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From: "kate" <>
Subject: Re: Comedy of Errors
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 18:00:16 +1100
References: <OE187eZppWJnquAIuLe0001d1df@hotmail.com>


I'm going through the same thing but I have two different spellings of a
surname on a death certificate and another on her sons marriage certificate.
Which do I believe ?
Kate
----- Original Message -----
From: "Everett MARSHALL" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 6:55 AM
Subject: Comedy of Errors


> Who is perfect?
> A Comedy of Errors;
>
> I was told by my family that my great grandmother was born 25 Aug 1852 in
> France, with a surname LE ROIS but married in COGH to William Gamwell
> MARSHALL.
> French genealogists assured me Johanna Margaret, as first names, are not
> usual in France.
>
> A search on Naairs revealed; MARSHALL, Johanna Margaret Nee LE ROUX
> estate papers, who died the same year shown on my records.
> This has got to be my ancestor. But family were wrong to name her LE
ROIS.
> [It ended with an 'S' they assured me]
>
> I obtained the official handwritten copy of the Naairs estate papers.
>
> Her father and mother are LE ROES and she was born Johanna Margaret LE
ROES.
> She never was a LE ROUX. On the Death Notice she married William Gamewell
> MARSHALL - Gamewell now has an 'E' in the middle.
>
> Nine children are listed and the last one is Naude ?? This should be
> Maude.
>
> The lesson to learn is ALWAYS copy what you see - NEVER try to correct
what
> you see. It is hard enough for the transcriber to decipher handwriting
and
> we have to accept the memory of some bereaved family member - when that
form
> was completed.
> [75 years ago in this case]
>
> I am thrilled to find this information and continue to search for the
> truth - which seems more exciting than fiction.
>
> Mr. (Gamwell) Everett MARSHALL,
> 45 Slidell Crescent,
> Toronto, Ontario
> Canada. M3A 2C5
>
>
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