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From: "Roy Stockdill" <>
Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] Lost Ancestor THEXTON
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 11:20:41 -0000
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On 7 Mar 2011 at 8:14, Wendy King wrote:

> Brian
>
> there is also another factor to consider - that an alternative
> spelling of Thexton is Theakston and there are many of those!
>
> Wendy >

Indeed! Another possibility is THAXTON, since an "e" and an "a" are easily confused.

But my own gut feeling is that Maurice Thexton wasn't born in that name at all but was
illegitimate and Thexton was the name of whoever unofficially adopted him.

--
Roy Stockdill
Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer
Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html

"There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about,
and that is not being talked about."
OSCAR WILDE


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