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Sylvia

Sylvia Report 22 Apr 2006 16:48

Hi everybody. this may be my gt.grandaddy. Its about the fifth one I`ve tried. If I`m wrong again I will believe gran came from outer space and give up. 1861 census. St. Osyth, Essex Dist. 10. Thomas Pope aged 9 scholar. It is the place of birth I cant make out. Transcription reads NK. Cambrideshire. To me first letter looks like U dont know about second one. Any one got better eyesight or good at translating old letters. If it is NK. what does that stand for? Many thanks. Sylvia.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 22 Apr 2006 16:52

NK is Not Known However, I would say that the first of the letters is a 'U'............. Reg

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 22 Apr 2006 16:53

I don't think it is N.K. (Not Known). It looks like U.N. to me. If you look a bit further up the page there is a family with the surname Norman, and the first letter in the name Norman looks like the last letter in Thomas's birthplace. Kath. x

Sylvia

Sylvia Report 22 Apr 2006 17:08

Thank you Reg and Kath. It is possible it says uk meaning unknown or un unknown if enumerator couldnt spell. This may be of help as a previous suspect was born in March Cambs. So I will follow that lead. Sylvia. (enough searching for today the fF.A. cup just about to start!)