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Thank you,  davecapps !   Much appreciated.  I’m beginning to think this could be a shop name, and of course that could be a place/person/descriptive word.  I’ll play with the letters, and Google a bit.  Cheers.

I wish I had more.  It is only a persons name or the destination on a dispatch docket from a German company I understand, and there is no other same source handwriting I can get/find.  I’m trying to link this name to other history and determine if this is for a person, or for a town or city.  I’ve previously been told it seems to be Eastern Europe, and not a person.  It may well be impossible.  Thought I’d give it a shot to maybe even get the alphabet more or less correct and even try a wildcard Google search.  I’m blanked right now,  thank you for trying.

Hello:

Thank you for your response, and your interest.  The Enigma that is Richard Clarke, b c1832 presumed in Fulbourn, son of Eliza Clarke and UNK, has been quite an adventure.  Any help, advice, tips, suggestions, is always very much appreciated. 

I'll need to digest your note more fully, having now just read it, but I'll say that CLARKE HART HANCOCK all of Fulbourn Cambs are at the top of the chart so to speak, and then there are other families such as PATTEN MASON MARSH etc on the suspects list.  Added to that, via my comprehensive DNA testing, I have DEED/DADE, DAVENPORT, BARTON, PATRAS, and WILSON who have relatively close DNA (no pun intended).  Of course, PAPER records are much preferred, especially as waiting for a DNA match is like hoping to find the one square grain of sand on a beach.

If anyone has Facebook, there is a page called The Richard Clarke Enigma for some general interest notes on Richard.  I also have a tree at Ancestry and My Heritage.

I really appreciate the interest and suggestions.

More later.

Colin

PS. I have seen the William Clarke born in Little Wilbraham, and the dates are more or less right for WILLIAM CLARKE my G G G GF (father of Eliza), but other researchers have pointed out a death of an infant WILLIAM CLARKE just shortly afterwards, so I have always assumed 1-1=0 for that William.  William Clarke married Mary HANCOCK Clarke in Fulbourn, and one of their children was Eliza Clarke, Richard's mother.

I am interested in any DAVENPORT surname or family connection living around Fulbourn, adjacent Cambridge, Cambs in the time around 1800.

My paternal G GF Richard CLARKE bc1831 is NPE, and in my Y DNA researches for clues, I find that DAVENPORT (and Barton and Wilson) regularly pop-up, but the paper connections are not clear and the DNA matches although close, point to 500 years or so, not 200 years.  Still, if this is smoke, there may be a fire.  :-)

Does any kind soul know of any DAVENPORT, or Davenport connection, in or around Cambridge/Fulbourn in the era, more specifically, say 1820-1850. 

For a rather lengthy explanation of my general FamHist situation in regard to Richard Clarke, please refer to Facebook and the pages "The Richard Clarke Enigma".

Cheers.