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Offline JillJ

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Can you guess who this is?
« on: Monday 31 October 05 13:57 GMT (UK) »
I have no idea who the marriage witness on the top line is.  Can anyone read it please?

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Re: Can you guess who this is?
« Reply #1 on: Monday 31 October 05 14:05 GMT (UK) »
Jill the first bit Could be ERNEST  l but can't get the rest !!
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Re: Can you guess who this is?
« Reply #2 on: Monday 31 October 05 14:10 GMT (UK) »
May be Harriett ------
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Re: Can you guess who this is?
« Reply #3 on: Monday 31 October 05 14:16 GMT (UK) »
This is hilarious!

it looks like Joseph to me!!

Second name could be anything though - JAMES??

Not putting my housekeeping on this one!

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Re: Can you guess who this is?
« Reply #4 on: Monday 31 October 05 14:23 GMT (UK) »
Before looking at other's ideas, I thought Harriett James. Seems I wasn't alone - but really it takes first prize for the most indecipherable writing!!!
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Re: Can you guess who this is?
« Reply #5 on: Monday 31 October 05 14:35 GMT (UK) »
Tough one isn't it!  Thanks for your ideas.

All I can really add is that is was the man's witness, therefore most likely to have been a man I think.   The bridegroom was Joseph Jowett and the bride Sarah Ellis;  the second witness was Eliza Ellis, possibly a sister of Sarah's, and the marriage took place at St. George's Leeds, on 8th September 1855.

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Farrar in Darlington & Leeds.
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Re: Can you guess who this is?
« Reply #6 on: Monday 31 October 05 15:10 GMT (UK) »
I used to work in finance & have had to decipher many signatures so I thought I'd give yours a try.
The first name is ROBERT & the surname begins with 'M'. The big thing in the middle that looks like a wire between two poles is 'M'.
The 'R' is a little rough but the second letter is obviously 'O'. The 'B' is a quick hook at the bottom but there.
I have a signature of Clayton Moore (the Lone Ranger) & his small 'e' is written like a capital as in your sample.
The second 'R' is less than expected but when people develop fancy signatures that happens. The 'T' has only a small cross but it's there.
Do you know of any other family or friend name starting with 'M'?
I'll keep at it until I get it or go mad.
Good luck & good hunting.
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Re: Can you guess who this is?
« Reply #7 on: Monday 31 October 05 15:41 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: J.A.M. on Monday 31 October 05 15:10 GMT (UK)

I'll keep at it until I get it or go mad.

Hi J.A.M. and thanks very much but please don't let it get you to that stage!!

I have come to the conclusion that this must have been a friend rather than a relative of Joseph's.   It was his second marriage - one of his brothers was witness at the first.   I have even tried to make this signature look like 'Rachel Jowett' - his mother, because she was still alive at the time, but I can't!   In the overall scheme of things I don't suppose it really matters, but it would be nice to know!

Thanks again for your help.   I don't think I would have got 'Robert' - although I did think maybe Herbert or Hubert.   No 'M's' spring to mind.

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Perry, Hartshorn/e & Wilkes in Birmingham & Dudley. Walker and Dabill in Sheffield & Notts.
Farrar in Darlington & Leeds.
Kidd & Taylor in Hartlepool & Teesside
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Re: Can you guess who this is?
« Reply #8 on: Monday 31 October 05 15:44 GMT (UK) »
I agree with Arranroots that the first name could well be Joseph.  As for the second ................. Lucas ???

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