1891 Uk Census - What does this say??

[Naaktgeboren]

Thought someone here could help me. Currently researching the English side to my family tree and am a little stuck with a record on the 1891 census. The attached document shows 2 columns which show the town/city in which the people were born, I think I can make out the bottom entry as Marylebone, London but I am really struggling with the top entry.

Anyone care to guess what it could say?

Thanks

 

[spudtator]

Strand?

 

[Iccz]

Strand?

Aye, looks like Strand to me too.

 

[Scotteh]

If it's London I would also go with Strand on the top one.

 

[Naaktgeboren]

Think you guys could be right, will see where this leads.

 

[Grangey.]

yep following the methods of the bottom hand righting, the top is either Strand, or a place called Straud....

 

[imightbewrong]

There is a Stroud Green in London (Stroud Green - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia). The thing with ancient census data is that spellings of places can change - worth checking that too if you can

P.S. My vote is for Strand

 

[Greg Hook]

Like Grangey said, It definitely looks like Strand. Compare the r in Marylebone to the r in Strand. Plus you can see a faint line on top of what should be the t.

 

[Grangey.]

there is also a full place known as stroud! who knows!

stroud, uk - Google Maps

Im still sticking to strand though lol

 

[Iccz]

Definitely not an 'o' you can tell by the cursive connector being at the bottom as opposed to the top.

 

[imightbewrong]

check this out newspaper from 1891:

23 Jan 1865 - Advertising

Also, be 'careful .to observe .that the:address on .the.' covers' of the Pots, and labels of the Boxes, is "'244, Straind, London,"

Might be having the same problem reading it we are

 

[Iccz]

check this out newspaper from 1891:

23 Jan 1865 - Advertising



Might be having the same problem reading it we are

That quite clearly says Strand though - it's just due to a poor quality image it has confused the OCR?

 

[Naaktgeboren]

Has anybody attempted a family tree before? I have subscribed to ancestry.co.uk which has been very useful in getting most of the information together, the problem I have is when I need further confirmation of something, I wrongly assumed I would be able to download birth certificates from the site but it only gives the location of the document, allowing you to order it from the archives at £22 a certificate Mad amount of money.

Is there a cheaper way, am I missing a trick here?

 

[logiciel]

Certificates appear to have doubled in price over the last couple of years and are now £14: http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/index/do...marriage-or-civil-partnership-certificate.htm.

Are you taking the squiggles beside the two names to represent London, or are they indicating something above them as "" or "d(itt)o" would?

 

[Naaktgeboren]

Certificates come from the local registry and cost £7.

May I ask where you found this information, all of my searches refer me to the General Records Office (GRO) and the minimum price appears to be £22

 

[the_jinj]

Might help to see more of the certificate to be sure - that way you can see how letters have been written in other words. That said, it does look like Strand.
Also have a look at rootschat forum, the members on there are experts at deciphering handwriting and can also help with your search