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In the UK census of 1891 I spotted a little girl, born in 1883 and named Derendo. Her parents were Peter and Mary, and her brothers were Joseph, James, Alfred and Thomas.
Perhaps the excitement of having a girl - she was the middle child - inspired her parents to wild imaginings, but mother was a housewife and father a coal miner. The ln is Heaton: firmly English!
I wondered if it could be Dorinda, left over from the 18th century; but even that seems wildly exotic for a Lancashire mining town.
Any clarification would be most welcome!
Perhaps the excitement of having a girl - she was the middle child - inspired her parents to wild imaginings, but mother was a housewife and father a coal miner. The ln is Heaton: firmly English!
I wondered if it could be Dorinda, left over from the 18th century; but even that seems wildly exotic for a Lancashire mining town.
Any clarification would be most welcome!
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When you find an unusual name in the census like this, it's good to check to see if you can find the same family in other records to check to make sure it's not just a census taker's mistake. So the first thing I would do if I were you is to check the 1901 census to see if you can find the same family and see how this child is listed in that one.
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