STEWARDSON in Derbyshire and reading FreeBMD

[Steve Hayes]

According to FreeBMD Sam STEWARDSON married Hannah CATON or
CATOR in Bakewell RD in the September Quarter of 1861.

Other sources give Hannah's surname as CALOW, and looking at the
source in FreeBMD, this could be a simple mistranscription.

In about 1869, according to various censuses, Sam and Hannah had a son
Joseph C. STEWARDSON, but the only one I could find in FreeBMD that
seemed to match was Joseph Eaton STEWARDSON:

Births Dec 1869 (>99%)
STEWARDSON Joseph Eaton Derby 7b 384

This was transcribed from a printed index, which unambigiously says
"Eaton". Could this have been a mistranscription in the GRO from the
return sent in by the local office?

Various online family trees give the name as Joseph Calow STEWARDSON,
which makes sense.

There seems little point in ordering a birth certificate from the GRO,
as if they mistranscribed it in the index they might well have
mistranscribed it in the register itself.

Any suggestions?




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[David Mills]

On 18/07/2015 06:02, Steve Hayes wrote:
> According to FreeBMD Sam STEWARDSON married Hannah CATON or
> CATOR in Bakewell RD in the September Quarter of 1861.
>
> Other sources give Hannah's surname as CALOW, and looking at the
> source in FreeBMD, this could be a simple mistranscription.
>
> In about 1869, according to various censuses, Sam and Hannah had a son
> Joseph C. STEWARDSON, but the only one I could find in FreeBMD that
> seemed to match was Joseph Eaton STEWARDSON:
>
> Births Dec 1869 (>99%)
> STEWARDSON Joseph Eaton Derby 7b 384
>
> This was transcribed from a printed index, which unambigiously says
> "Eaton". Could this have been a mistranscription in the GRO from the
> return sent in by the local office?
>
> Various online family trees give the name as Joseph Calow STEWARDSON,
> which makes sense.
>
> There seems little point in ordering a birth certificate from the GRO,
> as if they mistranscribed it in the index they might well have
> mistranscribed it in the register itself.
>
> Any suggestions?

Someone made a mistake?

Some years ago (1978), before the days of Free BMD, I ordered a marriage
certificate from the counter in St Katherine's although the indexes had
the wrong surname for the bride.
The certificate also had the wrong name.
I absolutely knew the correct one from other information I had and on
the certificate the groom's name and his father's name and profession
were correct
I bought the certificate from the local office with the same result.
I then went to the original church register and the result was the same.
Looking through the register it was obvious that in many cases the
information which could be entered before the marriage was completed in
a different hand to that which could only be entered on THE day.
The bride had signed with a cross and her father's name and profession
were entered as as a line.
I can only think that whoever filled out the register before the
ceremony made a mistake,but where s/he got the incorrect name from,
only the Lord knows.