I came across a different spelling of my surname which I had never seen before Andersone. Anybody have a clue were this name came from? Wally

Hi, While I have never seen Andersone before it fits with the usual alternate spellings of adding and e or s or even es Christene On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 7:26 PM, drewa via <northumbria@rootsweb.com> wrote: > I came across a different spelling of my surname > > which I had never seen before Andersone. Anybody > > have a clue were this name came from? > > Wally > > > > .. > Please quote the minimum necessary to put your reply on context. Please > introduce yourself at the top of every post. > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at > http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Spelling was not standardised until the 20th century. That's all there is to say about it. Geoff Nicholson -----Original Message----- From: drewa via <northumbria@rootsweb.com> To: Genealogy <northumbria@rootsweb.com>; Genealogy <northumbria@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 2:34 Subject: [NMB] Anderson I came across a different spelling of my surname which I had never seen before Andersone. Anybody have a clue were this name came from? Wally .. Please quote the minimum necessary to put your reply on context. Please introduce yourself at the top of every post. The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Wally, Where does name spelling ever come from? Until the 1800s, spelling was pretty fluid. The minister wrote down what he heard and if he was new in an area he might not have known if there was a usual spelling, nor might the owners of the name. Maybe someone pronounced it with an "own" on the end. Where are you? If in the US, were they literate when they went through Ellis Island? If not, the immigration official wrote down what she or he thought they heard. If unfamiliar with the immigrants' accent, any spelling is possible! And if the listener was a little hard of hearing, there would be a shortage of "s"es. My own name is variously spelt in the parish registers FAIRALLICE, FARLESS, FAIRLIS(S), FRAILES, FRAILER, FROWLER (e.g. Frowler Meadow in the Allendale, NMB area), possibly even FALALLER in Tudor times. The variation of the Allendale accent (in my case) would make an interesting study. Regards Graham On 8/04/2015 2:26 p.m., drewa via wrote: I came across a different spelling of my surname which I had never seen before Andersone. Anybody have a clue were this name came from? Wally