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Oohh, Mrs Bucket, that birth registration tempted me to have another look this evening (tried the other night and turned up nothing at all...) - but looking for Cha* and Sar* in Peterboro in 1861 stumbled across this family:

Name: Charles Culpin
Age: 42
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1819
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Sarah
Gender: Male
Where born: Warmington, Northamptonshire, England

Civil Parish: Newborough
County/Island: Northamptonshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

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Registration district: Peterborough
Sub registration district: Crowland
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 26
Household Members:
Name Age
Catherine Culpin 2
Charles Culpin 42
Emma Culpin 14
Esther Culpin 10
John Thomas Culpin 7
Mary Elizabeth Culpin 5
Sarah Culpin 43
Sarah Ann Culpin 16

[Edit - no, prob little mileage in this, the boy is too old to be the 1856 registration]

[Edit - Looking again at Culpin* as a surname, all this really shows is that this surname is linked to the Peterboro' area, so that a child might well be given this name as a forename for one reason or another]

I came across this the other night might be of interest i hope

Tracy


Surname: Culpan
This unusual name is believed to be of Scottish origin and to derive from the Lands of Colp near Turriff in Aberdeen. The name development would seem to be from David Colp recorded in Aberdeen in 1503 to Culpin or Culping a patronymic variant which means "the son of Colp". Found in London in the 17th Century as Calpin it is first recorded in 1689 and as Calpen in 1709, whilst the modern spellings include Calpin and Culpan. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of George Culpin. which was dated 1673, married Hanna Gott at St. Mary le Bone, London during the reign of King Charles 11, known as "The Merry Monarch", 1660 - 1685. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
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Thanks for this information....sorry it has taken so long for me to get back in here... we are nearing the end of our financial year and that means stocktake and I own a bead shop- so you can imagine what I have been doing all day LOL

I did actually start to wonder today if there was another nationality or country involved in this.....

I will look into it further.

Again, thank you, I do appreciate all the help :)