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From: "Kate Lynn" <>
Subject: RE: [APG] Need help reading surname
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 19:52:38 -0600
In-Reply-To: <4234E2F5.3070609@surewest.net>


I will cast my vote with Chuck. It appears that this enumerator was in
the habit of using the "fs" style of indicating double s, as in
"Tennessee" on lines 22, 30 and 39 of the same page. Closer examination
seems to indicate that this enumerators lowercase "a" and "o" are often
indistinguishable from each other - see "Elizabeth" line 21, "Robert"
line 22, and "Martin" line 23. I believe we are looking at Bassham
which is a surname found frequently in Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, and
other "Southern" states.

Kate


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Knuthson [mailto:]
> Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 7:04 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [APG] Need help reading surname
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> Rodina,
>
> Without checking anything else, it looks to me like "Bosshom" or
> "Bosshons." I am quite certain that what looks like a "fs" or a "p" is
a
> double-s. I did an Ancestry.com search of the 1850 census for Dade
> County, GA using only the first name "Martin" and found him (and
> Juliann) indexed as BASSHAM. (I guess it could also be BASSHOM.) I did
a
> search on the surname BASSHAM (and on Bass* and Bassh*) and there are
> several BASSHAMs listed in the 1850 census with a TN birth. I think
> BASSHAM is a good possibility although I would probably do some more
> checking. What does their listing look like in 1860 . . .1870 . . . ?
>
> Chuck
>
>
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>
> wrote:
>
> >APG members,
> >
> >I could really use some help reading a last name on an 1850 census
record.
> >The record can be found on M432, roll 67, page 1B, dwelling 13,
family 13, Dade
> >County, Georgia. The head of household is James Richmond. Within the
household
> >there is a Martin and Julian B______, ages 28 and 26. Any help in
deciphering
> >this surname is greatly appreciated.
> >
> >Rondina P. Muncy
> >Grapevine, Texas
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