Witness Signature

[sami]

Hello Chatters:

Can anyone help with this Witness signature on an 1828 marriage in Aston on Trent in Derbyshire? It's not a surname of either the Groom or Bride and I couldn't find it anywhere else in the register.

It looks like it starts with a 'K' and ends with a 'y' but that's as far as I can get.

sami

[mckha489]

Perhaps Dunwoody? For the surname.
I can’t think what the forename is.

[sami]

Perhaps Dunwoody? For the surname.
I can’t think what the forename is.

Yes, it could be a ‘D’ - I wondered if the surname began with a ‘P’ because of the downstroke.

[sparrett]

I see Dunsworthy

[shanreagh]

I see Dunwoody.

[sami]

Thank you all for your suggestions.

I've tried looking it up using different spellings on FreeReg and FamilySearch but no luck so far. Might just leave it as Dunwoody/Dunsworthy? and hope that the name will turn up somewhere else.

I've not even made a guess on the first name so will just leave it blank for now.

sami

[Karen McDonald]

Without looking at the other replies, I saw Dunsworthy, but on closer inspection I think that the "w" is stretched and that it is/could be Dunworthy without an "s".

Heaven knows what the first name is! 

Best regards,
Karen

Edit: I keep seeing "Kasside".

Another thing which crossed my mind: Does the "de" bit on the end belong to the first word, or could it be a (French) Somethingorother de Thingybob name?!

[sami]

Thanks for those ideas Karen. For now I'll leave it at Dun(s)worthy or Dun(s)woody. Have even decided to throw Pensworthy into the mix. Just have to wait and see if it ever turns up again and is easier to read. Other than starting with a 'K' the first name is a mystery.

sami

[arthurk]

I wondered if the first name might be Hannah.