Help reading 1861 census Isabella Chalmers birthplace

[speleobat2]

Maureen,

I meant Thanks for the try! not That's for the try! That's what I get for trying to type too early in the morning!

Sarah: Not a new one. This is the 1861 census entry that I posted at the start of the thread. I had to crop it because the file size was too large and the gallery kept rejecting the upload. It was months before I realized that the Isabella Cholmer listed was Sophia's sister. Worse yet, if you read the list of others living on that street, the very next family, the Steels, is really the Stills as in Isabella Clerihew Still--Sophia's daughter--and her husband and son! I didn't find them until quite a while after I found Isabella! Mentmore, Brage wasn't on my map either!

I'm up to 21 or 22 Isabellas in our family tree!

By the way, do you remember the Milar/Milne discussion clear back in April that was the subject of my very first post here? I thought you'd like to know that whoever carved Jessie Milne Clerihew's stone got her name correct even if the person filling out the paperwork for the cemetery didn't!

Carol

[SarahND]

Sarah: Not a new one. This is the 1861 census entry that I posted at the start of the thread.

Yes, I know. I was trying to get a basis to search other years and tried to bring up the one I knew existed, having seen the actual image above. It took me forever to find it on ancestry! I just wondered whether the transcription "Clercherd" was a new one in your list of variants!

Glad the stone carver got things right!
Regards,
Sarah

[speleobat2]

OK, got your meaning now!

I had Clercherd on the list. I also have a list of wildcards now. Some that are ok on ancestry, some that work on SP, etc.

Last evening I was trying to figure out how to search for a Clerihew I found who was born in New Zealand and got sent to the website for findmypast.com which I had never visited before. I tried their simple search and came up with a page and a half of Clerihews and variations. I reconized many of them from other passenger list searches, but they had a listing for Jessie M. Clerihew making a crossing to the US in 1900. The earliest that I knew of was 1903. Just when you think you are getting a handle on your family, it pops up somewhere else! Now I have to decide whether or not to spend the money and subscribe to this site. Decisions! Decisions!

Carol