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Offline Rakiura John

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Lower case "uf" between given and surname - meaning?
« on: Sunday 09 March 25 02:50 GMT (UK) »
Here's one for the linguists. The witness John Farrell in the 1898 marriage below, has what looks like a suspended u beside what looks like an f in the middle of his name. Haven't come across this before. What does this signify?

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Re: Lower case "uf" between given and surname - meaning?
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 09 March 25 05:49 GMT (UK) »
It says his mark.  AMENDED

He made the x on the line

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Re: Lower case "uf" between given and surname - meaning?
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 09 March 25 05:57 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: amondg on Sunday 09 March 25 05:49 GMT (UK)
It says his mark.  AMENDED

He made the x on the line

I thought it was the witness John uf Farrell op is referring to

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Re: Lower case "uf" between given and surname - meaning?
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 09 March 25 06:09 GMT (UK) »
All I see is an upper case script F.

Just a bit more flourished at its starting point than the upper case script F. which starts FARRELL.
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Re: Lower case "uf" between given and surname - meaning?
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 09 March 25 06:22 GMT (UK) »
I agree, just an extra flourish on the" F".

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Re: Lower case "uf" between given and surname - meaning?
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 09 March 25 11:39 GMT (UK) »
Yes,that is what I saw,the first twiddley bit is a flourish on the the middle letter F .
His name is John F. Farrel
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Re: Lower case "uf" between given and surname - meaning?
« Reply #6 on: Monday 10 March 25 04:00 GMT (UK) »
Thanks all. The Groom was resident in Ballybrophy, and the 1901 Census has a John Francis Farrell in Grange Beg, just north of that town. Solved I'd say.
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Re: Lower case "uf" between given and surname - meaning?
« Reply #7 on: Monday 10 March 25 08:09 GMT (UK) »
Researching: Cuthbertson – Co. Derry, Scotland & Australia; Hunter – Co. Derry; Jackson – Co. Derry, Scotland & Canada; Scott – Co. Derry; Neilly – Co. Antrim & USA; McCurdy – Co. Antrim; Nixon – Co. Cavan, Co. Donegal, Canada & USA; Ryan & Noble – Co. Sligo
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