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Offline Frank2

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Help deciphering name
« on: Monday 23 March 15 04:23 GMT (UK) »
Hi everyone,

I ordered a death record and I am not able to decipher the writing in the "Mother's Name" field. I'm hoping someone here can give me a hand. Every possibility I think of is incredibly odd and doesn't sound like any kind of name I've heard of, or even like it would be a name. I've attached a picture of the relevant part of the document; hopefully the photo is of high enough quality. The photocopy I received isn't the highest quality in the first place, so that doesn't really help matters. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks. :)


Peterson, Denison, Dennison, Higgins, Bradbury, Collins, McGinnis, Boland, Bradbury, Hawkins, Carey, Linny, Cunningham, Taylor, Orr, McDonald, Hyatt, Weissenfels, Stone, Cole, Myrick, Clark

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Re: Help deciphering name
« Reply #1 on: Monday 23 March 15 04:50 GMT (UK) »

I read it as Hester Hawkins :)

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Re: Help deciphering name
« Reply #2 on: Monday 23 March 15 04:57 GMT (UK) »
Ditto  :)
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 deciphering name
« Reply #3 on: Monday 23 March 15 05:00 GMT (UK) »
Thank you, I think that's right. I just looked it up and apparently Hester is a name (I've never heard it before, haha). Thank you both for the replies.
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Re: Help deciphering name
« Reply #4 on: Monday 23 March 15 08:25 GMT (UK) »
You will find the name Hester as Esther/Ester and as Easter,so be prepared for all versions  ;D
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Re: Help deciphering name
« Reply #5 on: Monday 23 March 15 08:31 GMT (UK) »
Agree with all of the above. Hester/Esther seem almost interchangable - it possibly depended on whoever recorded the event as to what he thought he heard an his interpretation.  :)
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