Any Idea's for Surname

[Ruskie]

Agreed. I tried to work out how the (possible) first letter 'P' was formed but can't manage to do so. 

[sami]

Agreed. I tried to work out how the (possible) first letter 'P' was formed but can't manage to do so. 

That's why I began to wonder if it was two letters combined. I would like to see the first letter in Pennsylvania but Sandra hasn't been back yet.

sami

[majm]

I think there's two separate strokes.

I think the first one starts where my red arrow mark shows

I think the next stroke starts where my blue arrow mark shows and I think it continues UP through the first stroke, and then turns DOWN where my green arrow shows, and then works itself back into and through that first stroke and then out again

Which of course is why I am finding it confusing....

Please excuse my poor puter paint job.   I am far more familiar with my own pen and ink but fascinated with this particular flourish. 

Cheers JM

[Ruskie]

That is how I thought the letter was formed too JM. To me it seemed an odd place to begin second stroke.

[sami]

It makes sense when you show it that way JM, but doesn't it seem like a cumbersome way to form the letter?

[majm]

Yes, very cumbersome....  Its that very cumbersomeness that is confusing me. 

 

JM

[shanreagh]

If you follow this link you will see an example of a type of US handwriting called the Palmer Style. Look at the P. Also R. 

https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=american+handwriting+styles&biw=1680&bih=852&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=bUv5VJhJxrubBZmvgZgH&ved=0CBsQsAQ#imgdii=_&imgrc=ZIWkRdumx5fd8M%253A%3B3Ef5Qxls7zjSUM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.sheilalowe.com%252Fimages%252FPalmer.gif%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.sheilalowe.com%252Fsupport.php%3B1716%3B1164

[shanreagh]

Perhaps P Caradis. Or Carradis just 'cos there is a Lillie B Holmes born in England in 1877 died California in 1966 whose mother was a Carradis according to Family Search. 

Getting desperate!