Could it be "not absolute" as in not absolutely sure? Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Stockdill" <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> To: <Isle-of-Wight-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 3:16 PM Subject: Re: [IoW] Impossible Place Name > On 26 Sep 2009 at 23:06, Ian Dunbar wrote: > >> Hello All, > >> I have no idea if this is related to the Isle of Wight as I can't read >> it! > >> Emily COUGHLAN is listed in the 1891 census as being born in (and this >> is what it looks like) B(e)ightminan not city > >> I have spent hours trying to work this out, and failed utterly. > >> It is here in the 1891 census. > >> Class: RG12; Piece: 219; Folio 62; Page 72; GSU roll: 6095329 > .....Snip rest..... > > The transcriber for Findmypast obviously thought it was supposed to be > Birmingham, > since that is what appears in the index. However, looking at the image the > two words > written in a different handwriting after the place name appear to me to be > "not abs" > (not city). Offhand, I've no idea what this means, but I would be > surprised if an > enumerator in 1891 didn't know how to spell Birmingham, even a London > enumerator. > > Have you tried finding her or any of the family in an earlier or later > census, or perhaps > in her maiden name (if you know it) before she was married? > > -- > Roy Stockdill > Professional genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer > Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: > www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html > > "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, > and that is not being talked about." > OSCAR WILDE > > > > ************************************** > You can contact the Isle of Wight List Administrator by emailing: > Isle-of-Wight-Admin@rootsweb.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ISLE-OF-WIGHT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message
On 27 Sep 2009 at 23:11, Chris & Caroline wrote: > Could it be "not absolute" as in not absolutely sure? > Chris > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roy Stockdill" <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> > To: <Isle-of-Wight-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 3:16 PM > Subject: Re: [IoW] Impossible Place Name > > > > On 26 Sep 2009 at 23:06, Ian Dunbar wrote: > > > >> Hello All, > > > >> I have no idea if this is related to the Isle of Wight as I can't > >> read it! > > > >> Emily COUGHLAN is listed in the 1891 census as being born in (and > >> this is what it looks like) B(e)ightminan not city > > > >> I have spent hours trying to work this out, and failed utterly. > > > >> It is here in the 1891 census. > > > >> Class: RG12; Piece: 219; Folio 62; Page 72; GSU roll: 6095329 > > .....Snip rest..... > > > > The transcriber for Findmypast obviously thought it was supposed to > > be Birmingham, since that is what appears in the index. However, > > looking at the image the two words written in a different > > handwriting after the place name appear to me to be "not abs" (not > > city). Offhand, I've no idea what this means, but I would be > > surprised if an enumerator in 1891 didn't know how to spell > > Birmingham, even a London enumerator. > > Good thought - yes it could be. However, Ian the OP, still believes the second word is "city". Personally, I am very doubtful. The appendage/addition has been added by a clerk in London and is in a totally different handwriting to the enumerator's. The thought that it could mean "Not absolute" did occur to me. -- Roy Stockdill Professional genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE