"Jenny M Benson" <nemonews@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message news:b4ihutFjt75U1@mid.individual.net... > On 15/07/2013 13:41, Mick wrote: >> On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 07:51:37 -0400, Keith Nuttle >> <Keith_Nuttle@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> >>> >On 7/15/2013 7:18 AM, Mick wrote: >>>> >>Hi all, >>>> >> Spelling never was a strong thing with me! >>>> >> >>>> >>I am trying to pair up a marriage and think a birth name of Hanratta >>>> >>Harley born 1842 in Southampton could be misspelt for Henrietta >>>> >>Would this seem right? >>>> >> >>>> >>Or was there a christian name of: Hanratta around 1842? >>>> >>Mick IOW. >>>> >> >>> >While I do not know if there is a Hanratta, I believe that Hanratta is >>> >a >>> >mis transcription of Henrietta. I have seen many spellings of >>> >Henrietta. >>> > >>> >Have you seen the original document? I have seen many "e" transcribed >>> >as "a" Hanratta--> Henretta >> Hi, no it was on a transcribed census, I go for them because I am >> hopeless at reading handwriting. >> >> I will go and get the original and try. > > Definitely looks more like Hanratha than Hanratta (as FMP has it)in 1851 > and Ancestry has transcribed it as Hanratha, though they have the surname > as Hasley. > > Father's name of Harrison Harley is fairly distinctive. You should know > her father's name if you have the marriage record. > > -- > Jenny M Benson The writing is actually slightly better than my own. To me, it clearly says "Hanratha", although I have never heard of it before. Tony Proctor