John_Hartley Posted 31 January , 2007 Share Posted 31 January , 2007 Can you beat this one (for tearing yer hair out):- Luke and his brother Thomas are remembered on the Stockport War Memorial. Luke's name is spelt McCumsky. Thomas' name is spelt McCamskey CWGC has Luke's name as McCumesky. And has Thomas' as McCumsky 1901 Census has the family as McCummaskey Local BMD records have Luke as McCumansky and Thomas as McCumasky This pair have done my head in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ypres1418 Posted 31 January , 2007 Share Posted 31 January , 2007 I can see why too, how did you manage to find all the mispells? now i am goping to have to give the CWGC another try for one of mine. Mandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiletto_33853 Posted 1 February , 2007 Share Posted 1 February , 2007 Strewth John, No wonder they have done your head in, nothing like making a job easy. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBettsMCDCM Posted 1 February , 2007 Share Posted 1 February , 2007 Hope your not allergic to Asprin...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 1 February , 2007 Share Posted 1 February , 2007 Think how their mum must have felt when the school reports came home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alliekiwi Posted 1 February , 2007 Share Posted 1 February , 2007 It could have been worse, John. Imagine if there had been Mac versions, as well! Allie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 1 February , 2007 Author Share Posted 1 February , 2007 how did you manage to find all the mispells? It was just the process of research. It seemed every time I looked at a new reference source there was a new spelling. It was just a matter of wading through and convincing myself it was the right guy- not for nothing did the Stockport Express once describe me as the "war detective" Think how their mum must have felt when the school reports came home. And, herein lies the matter I think. My guess is that this was a time in the family's life when it was illiterate. As such, they wouldnt have known how to spell their own name. The different spellings then relate to the fact that various officials have interpreted it phonetically. I have come across a number of examples of different spelling within the same close (ish) family - although never before with brothers. Just by way of further indication, I've recently been looking at a number of soldiers' marriage certificates. I was surprised to see that, whilst all the men could sign their own names, about 25% of the women could not. An interesting sociological contrast withn the obvious thirst for knowledge and education from many of the soldiers (who are often reported the press to be attenders at evening classes and educational Sunday schools). John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 1 February , 2007 Author Share Posted 1 February , 2007 Imagine if there had been Mac versions, as well! Allie I report only the tip of the iceberg. There is also, for example, Peter Maccumisky, born Stockport 1895 (but isnt one of "my lads"). I am just grateful that I am not researching this name in Liverpool (try a FreeBMD search on "mcCum*", for example). John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Posted 1 February , 2007 Share Posted 1 February , 2007 John The census returns for my family from 1851 to 1901 list their surname as one of the following Dealtry/Daltry/Daultry/Daughtry/Dawtry/Daughtery/Dowtery Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard_Lewis Posted 1 February , 2007 Share Posted 1 February , 2007 I blame the Education Secretary... Bernard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J T Gray Posted 1 February , 2007 Share Posted 1 February , 2007 I have some Layzells in my family tree. There is a chap in the Essex Family History Society who has a card index of baptisms, marriages and burials in the parish registers - and he has over twenty different spellings! The bind moggles... Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 1 February , 2007 Share Posted 1 February , 2007 Mrs B's maiden name was Cruwys. Mrs B's dad is into genealogy. Hours of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted 1 February , 2007 Share Posted 1 February , 2007 My family surname comes up in various places as Watkins, Atkins, Nutting, Nugent, Nutkin, Nitkin etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le_Treport Posted 1 February , 2007 Share Posted 1 February , 2007 Coupled with trying to interpret handwriting through the ages, it at least passes the time! Regards Alasdair/Alastair/Alister/Aleister/Alisdair/Alasdhair..... (etc. ad infinitum) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 1 February , 2007 Share Posted 1 February , 2007 Madame Grumpy maiden name variants: Hardes, Hards, Hardress, Hardies, Hardys. No known Mac or McHardes, nor O'Hardes or Llewellyn-Hardes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 14 September , 2018 Share Posted 14 September , 2018 On Wed Jan 31 2007 at 22:48, John_Hartley said: Can you beat this one (for tearing yer hair out):- Luke and his brother Thomas are remembered on the Stockport War Memorial. Luke's name is spelt McCumsky. Thomas' name is spelt McCamskey CWGC has Luke's name as McCumesky. And has Thomas' as McCumsky 1901 Census has the family as McCummaskey Local BMD records have Luke as McCumansky and Thomas as McCumasky This pair have done my head in As a McCumesky I spent my whole life spelling out my name to people only for them to spell it wrong in any correspondance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 14 September , 2018 Share Posted 14 September , 2018 Welcome to the forum, Steve, and thanks for reviving this old thread. Good to know that one of the variations John Hartley found matches your spelling ... but is it also the correct spelling of John's two men? Good also to be reminded of two of the contributors to this 2007 thread, Max and Alliekiwi, both missing in action since 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 14 September , 2018 Share Posted 14 September , 2018 On 01/02/2007 at 16:47, Steven Broomfield said: Mrs B's maiden name was Cruwys. Mrs B's dad is into genealogy. Then he must know of the (in)famous Crwys Hotel in Cardiff. Located on Crwys Road, not far from the junction with Fanny Street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Pegum Posted 7 November , 2022 Share Posted 7 November , 2022 (edited) I have recently come across a memorial* in Ireland to 31 members of the Queen’s Own Dorset Yeomanry who died in the Battle of Agagia in north-west Egypt (26 February 1916). The C.O., who was killed, was from Co. Cork, and the memorial to him in the local church also lists all the others in the battalion who died that day. Of the 30 names, eight were spelled incorrectly, as compared with the C.W.G.C. records, but how accurate are those records? * irishwarmemorials.ie/Memorials-Detail?memoId=1443 Edited 7 November , 2022 by Michael Pegum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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