I'm totally baffled by the Salop place of birth given in the 1861 Census for Richard ONIONS. He was then residing at Stanton Lacy. Ancestry transcribes it as 'Vearssedge'. The page is RG9-1835-71-1, and I can send a detail if anyone wishes to take a look. Richard appears in the third house. Makes you wonder what was going on with this enumerator, since Richard's daughter Emily was born at "Cruvenarmes", Salop... and one line above Richard there's a woman who was born at "V*nal Cornon", Salop... Thank you! Alejandro Milberg Boston, Mass.

Hello Alejandro The enumerator obviously used phonetic spelling and had a pretty good Shropshire accent! Cruvenarmes is obviously Craven Arms and V*nal Cornon is Vernolds Common which is not far away. I notice in the 1851 census Richard is indexed as Richard OMANS HO.107/1982 folio 633 page 6 and his place of birth is given as Stokesay which is the parish which includes Craven Arms. Richard had obviously died before the 1871 census. Like you I am unable to work out what Vearssedge is supposed to represent even though I lived at Craven Arms for 12 months many years ago. I can't find anything on the modern Ordnance Survey map nor on the Old Maps web site at www.old-maps.co.uk - enter the co-ordinates 343974,281500 or the place name Stokesay to see an 1890 map of the area. Use the Enlarged View button at the bottom of the screen for a better view. Mike _______________________________ AMilb36287@aol.com wrote: > I'm totally baffled by the Salop place of birth given in the 1861 Census for > Richard ONIONS. He was then residing at Stanton Lacy. Ancestry transcribes it > as 'Vearssedge'. The page is RG9-1835-71-1, and I can send a detail if anyone > wishes to take a look. Richard appears in the third house. > > Makes you wonder what was going on with this enumerator, since Richard's > daughter Emily was born at "Cruvenarmes", Salop... and one line above Richard > there's a woman who was born at "V*nal Cornon", Salop... > > Thank you! > > Alejandro Milberg > Boston, Mass. > > > ==== ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS Mailing List ==== > Please do not just click on 'reply' - Change the subject line to describe more accurately the subject of *your* message. > This is particularly important when replying to a 'Digest' > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > >