The 1871 census lists "Mazay" as Mary Ann...thanks to Nan Harvey and the staff at the Colchester Historical Museum, I never would have had that sussed! Jay Underwood Elmsdale >From Jay Underwood and Railfare*DC Books "Ghost Tracks": http://www.railfare.net/Ghost%20Tracks.html "From Folly to Fortune": http://www.railfare.net/FromFollyToFortune.html "Built for War": http://www.railfare.net/builtforwar.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "bob gillis" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 4:06 PM Subject: Re: [NS-L] Robert & Mary Mitchell Truro ca. 1871 > > > On 1/30/2010 12:51 PM, Jay Underwood wrote: >> ...and here's an odd female name "Mazay." It seems quite legible on >> the 1881 census form, she was a daughter of the above born 1864...is >> this an Irish name?..or are my poor blind eyes reading it wrong? > > It probably should have been Maisie. The names in the Census are what > the enumerator thought he heard and the way he thought it should be > spelled. > > bob gillis > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > [email protected] > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to [email protected] > > 4. How to change to Digest mode > a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) > b. Subscribe to Digest mode > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message