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christian name help....
« on: Wednesday 25 November 09 15:36 GMT (UK) »
Can anyone help me work out the name of this person(female) who was a witness to a marriage back in 1915 in Wigton, cumberland? Have been searching for a while with no luck ???
roast-west ham,essex
kewin-isle of man,barrow in furness
cumberbatch-barrow in furness
brown-isle of man,barrow in furness
paterson-dumfries
Park-cumbria
Paisley-cumbria

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Re: christian name help....
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 25 November 09 15:50 GMT (UK) »
...Well it obviously looks like Guan  but I have never heard of such a name!
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Re: christian name help....
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 25 November 09 15:51 GMT (UK) »
There is a marriage of a Guan Smith on FreeBMD, in Uttoxeter in 1882.

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Re: christian name help....
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 25 November 09 15:56 GMT (UK) »
I have been looking through some records from the area to see if it could be similar to something else - needless to say i havnt been able to come up with anything.
 I will have a look at the one you have come up with in Uttoxeter.
As far as i am aware they are not related but with it being such an usual name i just had to try and find out what i could about them.
Thanks for your help ;)
roast-west ham,essex
kewin-isle of man,barrow in furness
cumberbatch-barrow in furness
brown-isle of man,barrow in furness
paterson-dumfries
Park-cumbria
Paisley-cumbria


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Re: christian name help....
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 25 November 09 16:03 GMT (UK) »
I see she signed with her mark.

If you say Guan out loud it sounds like June
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Re: christian name help....
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 25 November 09 16:08 GMT (UK) »
Forget that! Theere aren't ant Junes on FreeBMD  :-\
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Re: christian name help....
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 25 November 09 16:10 GMT (UK) »
Does look like Guan but could it have been Gwen (and writer couldn't spell it)?
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Re: christian name help....
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 25 November 09 16:41 GMT (UK) »
Looks like Guan!  Could be a strange spelling of Jan, Gwen (as aghadowey has said), Guyan (which I've actually only seen as a surname)...

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Re: christian name help....
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 28 November 09 16:37 GMT (UK) »
Wonder if the witness name is Guan Smith his mark?

There is a HUBERT GUAN SMITH age 27 in Ashton under Lyne Lancashire in the 1911 census 

Jean
McGurn, Stables, Harris, Owens, Bellis, Stackhouse, Darwent, Co(o)mbe