Author Topic: A mystery word on a baptism record - maybe Latin?  (Read 929 times)

Offline Sinann

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Re: A mystery word on a baptism record - maybe Latin?
« Reply #9 on: Monday 29 September 14 01:08 BST (UK) »
I with KGarrad, I think it's Tralee.
Particularly as its under the date of birth and the child wasn't born in the place of baptism.

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Re: A mystery word on a baptism record - maybe Latin?
« Reply #10 on: Monday 29 September 14 09:12 BST (UK) »
The lower part of the first letter is a heavy downstroke of the pen, which it would not be if it were an E. I think it is Tralee.
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Re: A mystery word on a baptism record - maybe Latin?
« Reply #11 on: Monday 29 September 14 09:16 BST (UK) »
The lower part of the first letter is a heavy downstroke of the pen, which it would not be if it were an E. I think it is Tralee.

Actually, when I write my captalised E, (the inverted 3) my heavy downstroke is on the lower part of that letter, and I have seen many other similar E with the heavy downstroke on that lower part of that letter.   :)

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Re: A mystery word on a baptism record - maybe Latin?
« Reply #12 on: Monday 29 September 14 16:40 BST (UK) »
Do any other entries on the page have a similar notation under the baptism date?
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No, it's the only entry like this.
Like JM, I read it as Ezalee. I wondered if Ezalee might have been a shortened form of Elizabeth Letitia (Letitia also being in the name). But I've never heard of that and, so far as I'm aware, her name wasn't shortened.

I take Sinann's point about the word being under the date of birth to indicate a place different from the baptism place.

There is a sister who was also baptised by the same clergyman (their father) and that sister has the name Denny in her name. Interestingly, I see that Tralee was the home of the Denny family, so maybe the two sisters had a family connection with Tralee. I'm beginning to think Tralee may indeed be the answer.

The nagging doubt in my mind is whether the mystery word really does start with a T!

Thank you, everyone, for your help.  :)