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From: Paula Goodfellow <>
Subject: Re: [DEV] Stuck for 35 years - HELP please!
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 17:26:23 -0700
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I just tried searching at:
http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/freefun/didyouknow/

and had no luck either, with 250000 place names. Paula
On Oct 28, 2005, at 5:19 PM, Paula Goodfellow wrote:

> I took a look at the image, and it doesn't appear to have a t in it
> (although I think she should still try to check out those parish
> records-- if she can, since they're so difficult to get ahold of
> for those of us who can't go to Devon easily.) Ancestry
> interprets the word as Meroue -- and I think that it's either
> Merone, or Meroue. It's really difficult to tell. Can anyone think
> of a place name that might sound like Meroue? Sandra-- it was
> really nice of him to stick around for the 1851 census for you! If
> only he'd been more clear about the place. Paula
> On Oct 28, 2005, at 4:56 PM, NorthDevonRendle wrote:
>
>
>> Sandra,
>>
>> How about Merton http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Merton/index.html
>>
>> Mike Rendle
>> Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK
>>
>>
>>
>>> From: Sandra J Smith [mailto:]
>>> My ancestor William Pickett at the grand old age of 82,
>>> declared on the
>>> 1851 census that he was born in MERONE, Devon. I have
>>> searched for years trying to find where this might be but
>>> with no success.
>>> Of course, he may have been a bit toothless and the
>>> enumerator may well have mis-heard him, but I have never been
>>> able to find anything like it in Devon.
>>> Could it be a farm or small hamlet?
>>> Any suggestions, however far-fetched, would be gratefully received.
>>>
>>>
>>
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