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From: "Ann Belmont" <>
Subject: RE: SOME LIGHT RELIEF
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:28:58 +1030
In-Reply-To: <20060303202633.KGJ16720.omta01sl.mx.bigpond.com@Phoenix>


Hi,

My ancestor came to South Aussie on the Register Anne (Rajastan) - good one,
eh??

Ann

-----Original Message-----
From: mike phoenix [mailto:]
Sent: Saturday, 4 March 2006 6:56 AM
To:
Subject: SOME LIGHT RELIEF


Hi! Fellow Listers





In response to the general air of seriousness, not only in the community but
on this list of late, I want to inject some light relief.



It amuses me when I see how names of people - particularly at birth - were
misspelt because of the accent of a parent. One example was a child
registered as "Glod" FRASER - his Scottish father had actually meant him to
be named Claude. And another child in our family had an American father.
Given the fact that the girl was registered as " Moitle" instead of Myrtle.
I suspect he was from the Bronx in New York.



What sort of examples have others come across?





Cheers from Canberra, Home of the Big Lie





Mike Phoenix



3/3/2006



Greenway ACT - Primary research families : PHOENIX, NOBLE, BAIRSTOW,
STALLEY, HILLIER, BROWN, FECHNER, BARTSCH



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