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1912 newspaper death notice - usage of "do"

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  • 25-07-2017 8:52pm
    #1
    BottleOfSmoke
    Registered Users Posts: 83 ✭✭


    I found a death notice with a large cast of names, hurrah.
    Can anyone advise - when a name is followed by ", do" - is that "ditto"? At first I thought it was "daughter" but that doesn't make sense.
    Here is a sample line:

    Annie Gorman, Drumbo; Maggie Gorman, do; Katie Olvanny, Billis; Rose Olvanny, do; (nieces)

    The thing that puzzles me is that for the earlier mourners (brothers and sisters) their location is repeated in full, no use of this "do". It's only when it gets to the nephews and nieces that I see it.


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    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,171 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    I would read it as Maggie is from Drumbo and Rose is from Billis.

    There may have been a charge per word of more than a certain amount of letters.


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    pinkypinky
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,644 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    Yes, I'd say it's ditto and that Spurious is right about the per word charge.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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    BottleOfSmoke
    Registered Users Posts: 83 ✭✭BottleOfSmoke


    That makes perfect sense, thanks to you both.


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