Anne Chambers wrote: > Ian Goddard wrote: >> >> It doesn't look that different - and very similar to Emma. It's *very* different to the initial letter of the >> name above Emma which must surely be an A. OTOH that name looks like Anabras which I wouldn't even like to >> guess at so maybe whoever wrote this page had a somewhat creative approach to spelling names. >> > I think the enumerator either had dyslexia or was writing very fast - look at the first name on that > page...Watler Millers, surely Walter ? > And a little lower Carthrine > Ambras.... etc > > the births of Walter and Catherine Millers are on FreeBMD as well as an Ambrose Miller, all the right ages and > RD. > Hit 'send' too soon... The families were probably illiterate and the enumerator, possibly unfamiliar with the accent and in a hurry, wrote down what he heard. -- Anne Chambers South Australia anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com