Author Topic: Deciphering Help Please (DECIPHERED AND COMPLETED) (Read 1385 times)

Ewan · « **on:** Sunday 18 November 07 18:33 GMT (UK) »

Hello

Can anyone help in deciphering the middle name of the Emily Lewis below the Sarah Jane Lewis please?

On the transcription is says Marna, but I have never come across that name before, can anyone enlighten me if this is the name.

Many thanks
Ewan

Tati · « **Reply #1 on:** Sunday 18 November 07 18:34 GMT (UK) »

Hi Ewan,

Wonder if it's Mar(r)ia? $:-\$

CatOne · « **Reply #2 on:** Sunday 18 November 07 18:34 GMT (UK) »

Maria

Ewan · « **Reply #3 on:** Sunday 18 November 07 18:37 GMT (UK) »

Hello Tati and CatOne

I'll see what anyone else makes of it and then I'll say what I hope it is. Anyone that read my dilemma earlier this year will know what that was

Ewan

GeoffP · « **Reply #4 on:** Sunday 18 November 07 18:40 GMT (UK) »

I would say that it is Marna, a Swedish name

Geoff

cathaldus · « **Reply #5 on:** Sunday 18 November 07 20:16 GMT (UK) »

I'd go for Norma!

Gadget · « **Reply #6 on:** Sunday 18 November 07 20:18 GMT (UK) »

I also think it 's Marna - no dot over the i and there is a very clear one above the i in Lewis and Emily

Gadget

Ewan · « **Reply #7 on:** Sunday 18 November 07 20:30 GMT (UK) »

I was hoping for a Maria, but there are definite dotted i's throughout the census which makes me think it could well be Marna. Very interesting name have never come across it before. Many thanks for all responses and views.

Ewan

GeoffE · « **Reply #8 on:** Sunday 18 November 07 21:11 GMT (UK) »

Births Dec 1854
Lewis Emily Maria Malmesbury 5a 36

What you see on a census page is only a transcription of something else - it doesn't make it right.

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