Genealogy Chat

Can someone please check the following birth entry.I can't be certain of the christian name......Dafl/Daft(?) Pogson,April/ June qtr 1842 Horncastle vol xiv pg 431.Thanks Glen

Looks like Dafl................ties in with 1851 census Dafl Pogson abt 1843 Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England Son Horncastle Lincolnshire View Record George Pogson abt 1849 Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England Son Horncastle Lincolnshire View Record John Pogson abt 1847 Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England Son Horncastle Lincolnshire View Record Joseph Pogson abt 1837 Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England Son Horncastle Lincolnshire View Record Maria Pogson abt 1834 Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England Daughter Horncastle Lincolnshire View Record Sophia Pogson abt 1813 Timberland, Lincolnshire, England Wife Horncastle Lincolnshire View Record William Pogson abt 1845 Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England Son Horncastle Lincolnshire Reg

Thanks Reggie,that's what i thought but he is in a couple of trees on here as Daft. Maybe he wasn't but the tree owners might be lol. Thanks Glen

same family in 1841 George Pogson abt 1841 Lincolnshire, England Horncastle Allotment Lincolnshire View Record John Pogson abt 1813 Lincolnshire, England Horncastle Allotment Lincolnshire View Record Joseph Pogson abt 1837 Lincolnshire, England Horncastle Allotment Lincolnshire View Record Mary Pogson abt 1836 Lincolnshire, England Horncastle Allotment Lincolnshire View Record Sophia Pogson abt 1818 Lincolnshire, England Horncastle Allotment Lincolnshire Reg

The 1851 image is fairly clear.......'L' on the end. Reg

Thanks Reggie I did wonder if it was me going daft. Glen

If I may offer a contrary view, I think the name *is* Daft, not Dafl. On the 1851 census image, compare the last letter in Daf* with the last letter in Robert (also Pogson, 2 households down). To my eyes, these appear to be the same letter, although I admit it is ambiguous. However, if you take a look at other census years, there are definitely some (though not all) where the final 't' is crossed. In those instances where the 't' is not crossed in Daf*, it is not crossed on any other 't's either. Similarly, if you look at the scan of the June Qtr. 1842 birth register (from FreeBMD), which is admittedly of horrendous quality, the last letter in Daf* looks like the last letter in Janet (10 names up) rather than the last letter in Daniel (first name on the page). Just my opinion - judge for yourself.

The image on ancestry is slightly clearer,but it still needs a good squint. I bet if i got the cert he would be named something different again. Glen

I've learned from deciphering a few 16th and 17th century wills that sometimes you need to compare known words with the mystery letters in an unknown word in order to figure out what it says. Also, a letter at the end of a word is often formed differently than when it appears in the middle of a word. The problem with very early documents is that spelling was much more flexible then, even within a single sentence (including arbitrary capitalizations).