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I have come across an abbreviation and I am stuck. Its "Ai", does anyone have any ideas what it may be short for. In the census its Ai Walsh

There are actually several birth records in the same name, seem to be mainly in Yorkshire in mid 19th century.

Andy

Yes, my 2nd Uncle was definitely a Yorkshire man, and it was one of his children. B 1863

is any one of these 3 your Ai Walsh??

Births Jun 1843 (>99%)
WALSH Ai Otley 23 482

Births Mar 1860 (>99%)
WALSH Ai Otley 9a 142

Births Dec 1862 (>99%)
WALSH Ai Bradford Yk 9b 166

It looks like his name was Ai, though I do wonder if his name was Albert ie Al. The family names on the 1881 census are strangely abbreviated.


First name(s)
Ai

Last name
Walsh

Age
11

Birth year
1863

Burial year
1874

Burial date
09 Jan 1874

Burial place
Shipley, St Paul

County
Yorkshire (West Riding)

or Alfred?

or Alonso :-D

or Aloysius :-D

Does this happen to be the family in 1871? If so then it definitely says Ai on the image and there is a birth in 1862 that would match:-

1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Dale Street, Shipley, Bradford, Yorkshire, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place

William Walsh Head - Male 32 1839 - Yorkshire, England
Mary Walsh Wife - Female 30 1841 - Yorkshire, England
Harriet Walsh Daughter - Female 11 1860 - Yorkshire, England
Ai Walsh Son - Male 8 1863 - Yorkshire, England<<<<<<<
Mary Ann Walsh Daughter - Female 7 1864 - Yorkshire, England
Joseph Walsh Son - Male 4 1867 - Yorkshire, England
Sam Walsh Son - Male 3 1868 - Yorkshire, England
Martha Walsh Daughter - Female 0 1871 - Yorkshire, England
Susannah Wood Boarder - Female 17 1854 - Yorkshire, England

This is the birth (already posted by Sylvia):-

First name(s) AI
Last name WALSH
Birth year 1862
Birth quarter 4
Registration month -
Mother's last name -
District BRADFORD
County Yorkshire
Country England
Volume 9B
Page 166

Possibly the death:-

First name(s) AI (the image has Ai)
Last name WALSH
Gender Male
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year 1863
Age 11
Death quarter 1
Death year 1874
District BRADFORD
County Yorkshire
Volume 9B
Page 139
Country England

Kath. x

Algernon? :-D

Thank you to every one, I am sure its an abbreviation rather than a name, as there are not many Ai's around, and in fact this is the first time I saw it, perhaps it is any of the names you have all suggested, But I am pretty sure that in the mid 1860's there were not too many Yorkshireman called Alonso or Aloysius, however they would have sounded rest funny in a yourkshire accent. Maybe the censor said is this your son, and William said "Aye"!

Thanks everyone ;-)

Charles ..........

your theory might apply to a census, but I doubt it applies to bmd registrations, and it defintiley was Ai on freebmd, and on yorkshirebmd

Yorkshire Birth indexes for the years: 1843
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
WALSH Ai Baildon Leeds BAIL/2/328

Yorkshire Birth indexes for the years: 1859
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
WALSH Ai Baildon Leeds BAIL/7/141

Yorkshire Birth indexes for the years: 1862
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
WALSH Ai Idle Bradford IDLE/23/58


Yorkshire Marriage indexes for the years: 1881
Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference
WALSH Ai HORSFIELD Sarah Wharfe District Registered Building Leeds WHARFERB/9/7


Yorkshire Death indexes for the years: 1852
Surname Forename(s) Age Sub-District Registers At Reference
WALSH Ai - Baildon Leeds BAIL/3/280

Yorkshire Death indexes for the years: 1874
Surname Forename(s) Age Sub-District Registers At Reference
WALSH Ai - Shipley Bradford SHIP/17/96

Yorkshire Death indexes for the years: 1882
Surname Forename(s) Age Sub-District Registers At Reference
WALSH Ai - Yeadon Leeds YEAD/23/10



You should see if you can find Parish Registers to see what name they were baptised under.

from ancestry ............

West Yorkshire, Non-Conformist Records, 1646-1985

Name: Ai Walsh
Birth Date: 8 Dec 1859
Event Type: Baptism
Father: Walsh
Mother: Ann Jane Walsh
Baptism Date: 3 Sep 1860
Archive Location: Bradford
Parish or Chapel: Primitive Methodist Chapel, Baildon
Residence Place: Baildon
Reel Number: Baildon, Bingley, Bradford, Charlestown, Clayton, Eccleshill, Great Horton, Heaton, Low Moor…; BNC15
Reference Number: 54D91/3/1

from image:-
Illegitimate
Mother occupation: Weaver

it is very clearly written Ai


West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1985

Name: Ai Walsh
Death Age: 22
Birth Year: abt 1860
Burial Date: 27 May 1882
Parish: Baildon, St John the Evangelist, Yorkshire, England
Search Photos: Search for 'Baildon, St John the Evangelist' in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection

Very clearly written Ai on the image


West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1985

Name: Ai Walsh
Death Age: 11
Birth Year: abt 1863
Burial Date: 9 Jan 1874
Parish: Shipley, St Paul, Yorkshire, England
Search Photos: Search for 'Shipley, St Paul' in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection

as above

Death as I posted 4 Jun 2016 14:02........

I don't understand why some people complain about searchers posting the same enquiry on two boards (how very dare they) because 'helpers might waste time looking for information that has already been found' :-S

edit. as I already posted, it does look as if his name was actually 'Ai'. 'Odd' names are by no means a modern celebrity invention.

sorry Island .................

by the time I had searched through ancestry and FMP to find the information I posted above, I admit that had completely forgotten that you had posted the1874 death of Ai Walsh.

I was trying to get information on all the Ai Walsh's that I had found together in an attempt to see if Ai really was the name ........ and I think it was.

Ai is on all bmds that I could find.


I also found quite a few (more than 30) people with the name Ai but with other surnames in Yorkshire