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    1. Re: Deciphering a name
    2. Charles Ellson
    3. On Fri, 02 Aug 2013 12:33:14 +0100, eve@varneys.org.uk wrote: > > > The name in question is on the eighth line down, the sister of Thomas >> > MONDAY. I won't say what I think it says until I've heard a second >> > opinion or two, as I'm concerned that I'm reading what I want to see. >> > >> >> Could be a badly written Elizabeth, compare with Elizabeth Cotter(?) >> next door. > >As written, Elishshe, which is a fine bit of phonetic spelling. > With the writer sunconciously thinking of "Elishah" ? >In 1841, she is definitely Allicia. The sequence is >Thomas/Hariot/Joseph/Allicia, then the children, which MAY mean Joseph is >> -the husband.- > >EVE >Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians >Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society

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