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in reply to a message by Anneza
She's the only one ever born in the UK. In the birth register for 1907 she's down as 'Rosmè', which looks vaguely Italian to me, and a quick Google shows a few Italian entries which all seem to be using it as a short form of Rosemary / Rosmerta / some other Ros-name. So, an Italian connection somewhere, maybe?
Facebook has over 400 Rosmes, sans accent and mostly South American. I did find another Rosmè -in SA. A relative, maybe?
Facebook has over 400 Rosmes, sans accent and mostly South American. I did find another Rosmè -in SA. A relative, maybe?
This message was edited 5/18/2010, 11:12 AM
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That might cause a rethink. Thanks, Pie! South Africans often enjoy blended names, some of them rather odd, and since I only had the lady's death and not her place of birth I'd assumed she was a local. In which case Rose + Esme would have been top of the list. But her Italian connection - well, Mediterranean I suppose given the South Americans - opens up new avenues.
For some reason, South African census records are destroyed as soon as the number crunchers are finished with them, and it's no end of a mission to get BMD stats here, so this had better be put on ice until retirement!
For some reason, South African census records are destroyed as soon as the number crunchers are finished with them, and it's no end of a mission to get BMD stats here, so this had better be put on ice until retirement!
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The South Americans are possibly a false trail, as they're all about the blended names too. I'll pm you the birth reference.
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