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From: Lloyd Rowsell <>
Subject: [NF-ROOTS] Surname pronounciations and spellings.....
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 13:11:30 -0800 (PST)


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Subject: Re: [NF-ROOTS] French Family, Bay Roberts Area
> To:
>
> --- wrote:
> > Someone mentioned that Caplin might be a misspelling for
> Applin
> > ??
> REPLY: Yes, that could be another variation, there were many,
> many misspellings of surnames in Nfld. records made during a
time when most migratory fisherman descendants, (persons who could
not read or write their own name) left to others ( Gov't
officials, Priests & Clergy, for example) the interpertation and
spelling of their pronounciations. They were a people who spoke
with strong Devon accents mixed with French accents and
words..(e.g. silent R's dropping and adding D's H's etc.)...
(e.g. Hefford and Efford, and Elford and Alford, Rogers and
Rodgers. Winsor and Windsor..."Read Reid Reed" ..Huxford and
Oxford and many many others.)...nice to hear from you and that
you appear to be making progress with your roots search....,
Lloyd p.s. do you still have family relatives living in
Newfoundland and from which District?




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