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Surname on Marriage Certificate - Help Please!
« on: Wednesday 16 May 18 02:23 BST (UK) »
Hi,

Can anyone figure out this Surname?? Its the only one in a Marriage Certificate, I cannot suss out. 

I really appreciate the help!!

Cheers
Jen

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Re: Surname on Marriage Certificate - Help Please!
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 16 May 18 02:58 BST (UK) »
It looks like Flauery but difficult to be honest.

It may be an idea to add extra details, date, place, who did (s)he marry & can you provide other half of name too which may help?

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South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland:- Bowie, Campbell, Cumming, Currie

Ireland:- Cullen, Flannigan (Derry), Donahoe/Donaghue (variants) (Cork), McCrate (Tipperary), Mellon, Tol(l)and (Donegal & Tyrone)

Newcastle-on-Tyne/Durham (Northumberland):- Harrison, Jude, Kemp, Lunn, Mellon, Robson, Stirling

Kettering, Northampton:- MacKinnon

Canada:- Callaghan, Cumming, MacPhee

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Re: Surname on Marriage Certificate - Help Please!
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 16 May 18 04:27 BST (UK) »
My initial reading was Flanery.  Seen 'n's written that way so often.

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Gaunt, Ransom, McNally, Stanfield, Kimberley. (Tasmania)
Brown, Johnstone, Eskdale, Brand  (Dumfriesshire,  Scotland)
Booth, Bruerton, Deakin, Wilkes, Kimberley
(Warwicks, Staffords)
Gaunt (Yorks)
Percy, Dunning, Hyne, Grigg, Farley (Devon, UK)
Duncan (Fife, Devon), Hugh, Blee (Cornwall)
Green, Mansfield, (Herts)
Cavenaugh, Ransom (Middlesex)
 

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Re: Surname on Marriage Certificate - Help Please!
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 16 May 18 06:08 BST (UK) »
Same here - first glance = Flanery

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Re: Surname on Marriage Certificate - Help Please!
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 16 May 18 06:18 BST (UK) »
It looks a bit like flavery to me, but I do tend to get it wrong frequently ;D
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Re: Surname on Marriage Certificate - Help Please!
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 16 May 18 12:46 BST (UK) »
I thought Flanery immediately, but then thought it was a strange spelling. However, it's claimed to be a good 'un ...
https://www.houseofnames.com/flanery-family-crest
Griffiths, Howard, Johnson, McLeod, Rizz(a)(i)(o)
Berwick (Tweedmouth and Spittal), Blyth(N'land) between the wars, Wrexham, Tattersett

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Re: Surname on Marriage Certificate - Help Please!
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 17 May 18 11:11 BST (UK) »
I wouldn't rule out the much more common Flannery as an option.
Coffey, Cummins [Rathfalla, Tipperary], Cummins [Skirke, Laois], Curran, Dillon [Clare], Fogarty [Garran, Laois/Tipp], Hughes, Keshan (Keeshan), Loughman [Harristown and Killadooley, Laois], Mallon [Armagh], Malone, Markham [Caherkine, Clare], McKeon(e) [Sligo/Kilkenny/Waterford], McNamara, Meagher, Prescott [Kilkenny/Waterford/Wexford?], Rafferty, Ryan, Sullivan, Tobin
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Re: Surname on Marriage Certificate - Help Please!
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 17 May 18 17:56 BST (UK) »
 ;).   Neither would I . . . Just a spelling error!

Wiggy
Gaunt, Ransom, McNally, Stanfield, Kimberley. (Tasmania)
Brown, Johnstone, Eskdale, Brand  (Dumfriesshire,  Scotland)
Booth, Bruerton, Deakin, Wilkes, Kimberley
(Warwicks, Staffords)
Gaunt (Yorks)
Percy, Dunning, Hyne, Grigg, Farley (Devon, UK)
Duncan (Fife, Devon), Hugh, Blee (Cornwall)
Green, Mansfield, (Herts)
Cavenaugh, Ransom (Middlesex)
 

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Re: Surname on Marriage Certificate - Help Please!
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 17 May 18 19:36 BST (UK) »
Hi,

Quote from: Wiggy on Wednesday 16 May 18 04:27 BST (UK)
My initial reading was Flanery.  Seen 'n's written that way so often.

Another vote for Flanery from me. Doesn't appear to be a double 'N' there as far as I can see.

Hope this helps.

Kind regards

David
Aitcheson, Aldred, Batty, Bauer, Bone, Brewer, Dean, Doyle, Durant, Fife, Finney, Gibson, Graham/Grayham, Hall, Harrison, Hersey, Hill, Holliss, Hudson, Hussey, Insley, Kelsey, King, Laver, Longmore, Luke, Mellor, Newman, North, Parker, Phillips, Porter, Read, Robinson, Rowel, Spink, Sproxton, Steer, Stevenson, Tanner, Witty/Whitty, Warburton, Wood.
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