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Originally Posted by BobC
All the census and baptism records I have found for the children show simply Bronte, however this may be because of the person recording the event.
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Did they ever call themselves "Bronte", rather than "Brontė"? You can't just ignore the diaeresis (ie "ė" rather than "e"); it's what makes the word two syllables rather than one! "Bronte" would be a one-syllable word with a silent "e" on the end.