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Title: can anyone decipher this middle name?
Post by: dicko99 on Sunday 25 May 25 10:38 BST (UK)
It's on the back of an old photo I bought yesterday.

The photograph was based on Newsham, near Blyth.

Thanks,
Richard
Title: Re: can anyone decipher this middle name?
Post by: tillypeg on Sunday 25 May 25 10:45 BST (UK)
Menear.  This is a common surname in Cornwall.
Title: Re: can anyone decipher this middle name?
Post by: trish1120 on Sunday 25 May 25 10:47 BST (UK)
I agree.
Title: Re: can anyone decipher this middle name?
Post by: Gadget on Sunday 25 May 25 10:54 BST (UK)
Quote
The photograph was based on Newsham, near Blyth

Cornwall is a long way from Blyth! 

Title: Re: can anyone decipher this middle name?
Post by: trish1120 on Sunday 25 May 25 10:59 BST (UK)
1901 has a Nellie Minnear born 1893 Newsham**, Northumberland
She married Robert G French 1910 as Eleanor Mennear
Remarried 1916 to William Collins.

EDIT 1911 living at Willow Tnce Newsham Northd

Title: Re: can anyone decipher this middle name?
Post by: Gadget on Sunday 25 May 25 11:00 BST (UK)
Various censuses show quite a few Menear' surnames (and variations) in Newsham. Blyth.
Title: Re: can anyone decipher this middle name?
Post by: dicko99 on Sunday 25 May 25 11:05 BST (UK)
Quote from: trish1120 on Sunday 25 May 25 10:59 BST (UK)
1901 has a Nellie Minnear born 1893 Newsham**, Northumberland
She married Robert G French 1910 as Eleanor Mennear
Remarried 1916 to William Collins.
That looks about right.
Title: Re: can anyone decipher this middle name?
Post by: trish1120 on Sunday 25 May 25 11:06 BST (UK)
Beautiful photo and woman.
Both times she married older men.
Title: Re: can anyone decipher this middle name?
Post by: Gadget on Sunday 25 May 25 11:26 BST (UK)
Quote from: trish1120 on Sunday 25 May 25 10:59 BST (UK)
1901 has a Nellie Minnear born 1893 Newsham**, Northumberland
She married Robert G French 1910 as Eleanor Mennear
Remarried 1916 to William Collins.

Note that her parents were both born in Cornwall.

It could be that her father (coal miner - hewer) moved from the Cornish mines to the Northimberland coal mines.

Add - birthplace looks like St Austell  - most famous for  china clay but  also tin and copper
Title: Re: can anyone decipher this middle name?
Post by: dicko99 on Sunday 25 May 25 11:31 BST (UK)
The photo must date from between her two marriages give the "French" surname on the back.

Thanks everyone, I'm off to create a mini tree for her!

Regards,
Richard