Any Idea's for Surname

[sami]

I'm wondering if there are two letters combined with one of them being a capital C.

Would it help to show a larger section of the record? What does the P in Pennsylvania Avenue look like?

sami

[shanreagh]

Is the name Caradis?

[dobfarm]

Looks like ' Sister Iris Faradis '

[shanreagh]

Hi, Are you able to give us a bit more context please.  You've said the time period is 1914- 1932? But if this is a form that is filled out for a visitor won't the exact date be known?
Family Search has the 1940 census and also there is a 1925 NY city census.  A Google search on the address shows that the building there now is an apartment building built approx 1930. 

From the writing it looks to me that it is 'American'. See the S & M that begin Sister and Mrs. if it is a US official writing it rather than the person visiting then the name could be any number of variations ie may not end in 'is' but 'us' or 'os'

[Ruskie]

My vote is for Sister Mrs Paradis.

[shanreagh]

My vote is for Sister Mrs Paradis.

Yes I agree but it would help us to help the poster if some context was given.....even another part of the record she is looking at such as the 'P' in Pennsylvania Avenue as suggested by Sami above.

[majm]

My vote is for Sister Mrs Paradis.

Mine too, BUT ....

May I ask about the line immediately below (ie the line that is NOT displayed)…. How much of the penmanship of that hidden entry has merged in with the line we are looking at?     I am fairly confident it reads Sister Mrs followed by the surname of Mrs …………. But the Capital letter of that surname is confusing. 

So, are there other examples on that same page for the words:
Sister
Mrs
And for the capital letters  of each of the letters of the Alphabet?      

The second letter of that surname is ‘a’
The third letter of that surname is likely ‘r’ as in Sister, but could be ‘n’  or ‘v’
The fourth letter is ‘a’
The fifth letter could be ‘d’ but it could also be ‘s’
The sixth letter is ‘i’ with its dot nearly to the 3
The seveth letter is ‘s’

Cheers,  JM

[Ruskie]

I agree that some more examples of the writing/letters would be very useful.

However, I also think that sometimes analysing and comparing letter by letter with others written by the same hand may not help. It can happen that the same hand can form (the same) letters differently elsewhere in the document or even in the same words.

But yes, it is still good to compare where possible.

[majm]

 

Its the flourishes in that surname that's confusing 

Cheers,  JM