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Completed Thank You Aunt's name -what is it?
« on: Friday 27 May 11 00:52 BST (UK) »
I would appreciate some help in deciphering this message on the bible of Elizabeth Martha Cummins born 1842. I originally thought the Aunt's name was Sarah, but the photo was enlarged, the last letter looks like a T. I wonder if the name is a surname, as the Elizabeth is described as Miss. E Cummins. This aunt would probably never had seen her niece, who lived in Port Macquaire Australia, and Wanganui New Zealand, so there would be no close familiarity between the two. Elizabeth's mother was Agnes Dick, and this surname does not work. Thank you .
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Re: Aunt's name -what is it?
« Reply #1 on: Friday 27 May 11 03:56 BST (UK) »

Could it possibly be Janet?

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Re: Aunt's name -what is it?
« Reply #2 on: Friday 27 May 11 04:10 BST (UK) »
Is this the elusive word ?, could be the flourish making it a "t" is more a blemish (don't know the correct terms, sorry), but the capital letter is an interesting shape .... not sure which letter it is...

Edit to add .... comparing with the "t" at the end of the word "Aunt" .... I don't think Aunt's name ended with a "t".

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Re: Aunt's name -what is it?
« Reply #3 on: Friday 27 May 11 04:18 BST (UK) »
I thought Janet (or Jannet/Jennet) before I read the replies.

Also I see there is a Scottish connection - this seems to have been a popular forename in Scotland.  ;)


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Re: Aunt's name -what is it?
« Reply #4 on: Friday 27 May 11 04:21 BST (UK) »
Okay, we can eliminate some letters for the Capitalised letter after Aunt, just by looking at the image and also on their usual 19th C shape.
For Example, it is NOT a Q (often looked like the number "2")


A, Aunt
 D, December,
E Edinburgh
M Miss
T to
F from
C and H also from image

It's not likely to be  B, G, K, L, N, O, P, R, U, V, W, X,

Leaving I, J, S, Y and Z as possible options

Then look at the letters after the capitalised one ....

Hope this helps

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Re: Aunt's name -what is it?
« Reply #5 on: Friday 27 May 11 04:28 BST (UK) »
Last letter is unlikely to be "h" .... compare to last letter of "h" in Edinburgh on line below (so unlikely to be Sarah)

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Re: Aunt's name -what is it?
« Reply #6 on: Friday 27 May 11 04:35 BST (UK) »
Also, the "t" in Aunt is formed differently from the last letter of elusive word ....

Sorry, have no idea what it could be ....  Israel comes to mind, but that Capitalised letter doesn't seem to be "I"

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Re: Aunt's name -what is it?
« Reply #7 on: Friday 27 May 11 04:42 BST (UK) »
So Elizbeth Cummins b 1842 had an Aunt called (indecipherable forename).

There are only a couple of possibilities for an Aunt's surname - her mother's sister or her father's sister. So just checking that are we looking for a surname Cummins or Dick? What is the context of 'Edinburgh' and then 'Dec 17th 1853'?

Of course the Aunt may have married so has a different surname ....

It's hard to get the gist of the relationship and dates with only that small image snippet.  :) Can you post the whole image. I don't think there would be a problem doing this as it's your personal property so no copyright issues.

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Re: Aunt's name -what is it?
« Reply #8 on: Friday 27 May 11 04:46 BST (UK) »
Like Ruskie, I considered a double 'n', but there aren't enough penstrokes,
so single 'n'.

Also I like the final 't'. This is not a writer who can make letters look exactly the
same every time.

The first letter is much like the 'f' in 'from' except the tail has a pronounced curl.

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