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Topic: Margaret ? 1877 'Sale Nr Manchester' (Read 969 times)
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windeatt
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Yes, thanks. It *could* be LAMONT - hadn't thought of that at all - although the second letter looks a bit too big to be an A and too definitely different to be a part of the L.
And, sadly, the ages don't match - not that we can ever be sure of ages anyway. Many thanks for looking. Were you listing that family from the 1871 or the 1881?
And, of course, Margaret could have come from elsewhere . . . one of the other photos I found was of a lady from Roxburghshire but it was taken in Bournemouth. And I have a family in Devon who had a photo taken in Manchester!
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windeatt
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Yes, that looks likely. Thanks. Is that a name local to the area? ('fraid I only know about Devon where we have lots of lovely Nosworthys, Widicombes, Winnecotts, Coneybeares, Comberbatches, Petherbridges, Nankivells, Endicotts, etc - all subject to infinite numbers of spelling variations and mistranscriptions . . . Lovely!)
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I've found a Margaret Ann SHERRAT on the Cheshire BMD born in 1867 in Stockport. And another (also SHERRAT) born 1868 in Warrington. So either could be her I guess.
Also found on FREE BMD a Margaret Sherratt (1867 Stockport), a Margaret SKERRAT (1867 Manchester), a Margaret SKERRATT (1868 Wolstanton), a Margaret SHERATT (1869 Warrington) and a Margaret SHERRETT (1869 Salford)
So spoiled for choice. But a variant of that surname looks very likely - and it obviously is a local name.
Thanks again!
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windeatt
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Ta, I'll update the page. I wonder what the poor girl was so bundled up for - being sent off to Canada or something, I shouldn't wonder . . .
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griz
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Might be Margaret, middle initials A H, Harnet,?
Born in 1868, can one search on free bmd with no surname?
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Boyle, Co. Leitrim Boyle, Co. Tyrone, Shaughnessy, Co in Ireland unknown, and Manchester, UK. Pope, Cheshire. Chadwick, Speke, Lancs. Frankish, Hunmanby, Yorks. Brindley, Audley, Staffs and Middlesex.
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griz
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I came back to have another look, very intriquing and frustrating. 
Looking at the first letters it could indeed strat with 'Sh' or 'Sl' of even 'Th' ( the writer, in other words he writes, does not finish the letters fully. The next letter looks like a or o I wondered it it could start with 'Thom. ? Thomset?
There is a place to look up names and where they are most clustered in censuses.
http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk
Thomsett seems to be clustered south of London
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Boyle, Co. Leitrim Boyle, Co. Tyrone, Shaughnessy, Co in Ireland unknown, and Manchester, UK. Pope, Cheshire. Chadwick, Speke, Lancs. Frankish, Hunmanby, Yorks. Brindley, Audley, Staffs and Middlesex.
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windeatt
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Thanks very much for still puzzling over this . . . I have updated the page and added in all the suggested names in case anyone who may actually know of her does a search. I think I lean towards SHERRET (or a variant thereof) because there seem to be a lot in the area born around that time. I don't know why but I feel a bit sorry for her all bundled up in her great big coat.
http://www.windeatt.f2s.com/foundfotos/margaret.htm
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celia
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My young friend reckons it says Stournet 
Celia
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griz
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She does look a bit overwhelmed by the coat. It seems unusual to have her so covered up for a photo. It makes me think that someone, if not Margaret herself, was quite proud of her outfit and wanted to show it off. Perhaps it had just been made or bought for her.
Is the cut or style of the coat unusual for that time? I don't think I have seen many photos of people wearing coats. I remember reading somewhere that ladies did not wear coats that much in the past, but had capes and shawls instead . Perhaps one of her relatives was a tailor with a brand new idea for young girls' fashion and was using her as advertising . 
Perhaps the photographer was trying new and creative ways of presenting his subjects to show prospective customers that all photographs do not have to be posed in traditional ways.
I wish we could find out about her. Maybe she was not born in Sale but was just visiting.
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Boyle, Co. Leitrim Boyle, Co. Tyrone, Shaughnessy, Co in Ireland unknown, and Manchester, UK. Pope, Cheshire. Chadwick, Speke, Lancs. Frankish, Hunmanby, Yorks. Brindley, Audley, Staffs and Middlesex.
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