Thank you so much for looking. Neither of these young women is ruled out by spelling, and I will hold them both for later reference, esp if IOW and Hampshire have no hits. Best regards, Stephen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vanessa Marshall" <van.m@o2.co.uk> To: <anne@celliddu.freeserve.co.uk>; <shpcount@earthlink.net>; <Isle-of-Wight@rootsweb.com> Cc: <chriscjbartlett@hotmail.com> Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 4:31 PM Subject: Re: [IoW] DAW, Rosina married 1802 at Alverstoke > Dear Anne, > > In Dorset they are definitely seperate surnames found in different areas > of the county, but I can see how one could be a corruption of the other > when said, especially with a local accent. > > Ancestry has the following baptisms listed: > > Name: Rosanna DAW > Gender: Female > Birth Date: abt 1781 > Christening Date: 1 Jul 1781 > Christening Place: Frampton, Dorset, England > Father's Name: William Daw > Mother's Name: Mary > > > Source BIVRI 2nd Ed > > Name: Rose DAW > Gender: Female > Birth Date: abt 1782 > Christening Date: 24 Oct 1782 > Christening Place: Charminster, Dorset, England > Father's Name: Thomas Daw > Mother's Name: Ann > > > Source - BIVRI 2nd Ed > > Stephen / Chris - I don't know if these help, but I can't find any other > Rose / Rosina / Rosena /Rosannas etc. in any other counties which may be > her. It might be worth keeeping these for later reference if needed. > > Vanessa > Dorset > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <anne@celliddu.freeserve.co.uk> > To: "Stephen Shafer" <shpcount@earthlink.net>; > <Isle-of-Wight@rootsweb.com> > Cc: <chriscjbartlett@hotmail.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 6:12 PM > Subject: Re: [IoW] DAW, Rosina married 1802 at Alverstoke > > >> Greetings All, >> are DAW and DORE the same name? >> Anne in Wales >> >> >> >> >> >> ======================================== >> Message Received: Oct 01 2009, 05:16 PM >> From: "Stephen Shafer" >> To: Isle-of-Wight@rootsweb.com >> Cc: chriscjbartlett@hotmail.com >> Subject: [IoW] DAW, Rosina married 1802 at Alverstoke >> >> >> Hello, I am trying to find the parents and perhaps grandparents of my >> ancestor Rosina DAW who married Richard Shackle in 1802 at Alverstoke. >> The couple's children, at least some of them, were baptized at St Thomas, >> Portsmouth circa 1809-1813. Their grandson, John Alexander CREAL, b. 1850 >> kept the Eagle Tavern in the Isle of Wight. For that reason, and because >> of the many DAWs found in the IOW, I think Rosina may have been born on >> IOW or had ancestors from there before moving to the mainland. >> >> Any advice will be appreciated. This is ccd to my cousin in the UK who is >> working on the same family, CREAL. >> >> Stephen Shafer >> New York > >