings >>> http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk >>> ............................................. >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> ENG-HAMPSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>> the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ............................................. >> Want to contact the local community? >> Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings >> http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk >> ............................................. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ENG-HAMPSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ............................................. > Want to contact the local community? > Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings > http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk > ............................................. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-HAMPSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message