What about Gasson? (Charlwood)

[serdmann]

Sorry to bother again! But would it be possible that Mary´s name is not Capon or Gapon but Gasson? This has been suggested to me on an ancestry message posting. There do seem to be Gasson´s in the town. Is is possible that the ´p´is a kind of mark for double s?


http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx...d&pid=10193980

Thanks!
Susan

[JudithM]

double ss was often written with the first a long s (rather like an f) and the second a short s which could indeed look a bit like a p (have a look at the school mistress in this example: http://www.british-genealogy.com/cen...-a-census.html )so this is quite possible.

[Jessbowbag]

Is this Charlwood (Placename) in Surrey? Its a pocket handkerchief of a village , far from a twon

[serdmann]

Yep. I was just there. By Norwegian standards, its a town.

[Nick Capon]

Probably not Capon

[QUOTE=serdmann;2385929]Sorry to bother again! But would it be possible that Mary´s name is not Capon or Gapon but Gasson? This has been suggested to me on an ancestry message posting. There do seem to be Gasson´s in the town. Is is possible that the ´p´is a kind of mark for double s?


I have an extensive data base of Capons in Surrey and Sussex. In particular I have the local family of Daniel Capon and Sarah Bowler, which is not in standard sources. I have a string of births in Ifield which agree with Daniel's will dated 1824, but there is no Mary born c. 1794. It is of course possible that a birth was not recorded, but as Daniel listed all his children, including married daughters, in his will it is more likely that your Mary is a Gasson. Be nice to find a birth record under that name, but if she was born in Ifield it might be a bit of a chase.

Ask if you want more detail.

Nick Capon

[Christine in Herts]

Without suggesting that I have any knowledge of the specific records in question, I can say that it is possible for "ss" to mistaken for "p".

The usual cause is that an old-fashioned "s" was sometimes rendered in its long form - rather like an "ƒ". When written close together, the first looks like the drop-stroke of the "p" and the second, close to it, looks like its loop:
∫s... if you cram then up close, you can see how the mistake is made.

Christine