Helen Julia SHORTMAN nee BAUMANN, 1896 - 1985 (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Thursday, March 14, 2013, 01:55 (4274 days ago) @ slowhands

Hi S,
thanks for putting me out of my "misery" :-)

So they were ALL in Ilfracombe in 1911 afterall !!

To think I spotted the BANMANN surname variation in the GlosBMD but didnt register enough to search it on the LDS site, maybe demonstrating it's not always a good thing when a site automatically offers variations as it's easy to assume it's thought of all of them... Ah well at least I correctly thought Helen was in service (not hard to guess in those days!)

I'd assumed the BANMANN spelling was an error on part of GlosBMD, but perhaps they did indeed change their name slightly due to pre War worries ?

Thanks again, J

PS for "completeness" if only for me, from LDS:

"England and Wales Census, 1911"

Name: Johns Banmann
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1911
Gender: Male
Age: 59
Birthplace: Switzerland
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: Barnstaple
Sub-District: Ilfracombe
Parish: Ilfracombe
County: Devonshire

Name: Priscilla Banmann
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1911
Gender: Female
Age: 42
Birthplace: Gloss Hitcheldean, Gloucestershire
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: Barnstaple
Sub-District: Ilfracombe
Parish: Ilfracombe
County: Devonshire