GENBRIT-L Archives

From: (Ann Godden)
Subject: Re: Malta S.B.
Date: 1 Apr 2004 01:05:35 -0800
References: <f0f6c5c.0403311349.3f591577@posting.google.com> <1080778167snz@ellson.demon.co.uk>

(Charles Ellson) wrote in message news:<>...
> In article <>
> "Ann Godden" writes:
>
> > The place of birth given on the 1891 census is "Malta S.B." Does
> > anyone know what the S.B. stands for, given that the father was a
> > serving British soldier?
> >
> A slip of the enumerator's pen for "B.S." = British Subject if it is
> the original, or a mistranscription if it isn't the original material?

Thanks, both suggestions sound plausible. It is the original census page.

This thread:

• Re: Malta S.B. by (Ann Godden)

  • Re: Malta S.B. by Eve McLaughlin <>