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Thank you.  I agree with you! Another reason for always looking at the original if possible.  And for looking on either side of your family to discover their neighbours, their addresses, occupations etc.  It all gives a picture of where your ancestor lived. 

Pat, Yes I think it is Wonderstone.  My 3xG grandparents (Joseph and Jane/Jean Grenter) lived in this location in 1851 and 1861.  I think the enumerator couldn't spell or didn't hear and understand what people were saying.  The reason I think this is so is because if you look at the pages either side of the entries for 'Understone' (now Wonderstone), you can find 'South Farm' (which is now South Hill Farm') before those entries and also 'Shiplett (sic) Hill and Shiplett (now Shiplate) on the pages that follow, so we are definitely in the area along the Shiplate Road.

What is the passcode & ID for tonight’s Zoom Mtg please?

Many thanks, Pat, for an interesting and varied newsletter...I wonder what was behind Miss Zabel wanting to be known as Miss Baker - the name Zabel might have caused comments (in wartime) re is it a German name (which it is) - but changing her first name as well is intriguing.

The missing census pages issue is alarming - I wonder how many other pages are missing from all censuses?

Must go - off to get my Covid jab...

Thank you very much for posting the details of the death certificate: Fascinating but a terrible end for Emily. The coroner Wynne Edwin Baxter has a very good article on Wikipedia. He is notable as coroner for a number of "Jack the Ripper" victims - some of whom had connections with 35 Dorset Street.