Translating a transcription--can't figure out this one!

speleobat2 · Post by **speleobat2** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 1:21 am

This is from the 1851 Census for James Walker age 67, Alford

Address: Newton of Carnsoun

Occupation: N.r.c.s.e. General 8 Mactelconers and Farmer (of 80 Acres of land)

His son, James Walker, age 23:

N.r.c.s. Eir M. 2 Aleed Not Praiting

1841 Census for the father:

Address: New Carnavon

Occupation: Swegion

On the 1851 Census there is another Clerihew variation:

William Clviechae age 14 servant

Any guesses are welcome! I'm baffled!

Carol

Russell · Post by **Russell** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 1:28 am

Hey Carol

Are you sure it wasn't the special Welsh edition you accessed

Russell

JustJean · Post by **JustJean** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 1:56 am

You'll find him indexed as age 57 in '51 and it's not that hard to read he's a M.R.C.S.E. General Practitioner and Farmer (of 80 acres of land)

James Walker son is age 23 and M.R.C.S.?. M.D. ??? not practicing

in '41 the father is age 45 and of course a surgeon !

The ? marks are where I had trouble but certainly it's some sort of medical degree (I would assume)....at least one would hope a surgeon had some sort of training in 1841

Best wishes
Jean

speleobat2 · Post by **speleobat2** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 2:34 am

Here I was thinkng, "Swedish member of foreign legion..."

I paid for the original of the 1851 census and the only thing I could make out was Clerehue! Next time I'll ask Jean first!

Thanks everyone! One James Walker-- out of a few hundred--was a witnesses at the baptism of my great grandfather's sister Isabella. I don't know if it was this one, but finding William Clerehue there with him surprised me. Too early to tell yet if this is a connection or another phantom family member!

Carol

speleobat2 · Post by **speleobat2** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 12:16 am

Hey Russell,

Remember that list of 18 different variations of the name Clerihew that I posted back in August?

The other day I did a birth/baptism search on SP for Cl*r*h** for 1767 to 1800 and have added nine more variations to my list!

Clearihew, Cleariehue, Clarichue, Clarehewgh, Clairhugh, Clearihue, Clerihugh, Clerehue, and Cleeryhugh!

That last one is my favorite! No one new here though. I recognize all the parents names.

This brings my total to 27 and counting!

Carol

Russell · Post by **Russell** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 2:07 am

Hi Carol

Sounds just like my Lapraik line.

All the way from Leckprivick through to Laprak.
Maybe we should have a "Spelling through the Ages" competition

I do like the cheery Cleeryhugh's though.

Russell

speleobat2 · Post by **speleobat2** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 3:24 am

Now, there's a thought! We could give a short course in Spelling With Phonics as the prize!

Actually, I may need one myself. When I was thinking about the Cleeryhugh/Clerihew spelling, it occur to me that I have been mispronouncing my own name all of my life. You see, we always pronounced it Clair i (short sound) hew!

We're really lucky to be searching for unusual names. At least we have a chance of recognizing a relative when we see a name. My grandfather's sister married John Fraser Taylor. When I search for him, I get hundreds of results. In fact, on SP I get a message saying that the search has gotten too many results so effectively I get nothing in the end!

Carol

Russell · Post by **Russell** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:29 am

Hi Carol

I fully understand that situation

One of my wife's ancestors was Thomas Reid - in Paisley.
We are now of the firm opinion that 50% of Paisley families had the surname Reid so now we restrict searches to a narrow time band and check them out before moving to the next group. We're now looking for his brother John and wished he had a less common name - like SMITH.

Russell