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Title: Decipher Handwritig
Post by: maizcl on Sunday 01 December 13 09:29 GMT (UK)
Help!! Could someone decipher the witness surname for Sophia on this marriage certificate please.
Title: Re: Decipher Handwritig
Post by: jusnoneed on Sunday 01 December 13 09:53 GMT (UK)
Hi, looks like Wetherill to me.
Di
Title: Re: Decipher Handwritig
Post by: maizcl on Sunday 01 December 13 22:49 GMT (UK)
Hello Di
Thank you for your suggestion.  I will try Wetherill.
Regards Kaye.
Title: Re: Decipher Handwritig
Post by: sami on Monday 02 December 13 00:12 GMT (UK)
Hi:

I've been puzzling over this and wonder if it begins with - Cos

Also wonder if it ends with either - ite / ide

and finally, maybe has in the middle - th

But I can't seem to put it together into a name that works  ::) I'll interested in seeing what others decide.

sami
Title: Re: Decipher Handwritig
Post by: Jool on Monday 02 December 13 00:28 GMT (UK)
Sami, I have been thinking along the same lines, Cos at the beginning, th in the middle and maybe rde at the end. It could be a dotted i near the end or a mark on the paper

But somehow I don't think Costherde is a realistic name  ::)

Title: Re: Decipher Handwritig
Post by: Bookbox on Monday 02 December 13 01:16 GMT (UK)
I would agree that the name on this GRO certificate reads WETHERILL.

But the online image of the entry in the church marriage register, showing the original signatures, has WETHERILT.

In the 1851 census, she may be the Sophia WETHERILT aged 17 living with parents and siblings at 5 Chapel Street West, St George Hanover Square.
HO107/1476 f 301 p 18
Title: Re: Decipher Handwritig
Post by: sami on Monday 02 December 13 02:22 GMT (UK)
Quote from: sami on Monday 02 December 13 00:12 GMT (UK)
….and finally, maybe has in the middle - th

Glad to see that I got the middle right  ;)

sami
Title: Re: Decipher Handwritig
Post by: maizcl on Monday 02 December 13 06:07 GMT (UK)
Hello Sami, Jool and Bookbox.  Thank you for your suggestions.
Wetherill didn't work so I will try Wetherilt.  Will let you know if it works.
Cheers
Kaye
Title: Re: Decipher Handwritig
Post by: maizcl on Tuesday 10 December 13 23:53 GMT (UK)
Wetherilt it is!

Thanks everyone for your suggestions.  Have a wonderful Xmas and New Year.
Kaye
Title: Re: Decipher Handwritig COMPLETED
Post by: maizcl on Tuesday 10 December 13 23:57 GMT (UK)
Quote from: maizcl on Sunday 01 December 13 09:29 GMT (UK)
Help!! Could someone decipher the witness surname for Sophia on this marriage certificate please.
Title: Re: Decipher Handwritig COMPLETED
Post by: maizcl on Tuesday 10 December 13 23:58 GMT (UK)
Quote from: maizcl on Sunday 01 December 13 09:29 GMT (UK)
Help!! Could someone decipher the witness surname for Sophia on this marriage certificate please.