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Offline rebeccaclaire86

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Surname of Witness
« on: Sunday 12 June 16 10:19 BST (UK) »
I'm hoping that tracing the witnesses of my ancestors marriage might help me trace them back a bit further, however I'm really struggling to decipher the second witness Sarah's surname.  My best guess is Konlham which doesn't seem right! Any ideas?  I could use a second pair of eyes!

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Re: Surname of Witness
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 12 June 16 10:22 BST (UK) »
It looks as if her surname has been overwritten!  Could it perhaps be Fordham underneath?
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Re: Surname of Witness
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 12 June 16 10:28 BST (UK) »
Northham??

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Re: Surname of Witness
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 12 June 16 10:33 BST (UK) »
Definitely _ordham

The first letter doesn't look like an F to me, could be K or wonky N, although not sure Kordham is a name.

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Re: Surname of Witness
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 12 June 16 10:55 BST (UK) »
I thought that might be the top or middle (horizontal) pencilled stroke of an F underneath. Maybe it's a T, or something else with a horizontal stroke??

But yes,  Kordham is a name.
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Re: Surname of Witness
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 12 June 16 11:36 BST (UK) »
Who are the bride and groom and when/where did the marriage take place?
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Re: Surname of Witness
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 12 June 16 11:37 BST (UK) »
Quote from: jaybelnz on Sunday 12 June 16 10:55 BST (UK)
But yes,  Kordham is a name.

There is not a single instance of it in FreeBMD  :-\
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Re: Surname of Witness
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 12 June 16 11:48 BST (UK) »
It looks to me like "fordham" (with lower-case "f").

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Re: Surname of Witness
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 12 June 16 11:56 BST (UK) »
If you give the date and the location it may help to find her in a census or other record.

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