The Goodwin/Goodson mistranscription is then doubly compounded by Hunts being transcribed as Hants, although in this case looking at the original it's more understandable! >From: "Ron Goodwin" <ron_goodwin@circa1984.com> >To: ENG-HUNTINGDON-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Julia GOODWIN missing from 1881 census >Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 10:30:05 +0100 > >I have a relative, Julia GOODWIN, born 07 Sep 1857 in Godmanchester. I >have trawled through the entire 1881 census, all counties, but cannot find >her at all. She appears on the 1891 in Staffordshire and on the 1901 in >Birmingham as a school teacher.[I do not have the 1861 or 1871 census for >Hunts]. Can anyone hazard a guess why she is not on the 1881 please? > >[I considered that she might have married then parted and reverted to her >maiden name but have looked through all of the Julias on the 1881 without >success] > >Regards >Ron Goodwin, Chorley, Lancs. >
Thanks to David the mystery is solved. Yet another reinforcement, if one be needed, of the superiority of "original" over "transcription". I really should have suspected this, as the birthplace of another of my ancestors, James GOODWIN, also born in Godmanchester, was given in the 1881 transcription as "Getmoor"! ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Cooper" <cooperda@hotmail.com> To: <ENG-HUNTINGDON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 1:30 PM Subject: RE: Julia GOODWIN missing from 1881 census > The Goodwin/Goodson mistranscription is then doubly compounded by Hunts > being transcribed as Hants, although in this case looking at the original > it's more understandable! > >>From: "Ron Goodwin" <ron_goodwin@circa1984.com> >>To: ENG-HUNTINGDON-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: Julia GOODWIN missing from 1881 census >>Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 10:30:05 +0100 >> >>I have a relative, Julia GOODWIN, born 07 Sep 1857 in Godmanchester. I >>have trawled through the entire 1881 census, all counties, but cannot find >>her at all. She appears on the 1891 in Staffordshire and on the 1901 in >>Birmingham as a school teacher.[I do not have the 1861 or 1871 census for >>Hunts]. Can anyone hazard a guess why she is not on the 1881 please? >> >>[I considered that she might have married then parted and reverted to her >>maiden name but have looked through all of the Julias on the 1881 without >>success] >> >>Regards >>Ron Goodwin, Chorley, Lancs. >> > > > > >