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Title: What do you make of this mark? (Marriage Banns Record)
Post by: Barbara_D_W on Saturday 13 October 18 23:36 BST (UK)
Hi,

Could you tell me what the mark after the M stands for please?
Title: Re: What do you make of this mark? (Marriage Banns Record)
Post by: Gadget on Saturday 13 October 18 23:42 BST (UK)
It looks like Mrs
Title: Re: What do you make of this mark? (Marriage Banns Record)
Post by: Treetotal on Saturday 13 October 18 23:43 BST (UK)
Yes Gadget...I was about to say the same.
Carol
Title: Re: What do you make of this mark? (Marriage Banns Record)
Post by: Rosinish on Saturday 13 October 18 23:54 BST (UK)
Another for Mrs (can't do it your way Gadget)  ;D

Annie
Title: Re: What do you make of this mark? (Marriage Banns Record)
Post by: a chesters on Sunday 14 October 18 00:10 BST (UK)
My immediate reaction was Mrs.

Have seen it written that way before.

AC
Title: Re: What do you make of this mark? (Marriage Banns Record)
Post by: crowsfeet on Sunday 14 October 18 01:33 BST (UK)
Hi,

It looks like rs to me = Mrs.

Regards Crowsfeet
Title: Re: What do you make of this mark? (Marriage Banns Record)
Post by: medpat on Sunday 14 October 18 07:48 BST (UK)
It used to be a common way to write Mrs.
Title: Re: What do you make of this mark? (Marriage Banns Record)
Post by: CarolA3 on Sunday 14 October 18 08:10 BST (UK)
I agree with the others, it's 'Mrs'.  However I've not come across witnesses on a banns record before.  Is this a combined entry showing the banns dates and marriage record together?

Carol
Title: Re: What do you make of this mark? (Marriage Banns Record)
Post by: Gadget on Sunday 14 October 18 08:58 BST (UK)
I wonder if it's a combined banns and marriage entry. I've seen quite a few in the Welsh records that I've looked at.



Another for Mrs (can't do it your way Gadget)  ;D

Annie

Annie - to do superscript of subscript, highlight the letters you want to adjust and then click on the  sup or sub icons in the formatting bar shown above the message box.


Gadget


Title: Re: What do you make of this mark? (Marriage Banns Record)
Post by: MaureeninNY on Sunday 14 October 18 09:02 BST (UK)
I agree with the others, it's 'Mrs'.  However I've not come across witnesses on a banns record before.  Is this a combined entry showing the banns dates and marriage record together?

Carol


Looks odd to me.
Where is this from,please.

Maureen
Title: Re: What do you make of this mark? (Marriage Banns Record)
Post by: Gadget on Sunday 14 October 18 09:08 BST (UK)
Here's a bit about combined entries:

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Most marriages at this time were by Banns.

        Banns had to be read on three consecutive Sundays in the parishes of both the bride and the groom so that any objections to the marriage could be made, i.e that either of the couple was a minor, siblings or already married. It was assumed that people who lived close to them would know them best!
        These Banns were then entered into a register, sometimes separate, sometimes a combined Banns and marriage register.
        The marriage would then take place in one of these parishes.

http://www.intriguing-history.com/post-1754-marriage-registers/


Gadget
Title: Re: What do you make of this mark? (Marriage Banns Record)
Post by: ShaunJ on Sunday 14 October 18 09:22 BST (UK)
It's an abbreviation, but what of ? Is it Mus - Marcus?
Title: Re: What do you make of this mark? (Marriage Banns Record)
Post by: CarolA3 on Sunday 14 October 18 11:05 BST (UK)
I still think it's 'Mrs'.

Here's an example of a combined banns/marriage entry from 1788.  (There's another one further down the page where only the banns part has been completed.  Changed their minds maybe.)
Title: Re: What do you make of this mark? (Marriage Banns Record)
Post by: Gadget on Sunday 14 October 18 12:00 BST (UK)
I still think it's 'Mrs'.


So do I Carol.  I've looked up listings of First name abbreviations and there really is nothing like that.  It's how we used to write Mrs in the olden days of my youth  ;D

Gadget
Title: Re: What do you make of this mark? (Marriage Banns Record)
Post by: carol8353 on Sunday 14 October 18 12:04 BST (UK)

So do I Carol.  I've looked up listings of First name abbreviations and there really is nothing like that.  It's how we used to write Mrs in the olden days of my youth  ;D

Gadget

Blimey Gadget I knew you were old but............... :P

x
Title: Re: What do you make of this mark? (Marriage Banns Record)
Post by: Rosinish on Sunday 14 October 18 12:14 BST (UK)
Another for Mrs (can't do it your way Gadget)  ;D
Annie - to do superscript of subscript, highlight the letters you want to adjust and then click on the  sup or sub icons in the formatting bar shown above the message box.

Thanks Gadget, I hadn't noticed those options & when I copied & pasted it didn't work  ::)

Mrs is still my thought & I also wrote it likewise late 1970s!

Annie