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Help deciphering census writing

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Ian

Ian Report 15 Jul 2010 00:02

Oops, birth place is given as Nuneaton on another site. Genesreunited has birthplace just as Leicestershire

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Ian

Ian Report 14 Jul 2010 23:55

Hi,
can anyone please try to give me a birth location for 1871 census Elizabeth Faulkner born about 1846 Nuneaton, Warwickshire resident in Leicester. She is the 6th name from the bottom of the page.
I have my doubts that the birth place is Nuneaton because; the N does not match the N in Northamptonshire or Nottingham as used a few lines above Elizabeth and, there is no candidate Elizabeth Faulkner born in Nuneaton in 1846. (see below)
I just cannot make out what else the birth location might be!!

Thanks,

Ian

n.b.
There was an Elizabeth Faulkner born in 1846 in Nuneaton but it looks like she died in 1852 and she would only have been aged 24 at the time of the 1871 census.
She can be faund on 1851 census living at (Spinny Fields), Chilvers Coton,( Nuneaton) , Warwickshire where her birth place is given as Spinny Fields. This census record can be found by searching for Elizth Faulkner instead of Elizabeth.
There are public trees which include Elizabeth Faulkner baptised in Nuneaton (Sinny Fields, Chilvers Coton, Nuneaton) and dying in 1852. The baptism recod is NOT public record but comes from a family source - as does the death date.

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