What does that say??

[nuff]

From a birth cert  for Ann Esther.(girl)

But what does it say under Esther?

_{(The image is one passed on so unfortunately unable to rescan)}

thanks for looking

[karenlee]

Could it be Nettie??

Karenlee

[PrueM]

Might be Nettie, or Hettie (Hettie is a pet name for Esther) 

[acorngen]

Looks like Ann Ester Hettie

Rob

[Geoff-E]

I would say that )Hettie( or )Nettie( had been added later, perhaps by a family member.

[Gadget]

I'll vote for Nettie - the N carrying over from Ann and the Ettie for Esther. This collapse of two first names  into one happens quite often.


Gadget

[carol8353]

Yes I thought Nettie too-although officially named Ann Esther,it sounds like mum and dad would be calling her Nettie.

Carol

[nuff]

Thanks everyone.

The cert is a copy issued when she was 11.
The writing looks consistant with the rest of the page, but as if added as an afterthought ( in backward brackets ) which would fit well with the idea of it being the name she was known by. I've come across several pet names in the family, but this is the first to make it onto a birth certificate.

thanks again
nuff.

[net64]

My name is Anne Margaret but I have always been called Annette(sometimes Nettie!)I'd say it was Nettie or Hettie

Annette