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Tuesday, 08 June 2010 10:06 |
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One of our own Researchers has this unusually-named individual in her family tree. Thinking, at first, that it might be mis-transcribed, she turned to the original birth index from 1840 to see if she could make out the correct name. It can only be Raspberry Tufts, we think!
Some questions remain: was Raspberry a boy's or girl's name? And why is there seemingly no marriage or death date recorded for him/her? Was the name really Raspberry? Or perhaps it was copied out into the index by a Clerk who was making a point about someone else's bad handwriting? Perhaps he was hungry and allowed his mind to wander towards his afternoon tea?
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