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Title: Help with surname
Post by: thumperrabbit on Thursday 09 May 13 07:19 BST (UK)
Can anyone decipher this surname please?

Title: Re: Help with surname
Post by: youngtug on Thursday 09 May 13 07:24 BST (UK)
I would say Pearey
Title: Re: Help with surname
Post by: carol8353 on Thursday 09 May 13 07:55 BST (UK)
Quote from: youngtug on Thursday 09 May 13 07:24 BST (UK)
I would say Pearey

Me too  ;D
Title: Re: Help with surname
Post by: lizdb on Thursday 09 May 13 08:49 BST (UK)
Pearcy?
Title: Re: Help with surname
Post by: Wiggy on Thursday 09 May 13 08:53 BST (UK)
Pearcy?

Got some Percy/Piercy/Pearcy/Piercey in my family!!  Very confusing.  When and where does this record come from??

Wiggy
Title: Re: Help with surname
Post by: youngtug on Thursday 09 May 13 09:11 BST (UK)
Because of the P being slightly unusual I checked FreeBMD and saw that Pearey seems to be predominate in the north/north-east of England. 
Title: Re: Help with surname
Post by: miriamkinga on Thursday 09 May 13 09:17 BST (UK)
I agree with Liz & Wiggy - Pearcy - the second letter looks more like c than e - less of a loop.

Best wishes

Maria  :)
Title: Re: Help with surname
Post by: Pels. on Thursday 09 May 13 09:29 BST (UK)

Quote from: miriamkinga on Thursday 09 May 13 09:17 BST (UK)
I agree with Liz & Wiggy - Pearcy - the second letter looks more like c than e - less of a loop.

Best wishes

Maria  :)

In full agreement with you and the others, Maria. :)

Pearcy from me too.

Pels.
Title: Re: Help with surname
Post by: thumperrabbit on Thursday 09 May 13 10:10 BST (UK)
Thanks, its a farmer in Edinburgh in 1880's , quite unusual name for that area but could be spelt wrong.

Thanks for everyones help.
Title: Re: Help with surname
Post by: Whipby on Friday 10 May 13 21:26 BST (UK)
In my junior school there was a teacher called Miss Pearcy.  She pronounced it Pee - er - see, so it may be an alternative spelling to Piercy.

Just a thought  :)
Title: Re: Help with surname
Post by: genjen on Friday 10 May 13 22:18 BST (UK)
My instinctive response was Pearcy.

Jen :)