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Title: Help with name please
Post by: FullMentalJaikie on Sunday 01 August 10 12:53 BST (UK)
I need some help with Margaret McFarlane's Mother's name please. Please let me know if I should put a link instead of posting the actual image, Thanks in advance

FMJ

Title: Re: Help with name please
Post by: BridgetM on Sunday 01 August 10 12:58 BST (UK)
Odesa McFarlane, M. S. McQueen?

Or maybe Odora?  Which is a type of plant.

http://wc.pima.edu/Bfiero/tucsonecology/plants/wflow_odor.htm
Title: Re: Help with name please
Post by: FullMentalJaikie on Sunday 01 August 10 13:05 BST (UK)
In my infinite wisdom, I thought it looked like Odessa McJubbin  :)

All the family seemed to hail from the Glasgow area, and as far back as I've gone, Odessa has never really shown up that often.
Title: Re: Help with name please
Post by: BridgetM on Sunday 01 August 10 13:22 BST (UK)
I initially thought it was Odesa, but the "s" looks like the "r" in Quarryman.
Title: Re: Help with name please
Post by: maggbill on Sunday 01 August 10 13:33 BST (UK)
To me definitely looks like Odora McQueen.....  Quite nice writing compared to some lol
Title: Re: Help with name please
Post by: FullMentalJaikie on Sunday 01 August 10 14:26 BST (UK)
lol, Soooooo I might be wrong with McJubbin then?
Title: Re: Help with name please
Post by: JenB on Sunday 01 August 10 14:29 BST (UK)
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I might be wrong with McJubbin then?


I agree with Bridget, it's McQueen.

Jennifer
Title: Re: Help with name please
Post by: Hollander on Sunday 01 August 10 14:33 BST (UK)
I think the maiden surname is McQueen. The father's occupation appears to be Quarryman, and the two capital 'Q's' seem to match.
Title: Re: Help with name please
Post by: MonicaL on Sunday 01 August 10 14:36 BST (UK)
The 1851 census transcript has Margaret's mother as Odorris  ::) So, somewhere in that range!

Monica

Added: 1861, mother shows as Adora.
Title: Re: Help with name please
Post by: jayed2 on Sunday 01 August 10 18:02 BST (UK)
Looks like Odora to me