Can't decipher name on Scottish marraige record

[dom3merlin]

I am needing some help in transcribing the names on this record. The bride and groom and his parents are easy enough. But the bride's mothers maiden name is unreadable. Looks like Bloxhaum to me ... Any other ideas? According to a census return Matilda B. McKay was born in Ireland circa 1821.

Dom

[carol8353]

Bloxham or Bloxburn?

Carol

[snaptoo]

I would agree with Bloxham.

snaptoo

[Maggie1895]

I turned it into the 'Paint edit' option because sometimes it's easier to read or trace that way, and I think like Carol it could be either Bloxham or Bloxburn if they put a curl on the top of the lower case 'b'.

[Geoff-E]

Scotland's People has exactly zero BLOXBURN events ... ever.  A few dozen BLOXHAMs but not too many.

The name BLOXHAM is centred on Warwickshire in England http://gbnames.publicprofiler.org/Map.aspx?name=BLOXHAM&year=1881&altyear=1998&country=GB&type=name

[Rena]

I've had a look in an online book with the search term:

"Irish Surnames"

http://www.archive.org/

Only one result which was; ... for the guidance of Registration Office .....

I opened the book & searched for "Blox" ;

two surnames were listed, which were "Bloxham" and "Bloxsom"

[Maggie1895]

What was the bride's christian name?    I'm trying to work out the style of forming some of the letters

[Geoff-E]

What was the bride's christian name?    I'm trying to work out the style of forming some of the letters

Jessie isn't it?

[Maggie1895]

Geoff, that's what I was seeing, but wanted to be sure I was looking at the letters properly, there's quite a high up stroke on the 's' in Jessie.   Agree with you, I did a quick SP Search, ditto the pilot site for Ireland, and couldn't find anyone with the Bloxburn name at all