Need help with a Surname

[Lady Macbeth]

Sorry to add to the confusion, but I think it could also possiblly be McGannon as I don't think it's a w if you look at the w in widower the lines are pointed there rather than rounded.

If it is Irish, try this site for variants.  This page gives McGannon
http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=
And this is the page for McGauran variants
http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=

There are McGannon variants on the LDS site for England from Cumberland, if that is any help.
Good luck and I hope this hasn't confused things further.
Lesley

[newbie]

Can I also chip in?
I started Calligraphy last year, and this is a form of Copperplate, did you think of asking a Calligrapher? to me it looks like Mc? S because of the way the letter is formed, then a - definitely not an o, not round enough, then i, then n. Observation purely from style of writing and the way the characters are formed - but I'm not an expert! a Calligrapher would be able to give you the information.
It's half term at the moment but I will print it off and take to class next week - may be able to give further info. Pauline

[ryan]

Yes, a calligrapher sounds like a very sensible option you may wish to follow up.
However, I donnot agree with you, 'newbie', in regards to the 's'. I posess my GG grandparent's marriage certificate (Thomas Hopkins m. Rebecca Hart), where a whitness, one Grace Matthews (Rebecca's married sister) signs her first name using a character more-or-less the same as the one, the 'G' under speculation.