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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Description of scars (convict registers, 1820's)
« on: Saturday 18 February 17 06:42 GMT (UK) »
Wondering if anybody would have any ideas about the scars this fellow (a convict from England to Australia in the 1820's) was carrying? I read it as :
Perpendicular scar on tip of
nose Diagonal scar on [?]
Scar left side of upper and lower lips
Woman MW inside lower right arm
Scar ball of left thumb
Presumably he had a woman with initials MW in his life, possibly a sweetheart, and the scars on his face and hands could have come from his work as a carpenter or he might have been a brawler or just involved in an accident. But what puzzles me is the bit I've marked with [?], which is presumably a part of his anatomy. It doesn't look like "back", but I can't think what else it might be.
All suggestions gratefully received.
Perpendicular scar on tip of
nose Diagonal scar on [?]
Scar left side of upper and lower lips
Woman MW inside lower right arm
Scar ball of left thumb
Presumably he had a woman with initials MW in his life, possibly a sweetheart, and the scars on his face and hands could have come from his work as a carpenter or he might have been a brawler or just involved in an accident. But what puzzles me is the bit I've marked with [?], which is presumably a part of his anatomy. It doesn't look like "back", but I can't think what else it might be.
All suggestions gratefully received.