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Offline Ian Nelson

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Re: Help to decipher this name please!
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 16 March 22 09:44 GMT (UK) »
try Fawe. can you search for ' Fa* ' ?
Norfolk, Nelsons of Gt Ryburgh, Gooch, Howman, COLLISONS of Norfolk and Auchlunie Aberdeen ,  Ainger, Couzens, Batrick (Norfolk & Dorset), Tubby of Poringland, Norwich ( also of Yorkshire) Cathcarts of Dublin, Ireland, Lancashire & Isle of Wight) Dickinsons of Morecambe and Lancaster, Wilson of Poulton-le-Sands and Broughton.  Wilson - Ffrance of Rawcliffe,  Mitchells of Isle of Wight. Hair of Ayrshire, Williamson of Tradeston, Glasgow. Nelsons in Australia with Great Ryburgh and Haywards Heath

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Re: Help to decipher this name please!
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 16 March 22 09:56 GMT (UK) »
I don't think there is an "i" in it because he clearly shows certain punctuation dots when needed. The only dot I can see that could constitute a dotted "i" in this is too high up the signature.

The letter "F" like suggested before is a real contender based on the other document you provided, I think it's a marriage certificate. There is evidence of the same written "F" on that document so it may be wise to analyse the way other letters and words are written in the same church by the same priest or documents your comparing at least for extra clues.

Watch it be something totally different lol. 🙂
Brinsley -
(marple, derbyshire)

Dace -
(cannock, staffordshire)
(altrincham, cheshire)
(detroit, michigan)(canada)(usa)

Longson -
(derbyshire)

Tattersall -
(rossendale, lancashire)

Townley -
(livesey, blackburn, lancashire)
(greater manchester)

Winfindale -
(burton upon trent, staffordshire)

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Re: Help to decipher this name please!
« Reply #11 on: Wednesday 16 March 22 10:01 GMT (UK) »
Strangely,  there is a FAWE Street leading shortly to Devons Road in London.
the 3 images all look different, r n,  m,  w
The initial letter could be T or F
I'm betting on FAWE, cheers, Ian
Norfolk, Nelsons of Gt Ryburgh, Gooch, Howman, COLLISONS of Norfolk and Auchlunie Aberdeen ,  Ainger, Couzens, Batrick (Norfolk & Dorset), Tubby of Poringland, Norwich ( also of Yorkshire) Cathcarts of Dublin, Ireland, Lancashire & Isle of Wight) Dickinsons of Morecambe and Lancaster, Wilson of Poulton-le-Sands and Broughton.  Wilson - Ffrance of Rawcliffe,  Mitchells of Isle of Wight. Hair of Ayrshire, Williamson of Tradeston, Glasgow. Nelsons in Australia with Great Ryburgh and Haywards Heath

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Re: Help to decipher this name please!
« Reply #12 on: Wednesday 16 March 22 10:04 GMT (UK) »
Thank you Ian and Ryan…that gives me more scope 🍻
Mayhew,Birch,Coates,Norman - Suffolk
Masters - Somerset
Richardson, Masters, Langridge, Dyer, Chambers - Sussex
Dyer, Luscombe, Hurrell - Devon
Chambers - Brecon
Lambden, Hawkins - Berkshire
Biggs, Cooper, Druce, Hedges, Haywood, Francis,Ward, Skidmore, Pinfold, Dorn, Gardener, Hopgood - Oxfordshire
Francis, Clarke - Lambeth/Surrey
Rowland, Emmett, Lockhart - Southwark/Middlesex
Simpson, Exall, Mann, Frisby,  - Kent
Ward, Teasdale, Smalwood - Yorkshire
Tomkins, Bayliss - Warwickshire


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Re: Help to decipher this name please!
« Reply #13 on: Wednesday 16 March 22 13:53 GMT (UK) »
Just for clarification (because I was confused!), this one is the original signature of the witness:
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Re: Help to decipher this name please!
« Reply #14 on: Wednesday 16 March 22 14:38 GMT (UK) »
Could it be Larne?
Boutflower/Boutflour - Northumberland & County Durham
Branfoot - N Yorkshire, Northumberland & County Durham
Horwell - York, E Yorkshire & Lincolnshire
Bettley - N & W Yorkshire

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Re: Help to decipher this name please!
« Reply #15 on: Wednesday 16 March 22 15:48 GMT (UK) »
Could it be Larne?
possibly…I will check out S E Larnes! Thank you Purdey
Mayhew,Birch,Coates,Norman - Suffolk
Masters - Somerset
Richardson, Masters, Langridge, Dyer, Chambers - Sussex
Dyer, Luscombe, Hurrell - Devon
Chambers - Brecon
Lambden, Hawkins - Berkshire
Biggs, Cooper, Druce, Hedges, Haywood, Francis,Ward, Skidmore, Pinfold, Dorn, Gardener, Hopgood - Oxfordshire
Francis, Clarke - Lambeth/Surrey
Rowland, Emmett, Lockhart - Southwark/Middlesex
Simpson, Exall, Mann, Frisby,  - Kent
Ward, Teasdale, Smalwood - Yorkshire
Tomkins, Bayliss - Warwickshire

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Re: Help to decipher this name please!
« Reply #16 on: Wednesday 16 March 22 20:13 GMT (UK) »
Well…I have found her…under the name Same.
I looked on the 1911 census for the place Margaret Rowland was in service(although she had left their employment and was married by 1911)…on the assumption that maybe they were frinds who had been in service together…she wasn’t there.
So I checked the 1901 census, Margaret wasn’t working in Limpsfield yet, but her future employers, although not at Uplands, were in Oxted…and there she was…Sarah Same, parlourmaid!
Thank you everyone for your help!
Mayhew,Birch,Coates,Norman - Suffolk
Masters - Somerset
Richardson, Masters, Langridge, Dyer, Chambers - Sussex
Dyer, Luscombe, Hurrell - Devon
Chambers - Brecon
Lambden, Hawkins - Berkshire
Biggs, Cooper, Druce, Hedges, Haywood, Francis,Ward, Skidmore, Pinfold, Dorn, Gardener, Hopgood - Oxfordshire
Francis, Clarke - Lambeth/Surrey
Rowland, Emmett, Lockhart - Southwark/Middlesex
Simpson, Exall, Mann, Frisby,  - Kent
Ward, Teasdale, Smalwood - Yorkshire
Tomkins, Bayliss - Warwickshire

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Re: Help to decipher this name please!
« Reply #17 on: Wednesday 16 March 22 21:11 GMT (UK) »
If she signed her own name in the clip reposted by Shaun, the first letter ‘S’ looks nothing like the first letter of her surname. I realise there can be differences but not that much.

I’m not convinced that the surname in the census is ‘Same’ either. There is a little squiggle which makes it look different from the other Ss on the census page - more like a T.  :-\ Compare with the T of Thomas further down the page.