Witness name help pls Completed tks

[Lady Di]

Can anyone work out what this guy's name is please.

I'm assuming his first name is Thos......... (something)

Thanks for your help

Di

[PrueM]

Hi Di

That's a nasty one isn't it?!

My first impression is that it's either "Black" or "Bewick" 

Cheers
Prue

[Lady Di]

Yes it is pretty horrible Prue - thanks for your suggestions.

I agree that it starts with a B..... but after that, your guess is as good and mine 

It was transcribed as Bligh, but I can't see that 

Cheers

Di

[PrueM]

I thought Black with a very open-topped a and a tiny c...I'm not sure whether the dot near the k is the dot on an i or just a blemish 

Can't see Bligh, though.

[Lady Di]

Looks like Blhik to me but that doesn't make sense

Not too sure about those dots either

Confusing, to say the least

Di

[msv]

which year and whereabouts was the wedding ?

It may be a relative or a neighbour, maybe the census can help ?


mark v

[Lady Di]

Good idea there Mark but the wedding was in 1891 in Sydney Australia 

I'm in the process of going through all the surnames starting with B .... and possibly ending in "K" in NSW but it's a long hard slow road I've chosen!

Was trying to make life a little bit easier 

Di

[majm]

Di,

I will go through Sands Directory for Sydney 1890 starting with Bl  and see what I can find .... hopefully he lived locally....

I will post some possible surnames for others to consider, back soon 

Cheers,  JM

[Lady Di]

Thanks JM - I've been through the 1901 NSW census and can't find a name that looks like that.

Still looking ....