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Originally Posted by marquette
Not mistranscribed as Crookseason, that's what the enumerator wrote down, what he thought he heard. I have found at least 25 variations of the town name MARTOCK in the various census - some in Wales and some as far away as Yorkshire - differing local accents would give a different interpretation.
Di
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Di, do you have ancestors in Martock Somerset? My great-aunt lived there from WWII until her death and I know it really well. For the last 15 years or so she lived right next to the church!