What's the name?!

[Hobbit Frodo]

Hi,

I have just downloaded another family will from the good old PCC but I can't work out a surname mentioned in it! The will is for Deborah smith and she mentions her brother the late Rev. Thomas Smith and his will and then leaves everything to her niece Margaret ?. This is where I can't figure out the surname! I have copied a little section of the will where Margaret's name appears twice. If anyone can give me any thoughts about the name this would be very helpful as it might help us uncover a bit more of the Smiths!

many thanks

Frodo

[lizdb]

tricky

looks like  _uirhoth

and the first letter is very similar to the T of Thomas

but Tuirhoth? never heard of it!

When and where is the action taking place?

[Mike in Cumbria]

I can't make it out but I wonder whether it's a surname at all. Could it be Margaret's middle name - Margaret Ethelberta, or something?

Mike

[veeblevort]

Culcheth?

vv.

[Mike in Cumbria]

When and where is the action taking place?

I think that's the key to this one.

[Hobbit Frodo]

Oh sorry yes should have said dates! Deborah died in 1825 (her brother died in 1820). Any of the suggested names are possible! I am not aware of any particular middle name cropping up as a 'family thing' other than Viney (there are two Margaret Viney Smiths on another branch of the family and Deborah's mother was Margaret Smith nee Viney) this doesn't look like that though. It's infuriating!

Thanks for the suggestions, much appreciated. 

[Hobbit Frodo]

Oh and all the action is taking place in Parkstone, Poole, Dorset. Interestingly though Deborah is buried back in her familial territory of Sturminster Marshall in another part of Dorset.

[genjen]

Culcheth?

vv.

Or Tulcheth - I was going along the same lines but see the firts letter as a T?

Jen

[Hobbit Frodo]

I just looked up 'Tulcheth Dorset' on google and it said did I mean 'Culcheth'. I did wonder if it was a T or a C. Looking at more word in the document I think it could well be a C as there are tiny differences between the way they're written. I have never ehard of the surname before! It's be a miracle to finally have an ancestor with an unusual surname, my lot are all Smiths, Edwards, Taylors and Duttons so far, nightmare bunch!!!