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Title: Italian First Name Depcipher
Post by: Rebecca Totten on Thursday 25 April 19 16:33 BST (UK)
Hi, im wondering if someone can decipher the first name of the Fathers name listed at the top?
Title: Re: Italian First Name Depcipher
Post by: Rebecca Totten on Thursday 25 April 19 17:00 BST (UK)
Quote from: Rebecca Totten on Thursday 25 April 19 16:33 BST (UK)
Hi, im wondering if someone can decipher the first name of the Fathers name listed at the top?

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Title: Re: Italian First Name Depcipher
Post by: Rhododendron on Thursday 25 April 19 17:14 BST (UK)
Thought perhaps Santo but then noticed the "S" in his occupation.  So back to the drawing board!
Title: Re: Italian First Name Depcipher
Post by: Gadget on Thursday 25 April 19 17:19 BST (UK)
Could it be Lanto.


Gadget
Title: Re: Italian First Name Depcipher
Post by: Rhododendron on Thursday 25 April 19 18:03 BST (UK)
Well I am back to thinking it is in fact Santo.

The "S" resembles that at the end of the word Counties.
Title: Re: Italian First Name Depcipher
Post by: Gadget on Thursday 25 April 19 18:10 BST (UK)
Could well be. There is a faint mark for the downstroke . Santo is definitely and Italian male name.   One of the Versace family was named Santo.
Title: Re: Italian First Name Depcipher
Post by: Treetotal on Thursday 25 April 19 22:20 BST (UK)
I agree with Santo.
Carol
Title: Re: Italian First Name Depcipher
Post by: Craclyn on Thursday 25 April 19 23:20 BST (UK)
I think it is Santo.
Title: Re: Italian First Name Depcipher
Post by: Daonnachd on Friday 26 April 19 01:06 BST (UK)
Alternatively, it could be a poorly formed 'J', making the name Janto?

Janto is also an Italian name.
Title: Re: Italian First Name Depcipher
Post by: Rebecca Totten on Friday 26 April 19 14:59 BST (UK)
Thank you all for the help. I am yet to find anybody by those names though. Thanks again.
Title: Re: Italian First Name Depcipher
Post by: Lubana on Saturday 04 May 19 06:28 BST (UK)
It's Santo, a very common Italian male name, meaning "saint".  It's the only possibility because the Italians use the same first names over and over and don't have any unique ones.
Title: Re: Italian First Name Depcipher
Post by: Lubana on Saturday 04 May 19 06:31 BST (UK)
I've never seen the name "Janto" among the Italians--especially since the Italians don't use the letter "j" in their writing.
Title: Re: Italian First Name Depcipher
Post by: Rebecca Totten on Saturday 04 May 19 17:48 BST (UK)
Quote from: Lubana on Saturday 04 May 19 06:31 BST (UK)
I've never seen the name "Janto" among the Italians--especially since the Italians don't use the letter "j" in their writing.

Thank you that is helpful information.

Kind Regards