Handwriting help, please

[Ewan]

Hello Gadget

Looks like you were on the right lines with the Scottish theme, something else I have learnt 'Jean' also being a Scottish name

Actually, 'Lewis' has a Scottish feel, I think that crossed my mind when I first came across this ancestor.

Many thanks
Ewan

    

[Gadget]

Hello Gadget

Looks like you were on the right lines with the Scottish theme, something else I have learnt 'Jean' also being a Scottish name

Actually, 'Lewis' has a Scottish feel, I think that crossed my mind when I first came across this ancestor.

Many thanks
Ewan

     

Lewis can also be Welsh 

Oh dear, I'm making things more complicated 

Gadget

[Ewan]

Well, the bloke she married had a very Welsh sounding name - 'Thomas Davis'
born in Chiswick.

Ewan

[throckenholt]

I have heaps of Davis/Davies who come from Wiltshire - so not necessarily a Welsh connection.

I think the Jean is a red herring - looks more like Isaac to me.  And beware witnesses were often the same person for most marriages in a church - sometimes a church warden of something similar.

[Ewan]

Yes, I have experienced church wardens being witnesses before.  As this one I was trying to see if there was any connection with the newly married couple and the witnesses.  I went to the record office, found the marriage and there was loads of the same witnesses for other marriages.  Looked like rent-a-witness.

Thanks for your ideas much appreciated.
Ewan

[carol8353]

Ewan

Just in from work and cream cakes sounds good to me.

Don't drink tea though- but a cold beer would be nice 

Carol

[Ewan]

Hello everyone

The response regarding the handwriting problem has been brilliant, so thank you to everyone that chipped in with advice and ideas.

I phoned up the Hammersmith and Fulham Archives today and on looking at the original, handwriting still very dodgy, the lady told me that she would have said that the first witness was a Daniel Rothwell/Bothwell and the second witness was a Jean Heather.  So three cheers for all those of you that said any of those names .  She also said that she had a look around at other marriages and could not see those witnesses again, so in my amatuer interpretation they were not from 'rent-a-witness'.   This very helpful lady also said that there were a lot people with the surname of 'Heathers' in that area.  Finally, she did say that  'Jean' was a Scottish name.  Finally again she said that on the top of the original she was looking at, regarding the banns Great Grimsby had been crossed through, but she added she didn't know whether this was relevant  to where the banns were or not.

Thank you all again .
Ewan

[Gadget]

Oh I'm so glad it's a Scottish Jean, Ewan   

I'll now go and lookfor some Heathers on SP.

Gadget

[carol8353]

No Daniel Bothwell's but 4 Rothwell's.

Have mailed Ewan separately with the info.....no Maria Lewis's nearby though.

Carol