Actually they COULD sound alike--in that Keziah might be referred to as "Kezzie" or even "Cassie" and that could sound like "Kathy" -- or even Cassie could be the nickname for Catherine. So if the parents said her name was "Cassie" the enumerator could have heard "Keziah." Joan In a message dated 5/11/2008 9:47:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, kellyfla@aol.com writes: Thanks so much for the responses.? I'm trying to figure out why the name Keziah is listed with my gggrandparents in that 1850 census when I know their daughter's name was Catherine Anne (same age, etc).? They do not sound alike so the census taker couldn't have misunderstood.? Oh, well...that's the beauty and mystery of family genealogy! Phyllis **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001)

I had a similar situation in the Cribbs family tree and it turned out that there were twins. In one census year, one of them was away with an uncle and aunt; in the next census year she was back but her twin had died in an epidemic. It gave the appearance that it was the same person but with two different names. Bill Cribbs GenealogyBuff.com http://www.genealogybuff.com -----Original Message----- From: paberks-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:paberks-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of JYoung6180@aol.com Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 9:28 PM To: paberks@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PABERKS] Nickname for Catherine Actually they COULD sound alike--in that Keziah might be referred to as "Kezzie" or even "Cassie" and that could sound like "Kathy" -- or even Cassie could be the nickname for Catherine. So if the parents said her name was "Cassie" the enumerator could have heard "Keziah." Joan In a message dated 5/11/2008 9:47:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, kellyfla@aol.com writes: Thanks so much for the responses.? I'm trying to figure out why the name Keziah is listed with my gggrandparents in that 1850 census when I know their daughter's name was Catherine Anne (same age, etc).? They do not sound alike so the census taker couldn't have misunderstood.? Oh, well...that's the beauty and mystery of family genealogy! Phyllis **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) ==== PABERKS Mailing List ==== PABERKS@rootsweb.com To contact the List Administrator: Rick Berkheiser, PABERKS-admin@rootsweb.com To visit the Berks Message Board: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.us a.states.pennsylvania.counties.berks To visit the Berks County, PA website: http://www.pa-roots.com/~berks/ Hosted by Nancy Freehafer ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PABERKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

You all are the best!? This makes a lot of sense.? It was so puzzling to me that I had baptismal records for Catherine Ann Witman, death records for Catherine Ann Witman and the name listed on that 1850 census that cooresponds to that gal is "Keziah".? I could understand if the name was listed Kitty or Katie, etc. but Keziah???? Thanks so much for all of your help! Phyllis in smoky Florida -----Original Message----- From: JYoung6180@aol.com To: paberks@rootsweb.com Sent: Sun, 11 May 2008 10:27 pm Subject: Re: [PABERKS] Nickname for Catherine Actually they COULD sound alike--in that Keziah might be referred to as "Kezzie" or even "Cassie" and that could sound like "Kathy" -- or even Cassie could be the nickname for Catherine. So if the parents said her name was "Cassie" the enumerator could have heard "Keziah." Joan In a message dated 5/11/2008 9:47:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, kellyfla@aol.com writes: Thanks so much for the responses.? I'm trying to figure out why the name Keziah is listed with my gggrandparents in that 1850 census when I know their daughter's name was Catherine Anne (same age, etc).? They do not sound alike so the census taker couldn't have misunderstood.? Oh, well...that's the beauty and mystery of family genealogy! Phyllis **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) ==== PABERKS Mailing List ==== PABERKS@rootsweb.com To contact the List Administrator: Rick Berkheiser, PABERKS-admin@rootsweb.com To visit the Berks Message Board: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.berks To visit the Berks County, PA website: http://www.pa-roots.com/~berks/ Hosted by Nancy Freehafer ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PABERKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message