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Title: Witness Signature
Post by: sami on Sunday 24 May 20 01:44 BST (UK)

Hello Chatters:

Can anyone help with this Witness signature on an 1828 marriage in Aston on Trent in Derbyshire? It's not a surname of either the Groom or Bride and I couldn't find it anywhere else in the register.

It looks like it starts with a 'K' and ends with a 'y' but that's as far as I can get.

sami

Title: Re: Witness Signature
Post by: mckha489 on Sunday 24 May 20 02:51 BST (UK)

Perhaps Dunwoody? For the surname.
I can’t think what the forename is.

Title: Re: Witness Signature
Post by: sami on Sunday 24 May 20 03:09 BST (UK)

Quote from: Mckha489 on Sunday 24 May 20 02:51 BST (UK)

Perhaps Dunwoody? For the surname.
I can’t think what the forename is.

Yes, it could be a ‘D’ - I wondered if the surname began with a ‘P’ because of the downstroke.

Title: Re: Witness Signature
Post by: sparrett on Sunday 24 May 20 03:48 BST (UK)

I see Dunsworthy

Title: Re: Witness Signature
Post by: shanreagh on Sunday 24 May 20 06:27 BST (UK)

I see Dunwoody.

Title: Re: Witness Signature
Post by: sami on Sunday 24 May 20 17:42 BST (UK)

Thank you all for your suggestions.

I've tried looking it up using different spellings on FreeReg and FamilySearch but no luck so far. Might just leave it as Dunwoody/Dunsworthy? and hope that the name will turn up somewhere else.

I've not even made a guess on the first name so will just leave it blank for now.

sami

Title: Re: Witness Signature
Post by: Karen McDonald on Monday 25 May 20 11:29 BST (UK)

Without looking at the other replies, I saw Dunsworthy, but on closer inspection I think that the "w" is stretched and that it is/could be Dunworthy without an "s".

Heaven knows what the first name is!  ???

Best regards,
Karen

Edit: I keep seeing "Kasside".

Another thing which crossed my mind: Does the "de" bit on the end belong to the first word, or could it be a (French) Somethingorother de Thingybob name?!

Title: Re: Witness Signature
Post by: sami on Monday 25 May 20 17:30 BST (UK)

Thanks for those ideas Karen. For now I'll leave it at Dun(s)worthy or Dun(s)woody. Have even decided to throw Pensworthy into the mix. Just have to wait and see if it ever turns up again and is easier to read. Other than starting with a 'K' the first name is a mystery.

sami

Title: Re: Witness Signature
Post by: arthurk on Monday 25 May 20 19:37 BST (UK)

I wondered if the first name might be Hannah.

Title: Re: Witness Signature
Post by: Sueinfy on Monday 25 May 20 23:21 BST (UK)

I believe it is Thomas de ...  pensworthy or dunsworthy
it may help if you can post the document

Title: Re: Witness Signature
Post by: sami on Tuesday 26 May 20 00:33 BST (UK)

Quote from: Sueinfy on Monday 25 May 20 23:21 BST (UK)

I believe it is Thomas de ...  pensworthy or dunsworthy

Thomas looks possible, and the de (also suggested by Karen) also looks more likely. Not sure it would help to post the whole document since this is the witness’s own signature and there is no other name or writing like this on the document or in the registry book.

Thank you all, every suggestion makes you look at it differently.

sami