The death certificate I've just received has got me totally confused. OH's great-great-grandparents Simon Sloper and Christiana Stephenson got married 12th April 1860 at Cleator, Cumberland. On the 1861 census of Scotland, Christiana is at 28 Kirkland Row, Dalry, Ayr - she is down as Christy Slope, boarder, married, 20, born Ireland, and she has with her Simon Slope age 3 months, born Dalry. The birth entry on Scotland's People has him as Simon Sloper, born 31st December 1860 at Riddens, Dalry. I can't find Simon senior on the 1861 census, but I'm not too bothered about that, though please feel free to hunt for him (born about 1840 County Down, Ireland)!! There is a baptism for a Simon Sloper at Cleator, date 4th Jan 1862, which I assume is the Simon born 31st Dec 1860, and they waited until they were back home to get him baptised.
Now, I noticed a death registration for a Samuel Sloper Mar 1862 and a birth registration for the same name, Jun 1862, both Whitehaven, Cumbria, and I thought it must be a newborn baby whose death was registered before his birth was. Not sure which of the Slopers he would belong to, so I ordered his death cert, and he was the son of Simon and Christiana, died 17th January 1862, age 1 year. So I can only think he is Simon junior with the wrong name. There is a baptism for another Simon 1st May 1862, which I now think must be the Samuel whose birth was registered Jun 1862. And a Simon Sloper death also registered Jun 1862 which I presume is that one. And don't even start looking at the children they had after that, including two more Simons!
So they had a Simon whose death was registered as Samuel, and a Samuel who turned into a Simon. This is a new one on me. Has anybody else found Samuel and Simon being used as variants of each other?
Now, I noticed a death registration for a Samuel Sloper Mar 1862 and a birth registration for the same name, Jun 1862, both Whitehaven, Cumbria, and I thought it must be a newborn baby whose death was registered before his birth was. Not sure which of the Slopers he would belong to, so I ordered his death cert, and he was the son of Simon and Christiana, died 17th January 1862, age 1 year. So I can only think he is Simon junior with the wrong name. There is a baptism for another Simon 1st May 1862, which I now think must be the Samuel whose birth was registered Jun 1862. And a Simon Sloper death also registered Jun 1862 which I presume is that one. And don't even start looking at the children they had after that, including two more Simons!
So they had a Simon whose death was registered as Samuel, and a Samuel who turned into a Simon. This is a new one on me. Has anybody else found Samuel and Simon being used as variants of each other?
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