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Offline EKrabappel

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Help needed with name on back of photo
« on: Monday 13 May 24 09:04 BST (UK) »
Hi all,

I have an old photo for which I'm trying to work out the surname. The style of writing has me stumped. As you can tell, thanksgiving = America.

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Edna

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Re: Help needed with name on back of photo
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 15 May 24 20:09 BST (UK) »
Hi Edna, and welcome to RootsChat.

The style of writing is a bit unusual, isn't it, but maybe one of our American members will recognise it. Meanwhile, my best guess for the name is William A. French, but I could be wrong.

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Re: Help needed with name on back of photo
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 16 May 24 01:34 BST (UK) »
First part is clearly “William A”
The surname is not easy, but I wonder if it is “Inench”
A rather unusual name, but I can see a few examples of it in the USA, especially as “McInench” or “McIninch”

Do you know what town or state  in USA the photo comes from?

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Re: Help needed with name on back of photo
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 16 May 24 04:04 BST (UK) »
Could it possibly be "French"? Fran

Oh sorry I see that's already been suggested...
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Re: Help needed with name on back of photo
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 16 May 24 05:23 BST (UK) »
Welcome to RootsChat from me too.

I think "French". You can see that the "F" is very similar to this:
https://loopsandtails.com/cursive/ff/

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Re: Help needed with name on back of photo
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 16 May 24 06:12 BST (UK) »
Contrast change.

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Re: Help needed with name on back of photo
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 16 May 24 06:39 BST (UK) »
Could be Trench
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Re: Help needed with name on back of photo
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 16 May 24 08:38 BST (UK) »
The standard 19th cent. F was formed exactly the same as the T, with the addition of a small cross bar with a loop, across the centre.  (It was still being taught in British primary schools in the 1950s.)  This looks like a cross bar running into the r.

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Re: Help needed with name on back of photo
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 16 May 24 08:50 BST (UK) »
Too many William A French / Trench names coming up to narrow down without any other info, for example, place. Eg there's a William A French in Indianapolis, Indiana
Clarkson, Tolladay, Prevost, Killick, Hicks
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