I have found a Clifford family who arrived in Boston in June 1865 on the ship, Bosphorous which left from Liverpool. The names listed on the ship's list are Mary Clifford, who is the Mother, and children Mary, Hy, Bird, and James. Could the name Hy, be a nickname for Margaret, and could Bird be a nickname for Bridget? The dates of birth/ages are the same for Hy as for Margaret Clifford and bird, for Bridget Clifford and I suspect it is the same family, although the names are a bit different. My family members are in the 1861 census living at Heolwemod District. I am assuming that the father, James Clifford, my great grandfather, left for Boston at an earlier date, although I haven't found him on any ship lists yet. Nancy Clifford Rogers

Hi Nancy, I checked this families arrival on Ancestry and the names of Bridget and Margaret have been mistranscribed which is very common on this site. I also found them on the 1861 Census and the names are as you say there. On the Ships Passenger List, Bridget has been abbreviated to Brid, not Bird. Margaret has been abbreviated to Mg. not Hy. Always try to look at the original image if possible and hopefully you can figure it out from there. I have sent corrections into Ancestry so hopefully that will help if others are looking. Cheers, Bridget in Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Rogers" <rogers1n@comcast.net> To: <glamorgan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 04:47 PM Subject: [GLA] Question about names on ship sailing lists?? >I have found a Clifford family who arrived in Boston in June 1865 on the > ship, Bosphorous which left from Liverpool. The names listed on the > ship's > list are Mary Clifford, who is the Mother, and children Mary, Hy, Bird, > and > James. > > Could the name Hy, be a nickname for Margaret, and could Bird be a > nickname > for Bridget? > > The dates of birth/ages are the same for Hy as for Margaret Clifford and > bird, for Bridget Clifford and I suspect it is the same family, although > the names are a bit different. > > My family members are in the 1861 census living at Heolwemod District. > > > > I am assuming that the father, James Clifford, my great grandfather, left > for Boston at an earlier date, although I haven't found him on any ship > lists yet. > > Nancy Clifford Rogers > > -- > > To send to the list send to glamorgan@rootsweb.com > GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html > - > A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be > found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ > > - > The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and > http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GLAMORGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature database 5983 (20110324) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > >

Nancy Hy=Henry in most cases. Regards Doug -----Original Message----- From: Nancy Rogers <rogers1n@comcast.net> To: glamorgan@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, Mar 24, 2011 6:47 pm Subject: [GLA] Question about names on ship sailing lists?? I have found a Clifford family who arrived in Boston in June 1865 on the ship, Bosphorous which left from Liverpool. The names listed on the ship's list are Mary Clifford, who is the Mother, and children Mary, Hy, Bird, and James. Could the name Hy, be a nickname for Margaret, and could Bird be a nickname for Bridget? The dates of birth/ages are the same for Hy as for Margaret Clifford and bird, for Bridget Clifford and I suspect it is the same family, although the names are a bit different. My family members are in the 1861 census living at Heolwemod District. I am assuming that the father, James Clifford, my great grandfather, left for Boston at an earlier date, although I haven't found him on any ship lists yet. Nancy Clifford Rogers -- To send to the list send to glamorgan@rootsweb.com GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html - A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ - The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GLAMORGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message =