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jim1
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The power of X
« on: Wednesday 06 June 07 20:29 UTC (UK) »
I was looking at the marriage PR a while back and became bored with all the X's in place of names which for some reason has become the universal symbol but when I came to the couple I was looking for I found the bride had put two small circles instead.Being a bit of an old romantic I think she was indicating two wedding bands....so how many different marks are there I wonder other than the old X.Do you have any?I'll start the autograph book with my:
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Jim
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Warks:Ashford;Cadby;Clarke;Clifford;Cooke;Dillon;Easthope;
Edmonds;Felton;Colledge;kane;Lutwyche;Mander(s);May;Poole;Withers;Whitworth.
Staffs.Edmonds;Addison;Duffield;Webb;Fisher;Archer
Leics.Cooper;Preston
Notts.Clarke;Redfearne;Treece.
Som.May;Perriman;Cox
India Kane;Felton;Cadby
London.Haysom;Easthope
Lancs.Gay.
Worcs.Coley;Sawyer.
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flossy
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Re: The power of X
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 07 June 07 19:09 UTC (UK) »

   Or maybe she had a good sense of humour and was playing OXO.
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Re: The power of X
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 07 June 07 19:30 UTC (UK) »
If you go back in the history of signing documents you will find that the gentlemen used a signature and a seal.  However the tradesmen (I use the term loosely) even when they could write often made their mark.  This would frequently be representative of their trade and so a pawnbroker for example would make a mark of three rings representing the three balls.

You are now left with the interesting question of what was the occupation of the family of the woman who signed with the two rings.

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DETAILS OF THE FOLLOWING NAMES ARE IN SURNAME INTERESTS, LINK AT FOOT OF PAGE
Wilson, Higgs, Buswell, PARCELL, Matthews, TAMKIN, Seckington, Pates, Coupland, Webb, Arthur, MAYNARD, Caves, Norman, Winch, Culverhouse, Drakeley.
Johnson, Routledge, SHIRT, SAICH, Mills, SAUNDERS, EDLIN, Perry, Vickers, Pakeman, Griffiths, Marston, Turner, Child, Sheen, Gray, Woolhouse
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Re: The power of X
« Reply #3 on: Friday 08 June 07 07:41 UTC (UK) »
I'm afraid they were an ag.lab. family.Maybe they are representative of a couple of spuds.
Flossy..I don't think they had OXO in 1811  Grin
I think I'll stick with my wedding band theory it sounds more romantic.
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Warks:Ashford;Cadby;Clarke;Clifford;Cooke;Dillon;Easthope;
Edmonds;Felton;Colledge;kane;Lutwyche;Mander(s);May;Poole;Withers;Whitworth.
Staffs.Edmonds;Addison;Duffield;Webb;Fisher;Archer
Leics.Cooper;Preston
Notts.Clarke;Redfearne;Treece.
Som.May;Perriman;Cox
India Kane;Felton;Cadby
London.Haysom;Easthope
Lancs.Gay.
Worcs.Coley;Sawyer.
Census information is Crown copyright,from
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Jean McGurn
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Re: The power of X
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 10 June 07 04:50 UTC (UK) »
I suppose when you think about it, people who couldn't write had to "make your mark" so most just put two crossed lines we now call X.

So the two circles are most likely the bride's "mark" so that anyone who saw them knew it was her.

I remember a few years ago there was a chap at work who used to draw a pair of spectacles. It you spotted them on anything you knew it had been him.

Jean
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