Sunday, February 3, 2013

That which we call Rozilee / by any other name would sound as sweet

What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
- Juliet, Romeo & Juliet, Act II, Scene II1

Just sharing some Ancestry.ca indexing fun from the Canadian Census of the Prairie Provinces, 19162:

Capture from the Canadian Census
of the Prairie Provinces, 1916.

It was interpreted by various indexers on Ancestry.ca in nine different ways (so far):

Royile
Royilee
Rogiles
Rayilee
Royilu
Royiles
Royiler
Royilce
Royilie

Ah, sweet smelling spelling—Rozilee!

Sources:
1. Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet, Project Gutenberg HTMl version(http://www.gutenberg.org : accessed 3 February 2013).
2. Library and Archives Canada. Census of the Prairie Provinces, 1916. Digital image online. (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1916/001100-119.02-e.php?&document_id_nbr=1119&page_sequence_nbr=1&interval=20&&PHPSESSID=binr4r307642js6q5i453mppv4 : accessed 3 February 2013.)

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