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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Japanese text
« on: Monday 11 March 24 09:17 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks very much indeed for all your efforts. Much appreciated :)

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Aberdeenshire / Re: Francis Farquhar - Leochel or Cromar
« on: Sunday 10 March 24 23:56 GMT (UK)  »
There's a Norham (pronounced "Norem") in the parish of Coull.

https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital-volumes/ordnance-survey-name-books/aberdeenshire-os-name-books-1865-1871/aberdeenshire-volume-16/8

Also in the parish of Coull is what was formerly Auchtercoull, but now appears on the maps as Wester Coull, which is pronounced "watterfool" and is the Waterfoul you mention.

https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital-volumes/ordnance-survey-name-books/aberdeenshire-os-name-books-1865-1871/aberdeenshire-volume-16/30

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1864
September
Sixteenth
1 h, 40 m. A.M.
Gilnockie Tower
Parish of
Canonbie

Ann Armstrong
her X mark
Alex Goodfellow
asst Registrar
Witness

1864
October 3d
At Canonbie
Alex Goodfellow
asst Registrar
[ ] W Regr.

asst = abbreviation of "assistant" with the first s a long s.
As the entry is made by an assistant registrar it is initialled at the end by the Registrar [  ] Whitelaw.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilnockie_Tower

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Japanese text
« on: Sunday 10 March 24 20:01 GMT (UK)  »
Many thanks for your efforts. Five of the drawings do show men armed with bows and quivers along with swords.

Unfortunately one of the red seals is partly hidden under a character and the other is cut off at one side, so it might not be possible to use them to identify any artist or studio.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Japanese text
« on: Sunday 10 March 24 12:26 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks for your help. It's the cover for a series of drawings of samurai (and other?) soldiers, so what you say makes perfect sense.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Japanese text
« on: Saturday 09 March 24 21:46 GMT (UK)  »
I wonder if anyone would be able to translate this Japanese text for me? Thanks.

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There is no rank of Corporal in the Royal navy (The equivalent in the RN is a Leading Hand) but could be Royal marines corporal on ship.

Although corporal was not a rank in the Royal Navy, an assistant to the master-at-arms was referred to as the ship's corporal. It was a position, not a rank.

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It's RN.

It seems a ship's corporal was a position, not an actual rank. A petty officer assisting the master-at-arms.

https://victorianweb.org/victorian/history/navy/22.html


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Dumfriesshire / Re: Alexander Jardine - Hosier/Sock salesman
« on: Monday 26 February 24 19:20 GMT (UK)  »
It definitely says Widower, Book seller, (Deceased). Perhaps anything unexpected is the result of this being the first year of statutory registration. The registrar might have been told that she was his second wife, but the informant did not know the name of his first wife.

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