EHNy ideas

[Nell]

Looking for this family on any census:

George Richard Ehn bapt 1788 St Andrew Holborn, a furrier, died 1865
married Jul 1810 St Mary Islington Charlotte Augusta Herbert died 1855
Both are buried in Norwood Cemetery Lambeth. Address given on Charlotte's burial is Kennington Place, and on George's St Anne's Road, Brixton Road

Their children:
George William Ehn Baptism 18 Oct 1815 St Andrew Holborn City of London abode Warwick Ct
Charlotte Augusta Ehn b Jan 20th Baptism 16 Feb 1820 Christ Church Southwark
Emily Isabella Ehn Baptism 18 Feb 1825 St Gregory by St Paul City of London, abode Godliman St
[Emily Isabella Ehn's death registered Apr 1906 Hampstead, age at death 81 giving birth abt 1825]
Julia Eliza Ehn Baptism 28 Mar 1826 St Gregory by St Paul City of London abode Godliman St
Edward Herbert Ehn Baptism 26 Mar 1827 St Gregory by St Paul City of London abode Godliman St

I can find George in directories but not on censuses:

1819 Post Office Directory Ehn, George & Co., wholesale furriers, 3 Snow-hill
1829 London Post Office Directory, Ehn, George, furrier, 14 Godliman St., Doctors'-commons; and 33 Bowling St Clerkenwell
1839 Pigot's Directory furriers: Ehn, George R., 2 Church-row Islington

daughter's marriage
20 Dec 1856 St Pancras Church by licence
Ebenezer Cullen Hunter full age bachelor commercial clerk St Pancras father Alexander Hunter dead
Jane Elizabeth Ehn full age spinster St Paul Covent Garden father George Richard Ehn gentleman
witnesses George Richard Ehn & Emily Isabella Ehn

With this information, its clear that George Richard & Charlotte Augusta should be around on 1841 and 1851, and George also on 1861.

Any help gratefully received.

[Joy Dean]

Still searching ... son George found in 1851 at 1, Walbrook Row, Shoreditch, Tower Hamlets ... still looking for his father George.

[Nell]

Thank you Joy.

[ElizabethHerts]

Nell, I have found them in 1851.

RG number: HO107 Piece: 1568 Folio: 75 Page: 40

Newington Sub District: Saint Mary Enumeration District: 3 Ecclesiastical Parish: Saint Marys

11, Albian Terrace, Newington, Surrey, Lambeth County:
Surrey

Transcribed as ETRN on FMP!

George R ETRN Head Married M 61 1790 Agent To Brit To For A School Society St Andrews Middlesex
Charlotte A ETRN Wife Married F 57 1794 St Giles Middlesex
Emily S ETRN Daughter Unmarried F 26 1825 Gregory Middlesex
Jane E Daughter Unmarried F 22 1829 Islington Middlesex
Charlotte A HOLLAND Daughter Widow F 31 1820 Christchurch Surrey
Charlotte A HOLLAND Grand Daughter F 9 1842 Clerkenwell Middlesex
Edwin Harris HOLLAND Grand Son M 7 1844 Newington Surrey
William GOOTCH Visitor Widower M 64 1787 Travr Potters Bar Middlesex

[Joy Dean]

Just in case you don't have this - would he be one of theirs, I wonder -

First name(s): George
Last name: EHN
Date of burial: 1 April 1813
Place of burial: Bunhill Fields
Age at death: 1 Year 4 Months
Approximate year of birth: 1812
Address at death: St John St

[ElizabethHerts]

1841

This is an Ehn family with a Charlotte, but the head is Henry. However, he is a furrier!

RG number: HO107 Piece: 698 Book/Folio: 3/4 Page: 1


Church Street Park House, St John Hackney, Tower Hamlets
Middlesex

Henry Ehn M 50 1791 Middlesex
Jane Ehn F 35 1806 Middlesex
Emma Ehn F 20 1821 Middlesex
Sarah Ehn F 15 1826 Middlesex
Clara Ehn F 15 1826 Middlesex
Isabella Ehn F 7 1834 Middlesex
Henry Ehn M 9 1832 Middlesex VIEW
Charlott Ehn F 45 1796 Middlesex

[Nell]

Elizabeth - thanks so much! I would never have guessed at Etrn! I have got Henry already but thanks again.

Joy
Thank you, I have that as a possible for them.

[Nell]

Elizabeth - just checked that ref on Ancestry who have transcribed family as Etra! As it gives George's widowed daughter's surname as Holland I've found the marriage - she's mistranscribed as Elin!

[Nell]

I've found a few other possible Ehn marriages as Elin - in fact I found one some months earlier for a cousin of Charlotte and amended the record!

[Uncle John]

You can see how easy it is to mistranscribe, when you compare the letter shapes.

[Nell]

Unusual names are the bane of my life, UJ. When I started this lark I always got excited with an unusual name, but the more unusual it is, the more likely it is to be mispelt or mistranscribed.

My paternal grandfather's first name was Jeuel. He's the only one on the census and on all the censuses he's on from 1881-1911 he's been misrecorded and/or mistranscribed and I've had to correct all entries.

Having said that, usual names are equally likely to be mangled too!

But my favourite mistranscription is a family called Stevens who are indexed as Howard. The handwriting is such that if you didn't know it should say Stevens, you could mistake it for Howard - but not a single letter is the same!