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jessica (View posts)
Posted: 28 Aug 2003 7:44PM GMT
Classification: Query
I sometimes check the messege board. And I have a question, was the last name Clibbens ever something else? My dad had told me it was changed to Clibbens at some point in time, and I don't remember the old name it use to be. Well let me know if you have any idea.
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Jessica
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Posted: 28 Oct 2013 7:21PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Jessica

I've been doing some research on behalf of a friend, and it looks like Clibbens has been spelt Clibbons or Clibbans in the past.

Mispellings were common because before 1900, many people couldn't read and write. Often the only time your name was written down was when the parson asked "What's the name of this child?"... "Do you take this woman..." or "What was the name of the deceased?". If you couldn't read and write, you usually couldn't spell either, so if he wrote down what he thought he heard you say - you couldn't correct it for him.

Kind regards




Ian
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