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[Surname] Re: Makray
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It could very well be Makray. Both spellings are used as you can see at http://is.gd/cMNsZ.
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Thank you. It's possible it could be either. I know on many records my graeat grandmothers first name was often mispelled, so it's possible her surname could be too.
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It's possible, if your ancestors were illiterate - and in the 19th century the vast majority of people were - that the spelling of their name was subject to the whims of some clerk. In the past it was quite common to find he same person's name spelt differently in different documents.
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Yes, especially considering she came from Hungary, which is very different from English and many of the other European languages. The clerks probably just spelled it how he/she thought it sounded.
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