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Title: Decipher handwriting in Marriage Cert please
Post by: Echo_x on Monday 07 January 19 06:09 GMT (UK)
Sorry I have taken down the attachment. This thread is complete.
Title: Re: Decipher handwriting in Marriage Cert please
Post by: mckha489 on Monday 07 January 19 06:21 GMT (UK)
Henry William McDonald is a Mounted Constable
His father is Henry McDonald, a gardener
Mother Janette Purtid Or Puntid  -  not a name I am familiar with.

Mary Kershaw’s  Father is Abraham, he’s a storekeeper
Mother Jane Cuthbert
Title: Re: Decipher handwriting in Marriage Cert please
Post by: shanreagh on Monday 07 January 19 06:30 GMT (UK)
Purtid seems to be a Slovakian name.
Title: Re: Decipher handwriting in Marriage Cert please
Post by: Echo_x on Monday 07 January 19 06:31 GMT (UK)
Thank you,

Do you think perhaps the last name is Purdie? There is a Purdy middle name further down the track on my family tree.. It just.. doesn't look like Purdie to me. Would be interesting if it was Slovakian though! :D

Echo
Title: Re: Decipher handwriting in Marriage Cert please
Post by: mckha489 on Monday 07 January 19 06:38 GMT (UK)
Thank you,

Do you think perhaps the last name is Purdie? There is a Purdy middle name further down the track on my family tree.. It just.. doesn't look like Purdie to me. Would be interesting if it was Slovakian though! :D

Echo
Definitely not Purdie
Title: Re: Decipher handwriting in Marriage Cert please
Post by: shanreagh on Monday 07 January 19 07:14 GMT (UK)
Partick is a good British name as well as being an alternative spelling of Patrick