The find I made was in Ancestry. The Drouin Collection had my father's surname down as Schuster although it was correctly spelled in the register of the Catholic parish where my parents, Louisa Snoddy and Robert Schwalm, were married.
Another hilarious one was in the 1911 Canadian Census. The wife's and the daughter's names shown with my grandfather Solomon Snoddy were shown as Catherine and Bridget who were the wife and daughter of a neighbour (my grandmother's name was Clara and my mother's was Louisa). However, the years of birth differed: my grandmother was born in 1887 and my mother in 1910 while the neighbour's wife was born in 1870 and his daughter in 1895! My aunt and I figured that perhaps the census taker had had a hard day (written the information down on pieces of paper?) and transcribed into the census ledger after having a drink or two! On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 6:34 PM Chris Hill <chris.hill.11he...@gmail.com> wrote: > And it happened elsewhere. I found a family in Cornwall, UK with 14 > different spellings spread across Census and BMD records - damn difficult > tracking them down. > > Regards > > Chris > > From my Motorola G6+ > > On Sat, 23 Nov 2019, 23:05 Roberta Schwalm, <robertaschw...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I've seen a few dillies myself. My father's surname was Schwalm but I >> have seen it written as Schwaten! His mother's maiden name was Jung but on >> her record of marriage it is entered as Yung because of the way the German >> "J" is pronounced. >> >> As for my mother's Snoddy side of the family, although the correct >> spelling is Snoddy, I have seen it as Snoddie, Snowdy, Snowddy. >> >> I guess it all depended on how the person recording the names understood >> them as a great many people, even in the early 1900s were illiterate and >> neither knew how to read nor write. >> >> Roberta Schwalm >> >> On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 4:43 PM Cathy Vallevieni <cathyv...@cox.net> >> wrote: >> >>> Thank you all for the input. I now know how to properly enter both >>> surnames. >>> >>> Thank you, Laura, for sending the links. I will check them out. >>> >>> Cathy Vallevieni >>> 714 389-6374 Home >>> 714 227-4948 Cell >>> >>> On 11/23/2019 1:16 PM, Laura Johnson wrote: >>> > the so called ledgers were the ships manifests - those were done at >>> > the port of departure. >>> > >>> > Here are a few good articles to let you know what really happened >>> > >>> > >>> https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/ask-smithsonian-did-ellis-island-officials-really-change-names-immigrants-180961544/ >>> > >>> > >>> > https://www.genealogy.com/articles/research/88_donna.html >>> > >>> > https://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/07/02/name-changes-ellis-island >>> > >>> > https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/04/29/ellis-island-names/ >>> > >>> > >>> > On 11/23/2019 3:06 PM, Christopher Seward Sr. wrote: >>> >> >>> >> Marie, >>> >> >>> >> I would disagree with that first statement. In my years of doing >>> >> research, I have heard stories where the workers at Ellis Island >>> >> entered names into the ledgers incorrectly. If they were unable to >>> >> discern the name from the ships manifest, they would of write down >>> >> the names as THEY understood the passengers. I have examples in my >>> >> own family where a Braun from Prussia was listed as Brown because the >>> >> person at intake determined that the immigrant should "Americanize" >>> >> their name. >>> >> >>> >> As for the second part of your statement...I agree. I do believe >>> >> that the AKA field i the best place to notate that. >>> >> >>> >> Ciao, >>> >> Christopher >>> >> >>> >> On 11/23/2019 2:56 PM, mvmcgrs--- via LegacyUserGroup wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> First, the name was not changed at Ellis Island. The manifests were >>> >>> made in the country that they departed from. They probably made the >>> >>> change themselves to make the name easier to pronounce and spell. >>> >>> They may have done it legally, [through the courts] but more likely >>> >>> they just started to use the new spelling. >>> >>> >>> >>> I'm using Legacy 8 and there is an AKA (4th logo from the right) it >>> >>> looks like a group of people. You can add the name that they used in >>> >>> Italy or the one used in the US, your choice. You can cite the >>> >>> source (census, birth record, marriage record, etc) for each >>> >>> individual time you find the name. Then use the other name in >>> database. >>> >>> >>> >>> Marie >>> >>> >>> >>> Marie Varrelman Melchiori, Certified Genealogist Emeritus >>> >>> ______________________________ ______________________________ __ >>> >>> CG or Certified Genealogist is a service mark of the Board for >>> >>> Certification of Genealogists, used under license by Board-certified >>> >>> genealogists after periodic competency evaluation, and the board >>> >>> name is registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. >>> >>> In a message dated 11/23/2019 2:53:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, >>> >>> cathyv...@cox.net writes: >>> >>> >>> >>> My great grandfather had the surname Vallevegni in Italy. >>> >>> >>> >>> When the family immigrated to the U.S. it changed to Vallevieni >>> >>> which >>> >>> they used from then on (probably changed at Ellis Island). >>> >>> >>> >>> How should I enter 2 surnames in Legayc? >>> >>> >>> >>> -- Cathy Vallevieni >>> >>> 714 389-6374 Home >>> >>> 714 227-4948 Cell >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> LegacyUserGroup mailing list >>> >>> LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com >>> >>> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe >>> >>> >>> http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com >>> >>> Archives at: >>> >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>> > >>> >>> -- >>> >>> LegacyUserGroup mailing list >>> LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com >>> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe >>> http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com >>> Archives at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >>> >> -- >> >> LegacyUserGroup mailing list >> LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com >> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe >> http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com >> Archives at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >> > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >
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