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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: First name not obvious
« on: Friday 19 March 21 13:29 GMT (UK) »
This is Stoke on Trent, Tunstall is mentioned elsewhere. Unhelpfully, in the same document it says that the father has deserted the family, and indeed, the 1881 census (if I got the right one) lists various family members but no father. As the boy was born about 1875, the 1871 census is no use, and the mother is not named, having died by 1889, there's an annoying lack of information to investigate further! I should add that this is part of a transcription project, so there is a limit to how much time I can spend on research. If all else fails I shall just have to put what it looks like with an added question mark,
But thanks for the suggestions so far - Jubal, Jobe, or John do at least look like real names.
But thanks for the suggestions so far - Jubal, Jobe, or John do at least look like real names.