Mary Elizabeth, pt 34

[singhals]

Those of you unfamiliar with ol' Mary 'Lizbeth, check the archives,
because I'm afraid of bodily harm if I go through the whole hoo-haw
yet again. (g)

I note that I have a single reference to a Sarah Elizabeth who
disappears about the time Mary Elizabeth appears, and who otherwise
fits all known criteria.

In that neck of the words, Sarah is usually either Sadie or Sallie,
but Sarey isn't completely unheard of.

She died in 1900; her seven children are all dead (the youngest died
in 1977); MOST of her 24 grandchildren are also dead (although I
don't have death-dates on all of them), and more'n a few of her 10
known great-grands are also gone. I corresponded with some of her
children, and some of the grands. The information from each matches
what I started with.

What say ye Ladies and Gentlemen of GenMtd to the notion that
someone SAID Mary, the auditor heard Sarey and wrote Sarah?

Thanks.

Cheryl

singhals <sing...@erols.com>

[Keith Nuttle]

> Cheryl Singhals <sing...@erols.com>

I have a similar situation. A census taker who based on his name
spoke English, a person whom I suspect had a German accent said Fred
Hindenlang. The census taker heard Fredendula.

No body can find Fred Hindenlang in the census for that year, no one
can find a Fredendula, in any other document. Fredendula is living
where Fred Hindenlang is suppose to be.

Is Fredendula Fred Hindenlang?

Keith Nuttle <keith_...@sbcglobal.net>

[Patricia Kantzer]

> Those of you unfamiliar with ol' Mary 'Lizbeth, check the archives,
> because I'm afraid of bodily harm if I go through the whole hoo-haw
> yet again. (g)
>
> I note that I have a single reference to a Sarah Elizabeth who
> disappears about the time Mary Elizabeth appears, and who otherwise
> fits all known criteria.
>
> In that neck of the words, Sarah is usually either Sadie or Sallie,
> but Sarey isn't completely unheard of.
>
> She died in 1900; her seven children are all dead (the youngest died
> in 1977); MOST of her 24 grandchildren are also dead (although I
> don't have death-dates on all of them), and more'n a few of her 10
> known great-grands are also gone. I corresponded with some of her
> children, and some of the grands. The information from each matches
> what I started with.
>
> What say ye Ladies and Gentlemen of GenMtd to the notion that
> someone SAID Mary, the auditor heard Sarey and wrote Sarah?
>
> Cheryl Singhals <sing...@erols.com>

I would say anything is possible. I do a lot of digging through
census records and I can't tell you how many times names change with
diffrerent census takers.

Pat

"Patricia Kantzer" <mk...@roadrunner.com>