Help to Decipher Birth Certificate

[chessiepops]

I've received a copy of Elizabeth Hoadley's birth certificate and I believe she was the younger sister of my 2 x great grandmother Sarah Hoadley.  I really hoped that by finding the maiden name of her mother it would open up some new research.  Unfortunately I can not read it.  I would be grateful if there is anyone out there who could give it a go and come up with some ideas.  Thanks.

[Tati]

Hi Chessie,

Furmenger maybe?

[kerryb]

I think I agree with Tati, the F certainly looks similar to that at the beginning of Father.

Furmenger

Kerry

[PaulineJ]

Agreed. Furmenger/ Furminger .

Pauline

[chessiepops]

Thanks to you all for your ideas.  I'll try that for a start.  Any more ideas welcome.

[Mean_genie]

Furmenger/Furminger. It's a Kent/Sussex/Surrey name, and is often spelled Firminger/Firminger etc - I have found dozens of different spellings, some of them one-off typos, but essentially varaitions on F*RM*G*R. The asterisks can represent pretty much any vowel, including Y is early versions, and there may or may not be N before the G (or even instead of it). All of this means that the variants do not appear next to each other in the alphabet, although as far as I know it never starts with PH!

Where and when did the birth take place?

Mean_genie

[Maggie.]

I agree also - Furmenger/Furminger 

Maggie

[chessiepops]

Hi, In reply to Mean Genie's reply.  The birth took place at Heavy Waters in Chadwell which is just north of the river.    The Hoadley family were travellers/romanies in Essex & Kent - her siblings were born in Hartney Wintney & Romford.  Thanks.

[boosbuddy]

Hi,

I have today rec'd a birth certificate for Samson Hoadley(Hodley) with Sarah F? as mother and James as father.Samson Hoadley is my husband's Great Great Grandfather.Have you had any luck with the Furminger/Firminger name?

Sam