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From: "Cherie Everett" <>
Subject: Re: [CAE] RE: Daniel/Danial
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 09:00:07 -0000
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Hello Meirion,
Thank you for your response. I have looked at both DANIAL and DANIEL
also checked different spellings of Sidney all without success. The 1871
clearly gives the name of Jane DANIAL, mother in law, widow she is living
with her daughters family JONES Sidney.
Best Wishes
Cherie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Meirion Hughes" <>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: [CAE] RE: Daniel/Danial


> Hi Ian,
>
> Have you considered that DANIAL is actually DANIEL and is exactly as a
> person with a North Wales accent would pronounce the name? My guess is
> that the person recording the Census would not have been that conversant
> with the Welsh language and he would record the name as he heard it. A
> conversation could have gone something like this "What's your name?"
> "DANIAL IFA'S". In actual fact the man would have been saying his name was
> DANIEL EVANS.
>
> After all one of the requirements of a person recording for Census
> purposes would have to be a reasonable standard of literacy in English,
> but knowledge of Welsh was not even considered as a requirement.
>
> There are umteen such errors in the Census Returns and I suspect this to
> be one of them.
>
> Regards,
>
> Meirion


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