Struggling with two names on this entry

[Gadget]

The only baptism that looks at all  possible for Janet ( d. 1860 is ...

Kilmory, Buteshire
14 May 1804 Janet Downie d of Donald Downie and Mary MacKenzie

.... no McKinnon (variations) but not all baptisms are recorded .

Also a marriage for Donald Downie and Mary MacKenzie, Kilmory, 1799. No Downie/McKinnon marriage found so far.

Gadget

[Little Nell]

Thank you everyone for looking at this.

I had the son-in-law part worked out, but the name defeated me.  I've spent a few hours (and some SP credits) pursuing this angle.  If the lady concerned was Janet Downie who married John Cook, then at the date of her death she only had one son-in-law and that was Archibald McKinnon.  I can just about see how it could be Archibald or an abbreviation, but the rest of it is tricky.

I think this Janet is the person I was looking for, but her mother's maiden name as shown on the certificate is a small negative 

Nell

[GR2]

I am still sure the signature is Archd McKinnon. It looks different from the other McKinnon as that was written by the registrar and Archd McKinnon is the informant's signature.

Don't worry too much about the inconsistency in the mother's maiden name. It is only as good as the informant knows and you often see errors like that where the informant is wrong about earlier generations.

[Bookbox]

Late to the party, but I agree with GR2.

The first name is definitely Arch^d. The superscript ^d is very small.

For the surname, you have Mc, then a gap, then a very elaborate capital K, with a ‘kick’ descending below the line.

For the rest of the name, you have to appreciate that what looks like a tail descending below the line is actually part of the looped top of the L from Son in Law in the line below, but part of the pen-stroke is missing. With your mind's eye provide the missing part of that loop, and you will see how the rest of the surname in the line above could easily be written ...innon.

[Little Nell]

Thank you for those insights, a great help.

Nell