Genealogy Chat

have you ever heard of PEMDA as a name? would this be male or female? oppinions please I have one for the BURTON family in 1841 ,but have no idea what the relationship is or who it is.(I understand from others that this is not down on the 1841) or can someone suggest a site for old names have googled -slowly searching (570 references come up, but as yet not found a relevant one ) karen

on the 1841 census her age is down in the female column - so I'm guessing it must be a girls name.

On the 1891 census there are 3 PEMDA's listed all females: View Record Pemda Fisher abt 1862 Dudley, Worcestershire, England Wife Dudley Worcestershire View Record Pemda Fleming abt 1865 Tipton, Staffordshire, England Wife Dudley Worcestershire View Record Pemda Langham abt 1890 Hanley, Staffordshire, England Daughter Stoke upon Trent Staffordshire

or it could be a mistranscription when the enumerator was writing everything up. (There is a Pamela Burton who is a servant in 1851)

thanks for looking Tom at least that narrows it down for me to possible dau . cheers karen

This is probably her baptism and birth: PAMILA BURTON Female -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Event(s): Birth: 02 JAN 1836 Christening: 11 FEB 1836 Independent Or Congregational, Upper Gornall, Stafford, England Death: Burial: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parents: Father: JAMES BURTON Family Mother: PHEBE HARTILL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Messages: Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.

I think it is Pamela, becasue here is brother William's baptism (Same parents) WILLIAM BURTON Male -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Event(s): Birth: 16 NOV 1830 Christening: 05 DEC 1830 Independent Or Congregational, Upper Gornall, Stafford, England Death: Burial: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parents: Father: JAMES BURTON Family Mother: PHEBE HARTILL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Messages: Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.

I agree with Tom as these woman don't appear again on the census details :(( and looking at the original documents they look like PAMELA

thanks Debra at least it could be a name in it's own right. how funny that the 3 you found are all from the area I am looking in. Tom thanks could be either way as I haven't looked for her in any other census yet. (been tracing her mother only) Karenx

Karen, You're really lucky with the actual ages given on the census )usually rounded to th nearest 5), also, whith mother's maiden name given in the baptism. When looking for a baptism of Phoebe Hartill in 1813 as it says from the census there is one, and the same for the husband.

xxxxxx thank you all so much for your help will go with Pamila/Pamela xxKarenxx

I could kiss you both I know the family were very particular about things being,'just so' but they must of had a really nice enumerator too keep dates right my Uncle has been following this lot for 15 yrs (on foot & by hand)& passed the tree on to me after my Dad died just over 2 yrs ago. I am so pleased with your assistance to have found a few things to pass back on to help him out.( he's getting older & i'm stuck overseas) best regards Karen

A good idea is always to write the name out in cursive or copperplate style,and squint.........you will see how pamela has been interpreted as pameda......the 'el ' will look like 'd'. a very extreme example was Lewis>>>>Severio S=L e =e ve= w (with a loop) r = i io= s (with a flourish )

Alter Ego thanks for that tip just tried to write it out myself & can see Pamela does appear to look like Pemda thanks again Karen