Need help please on the father's name

[Cathy53]

Hi I am hoping the file has attached.
This is a birth certificate for John Glennie (illegitimate birth) but the father requested his name to be included. Scotlandspeople have noted this certificate as Glennie, John Shephit 186/  26.
On the 1861 census he is listed as John Shepherd living with his grandparents. To me the father's signature looks like it ends with a t (column 6) but I may be wrong. Any advice would be gratefully appreciated.

[Pennines]

It actually looks like Shephrt!

[loobylooayr]

Hi -

It does look like Shephrt -
Then again looking at the other columns ....could it be Shephrton ??

Looby

[Gadget]

I see Shephrt

[Cathy53]

Thanks for your replies. I also see Shephrt but I have done a lot of fuzzy searches on Scotlandspeople and am not coming up with anything near it! On the 1861 census Scotlandspeople it is definitely written as Shepherd so I think I will have to go with that.

[Pennines]

Maybe it was just the way the surname was pronounced to the Registrar which caused the strange spelling.

[Crumblie]

I think it actually says John Shepherd, which would also explain the 1861 census.

[Karen McDonald]

My 2 penn'th:

I think it looks as though the registrar has written Shephrt.
His "r" is very distinctive, and his "d" (in other places on the page) looks more like "el" - the last letter of the name definitely looks like a "t".

The father's signature at first glance also looks like Shephrt, but perhaps it is simply not very precise and is actually Shephert or Shephart?

Edit: I originally ruled out Shephet, but now I've seen that the name does indeed exist.
Unlikely, though, as I would imagine there must have been an "r" towards the end of the name, if the registrar wrote Shephrt (going on what he heard).

Best regards,
Karen

[Cathy53]

I have now found John's death certificate 168/1  121

A different spelling for John's father Shephot!