Can Rootschat members help? - Lost Teddy Bear 'Seeks' Owner

[Meezer]

I would be happy to offer the bear a good home.....

[jim1]

Okay, I take 9 x's to mean 9 kisses...strange number!

It looks like an & to me.Love & X's.

[AngelFish]

I'm really baffled by the wording on the back of the photo, it just doesn't make sense, ' With dearest love 9 x's to OUR darling daddie from your loving little daughter 7 Sonnie'Signed Dora & Glyn

Okay, I take 9 x's to mean 9 kisses...strange number!  It states, to OUR darling Daddie, implying two children are sending this.  It then goes on to say it's from YOUR loving little daughter, implying one daughter is sending it.  And what's '7 Sonnie?'  Is that really Sonnie?  It's then signed, Dora & Glyn.  I had thought that Glyn was a male name unless it's short for Glynis 

Jane

I read it as

"With dearest love & X's to our
darling Daddie from your loving
little daughter & sonnie

Dora & Glyn

Taken on Baby's birthday, March 4th 1918.
one year & 5 months old."

...meaning with dearest love and kisses...


I hadn't noticed it was a different bear!

[lizdb]

Totally agree with that wording Angelfish

Doesnt Anyone else think (like me) that it simply means that the photo is 1 yr 5 mths old?
I've made this suggestion several times and no one has commented either way - just continued to come up with other ideas about the 1 yr 5 mts comment

And I think it is the same bear (my daughters bear lost mouth in a matter of a few years, so not surprising this ones has gone over 100 years!)  Wear and tear and repairs will alter the look of a bear.

[AngelFish]

Doesnt Anyone else think (like me) that it simply means that the photo is 1 yr 5 mths old?

Yes, I think that is the most likely.

But wouldn't it be easier if they had written one year & 5 months ago instead of old    

[trystan]

I'm not sure that a person would write how old a picture is as an age. If you were trying to record a date that you sent a card or a letter, you'd think that they would put the current date down.

The children, could one be 1 year old, and the other 1 year 5 months old? I know it seems like a biological impossibility but they could have been from two marriages, or adopted.

Ignoring what's already been written, how old do both the children look?

Trystan

[hepburn]

I think it means the photo was taken on Glyns first birthday and  Daddy's  received it 5 months on...  It was a very slow postal service 

[Ruskie]

Taken on Baby's birthday, March 4th 1918.

I thought this meant that Glyn was the baby.
His birthday was March 4th 1918.
The photo was taken on his first birthday ....

I cannot work out what the 1 year 5 months refers to, but I don't think it makes sense for it to be the age of the photograph - I agree with Trystan on that.

[AngelFish]

I'm not good with ages. I wondered if the older child (who I think is Doris) could be up to five years old?  My best guess would be about 4.  I don't know about the younger child.

Most children were baptised much younger than 1 year and 5 months, so I don't think it's that.

I've had another look at the bear pictures, and I really do think it is the same bear. (I remember having similar toys with that squashed nose look!)