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Title: Help with Signature
Post by: acceber on Tuesday 10 May 11 18:50 BST (UK)

Hi,

This signature is of a witness on a marriage certificate of one of my ancestors, however I cannot decipher their first name. I think the surname is Trapp, but cannot read the first name.

Any help would be much appreciated,

acceber

Title: Re: Help with Signature
Post by: GR2 on Tuesday 10 May 11 19:02 BST (UK)

Emilie Trapp.

Graham.

Title: Re: Help with Signature
Post by: HeatherLynne on Tuesday 10 May 11 19:10 BST (UK)

I agree, Emilie Trapp  :)

Heather

Title: Re: Help with Signature
Post by: Pels. on Tuesday 10 May 11 19:33 BST (UK)

I'll make it three, Emilie Trapp.

Pels.

Title: Re: Help with Signature
Post by: acceber on Tuesday 10 May 11 20:08 BST (UK)

Thank you, that was my guess, but I searched ancestry for that and there was no-one of that name. :-\

I am guessing they were originally Emily, and decided to change the spelling of their name!

Many Thanks,
acceber

Title: Re: Help with Signature
Post by: Redroger on Tuesday 10 May 11 20:21 BST (UK)

Remember there was no standardised spelling of any word before the mid 1700s at the earliest. What period is the signature from?

Title: Re: Help with Signature
Post by: acceber on Tuesday 10 May 11 20:25 BST (UK)

It is on a 1915 Marriage Certificate

acceber

Title: Re: Help with Signature
Post by: GR2 on Tuesday 10 May 11 20:41 BST (UK)

Don't worry too much about the spelling. People were often inconsistent. She might even be an Emeline on her birth certificate!

Graham.

Title: Re: Help with Signature
Post by: Redroger on Wednesday 11 May 11 15:00 BST (UK)

Since Emily and variants was a popular Christian name at that period, I think we can assume it is one of those. To return to my original point, it is not 18th century then.