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Struggling with this Surname
« on: Friday 15 August 25 00:41 BST (UK) »
Hello

I am trying to decipher the following Surname from a marriage certificate. I am stuck.

Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Kindest regards
Kevin
Ferguson, Stockton-on-Tees
Hollinshead, Stafford/Guisborough
Pratt, Berwick/Newcastle-upon-Tyne
McDonald, Teesdale
Charlton, Hexham
Carlyle, Hexham/Annan Dumfries

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Re: Struggling with this Surname
« Reply #1 on: Friday 15 August 25 01:15 BST (UK) »
Hi
Please post a larger snip of the document including this name for closer scrutiny and deciphering.
Comparisons in character formation etc. may help.
Sue

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Re: Struggling with this Surname
« Reply #2 on: Friday 15 August 25 01:22 BST (UK) »
Sue,

Thank you for your response. Here you go. Hopefully this helps.

Kindest regards
Kevin
Ferguson, Stockton-on-Tees
Hollinshead, Stafford/Guisborough
Pratt, Berwick/Newcastle-upon-Tyne
McDonald, Teesdale
Charlton, Hexham
Carlyle, Hexham/Annan Dumfries

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Re: Struggling with this Surname
« Reply #3 on: Friday 15 August 25 01:33 BST (UK) »
Rather difficult to work out ending and starting letter  ???
It has a double "d" in it.
Might be Margret Seddon or Sneddon.
Milligan - Jardine – Glencross – Dinwoodie - Brown: (Dumfriesshire & Kirkcudbrightshire)
Clark – Faulds – Cuthbertson – Bryson – Wilson: (Ayrshire & Renfrewshire)
Neale – Cater – Kinder - Harrison: (Warwickshire & Queensland)
Roberts - Spry: (Cornwall, Middlesex & Queensland)
Munster: (Schleswig-Holstein & Queensland) and Plate: (Braunschweig, Neubruck & Queensland & New York)

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Re: Struggling with this Surname
« Reply #4 on: Friday 15 August 25 01:37 BST (UK) »
I'll have a stab ;D
Margret Stoddard

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Re: Struggling with this Surname
« Reply #5 on: Friday 15 August 25 01:39 BST (UK) »
Perhaps a clearer snip?
Milligan - Jardine – Glencross – Dinwoodie - Brown: (Dumfriesshire & Kirkcudbrightshire)
Clark – Faulds – Cuthbertson – Bryson – Wilson: (Ayrshire & Renfrewshire)
Neale – Cater – Kinder - Harrison: (Warwickshire & Queensland)
Roberts - Spry: (Cornwall, Middlesex & Queensland)
Munster: (Schleswig-Holstein & Queensland) and Plate: (Braunschweig, Neubruck & Queensland & New York)

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Re: Struggling with this Surname
« Reply #6 on: Friday 15 August 25 03:15 BST (UK) »
There is a Margaret SID(D)AWAY in Ormesby in 1891.  Is there a Y on the end?

Debra  :)

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Re: Struggling with this Surname
« Reply #7 on: Friday 15 August 25 03:32 BST (UK) »
I think that looks pretty good Debra, I thought it ended with a "y".

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Re: Struggling with this Surname
« Reply #8 on: Friday 15 August 25 03:41 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Dundee on Friday 15 August 25 03:15 BST (UK)
There is a Margaret SID(D)AWAY in Ormesby in 1891.  Is there a Y on the end?

I think that’s probably correct.
 On the snip I posted (reply #5), the word ending is a little clearer, and looks like “way”.
Milligan - Jardine – Glencross – Dinwoodie - Brown: (Dumfriesshire & Kirkcudbrightshire)
Clark – Faulds – Cuthbertson – Bryson – Wilson: (Ayrshire & Renfrewshire)
Neale – Cater – Kinder - Harrison: (Warwickshire & Queensland)
Roberts - Spry: (Cornwall, Middlesex & Queensland)
Munster: (Schleswig-Holstein & Queensland) and Plate: (Braunschweig, Neubruck & Queensland & New York)
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