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Offline clairhaines

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Help decifering a surname
« on: Friday 14 September 12 11:39 BST (UK) »
Hello

I need help decifering the surname of an ancestor.

The attached file is from her marriage certificate.

I have also copied her fathers name, in case this helps.

Looking up Australia BDM, her death certificate has her as "Hassettt". But I dont think this is right.

She was born in 1845 in County Clare, Ireland.


Thanks

Clair
Ireland - McMullen/McMullin, Noonan, McNamara, Moore, Ogle,
Grenada to SA and Vic - Hain, Hains, Haines (Victoria)
Redman (Sussex to Victoria, Australia)
Dalgleish (Scotland and then onto Victoria, Australia)
Palmer (?? to Sth Aust to Victoria)

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Re: Help decifering a surname
« Reply #1 on: Friday 14 September 12 11:51 BST (UK) »
Hi Clair  :)

Mary Hassett

Roger Hassett

Anne Minogue

Was it the spelling that made you think this was not right? (Don't be put off by the now archaic way of writing ss-  even though it does look like another letter!)

Cheers, Ann
Devir/Dever/Diver, O'Donnell, Sweeney, Doherty/Dogherty/Docherty( DON), Flanagan (Newry, DOW), Hennessy (Ballybunion, KER), Nally (Ballinacarrick,WEM) Meer (Paradise, Ballynagard, CLA) McKinnon, McLeod, Beaton, McLennan, (Skye, inc. Raasay) Christie (Dunblane & Glasgow) Wilson, Swan, Orr, (Airdrie)  Marshall (Burnley LAN/Stockport CHS) Burcham, Chamberlain, Crisp, Cone, Hewitt, Everard, Williamson, Jermy, Wade (NFK/SFK) Bell (CUL) Baglee & var. (DUR)

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Re: Help decifering a surname
« Reply #2 on: Friday 14 September 12 11:54 BST (UK) »
Thanks - the "ss" was definately hard to understand.
Ireland - McMullen/McMullin, Noonan, McNamara, Moore, Ogle,
Grenada to SA and Vic - Hain, Hains, Haines (Victoria)
Redman (Sussex to Victoria, Australia)
Dalgleish (Scotland and then onto Victoria, Australia)
Palmer (?? to Sth Aust to Victoria)

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Re: Help decifering a surname
« Reply #3 on: Friday 14 September 12 11:56 BST (UK) »
'ss' which looks as if written as 'fs' is known as long s-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_s
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