Another conundrum! The name on the back of this photograph??

[scotmum]

I hadn't realised that the actual photo on reverse was a 'post mortem' one of a child until I inadvertently viewed it when clicking through to a site on google, so appreciate now why you only posted the back of it.  Perhaps a 'warning' in the thread title will prevent folks, when working on the search, from doing as I did (or at least give them the chance to choose to view it or not).

Regarding the first name, I read it, before seeing others thoughts or any of the web links, as 'Tobie', and wonder if perhaps this was a family 'pet' name for him, with perhaps Tobias as part of his full name, but not necessarily his first name.

[Ruskie]

The dates are 1871 to 1875.

I was curious about what was on the front of the photo. Can you please provide a link?

[scotmum]

The dates are 1871 to 1875.

Yes, but not having come across and/or remembered about the Victorian 'fad' for 'post mortem' photos of children, I had assumed it was a picture of a living child, that had been sent to someone to remember him by and let them know of his death.

Whilst the original post did say

I won't tell you its subject matter (perhaps you can guess from the 'In loving memory of...

the hint was perhaps not clear enough.
 

[Ruskie]

It does say born 1871. Died 1875. 

Are you able to provide a link please? If not, I will do some searching later.

[PTRACER]

The link is in post #6 on the previous page.

[DavidG02]

Looking at other letters for similarities I see the 'ie' in died is similar to the last 2 letters of the name. I can also see a similarity between the H in March and what could be either a B or an H in the name.

Tobie is as good a guess as any other but I would then thought Toby would have been a preferred spelling.

[loobylooayr]

My thoughts also were Tobie Milne.
Could be as scotsmum has suggested that Tobie was a pet name.
Strange that we are all having no joy finding a candidate.
Are we sure the child was male?

Looby

[arthurk]

I'm wondering if it's .....'s Mite (as in wee child) - in which case finding a name may be almost impossible.

[AlexMcK]

Could it be 'Jobie' as in a pet name of Job? There is a christening registration for 19th February 1871, York / Guisborough for Job Taylor Miles at FamilySearch. It would tie in with what appears to be a birth date of January 26th, 1871 on the card (possibly!)

Jobie is also, though a little unusual, a girl's name

Alex