On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:40:00 -0400 Bill Harrison <ellbill.harrison@gmail.com> wrote: Hello Bill, > On the 1851 census : I have a Remlion JOY, 40, Hadlow Parish, > at the top of the record. > Is this an old English name? How is it correctly spelled? Spelling of most names was fluid until well into the 20th century. In any event, enumerators would write what they heard, if the householder hadn't filled in the schedule. Short answer; There isn't a 'correct' spelling. Also, if you've not seen the original sheets, there could be mistranscription involved. There certainly was at the census site I checked. > Also, on the 1851 census for the same person, I see that she has > a visitor. Is the name, a 'place name' in Kent, or is it an actual > name of a person?? I couldn't find any place (or similarly named) in England, never mind just Kent. Name definition sites I checked weren't much use for finding the origins, either. Just typing Remlion, Remillan and Remilion into FreeBMD, as a first name, only got two hits between them. Both for Remilion. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" It's only the children of the ------- wealthy tend to be good looking Ugly - The Stranglers