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Offline rogerb

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Name please
« on: Monday 14 June 21 13:46 BST (UK) »
Could anyone have a quick look at the name below Lydia.  My first thought was Polly but the first L doesn't look right.  And now I'm not convinced by the P either....

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Re: Name please
« Reply #1 on: Monday 14 June 21 13:55 BST (UK) »
My first thought is Bocky - if I'd ever heard of such a name, I'd be quite sure - but I haven't!

Actually, the B doesn't look like the B of Beatrice.  Perhaps it's a J, R or F?

Also, what I took as a k may be a b (just before the y)
Co Durham BROOKS / Northumberland BURNS / Fogo ALCORN, DODDS / Whitby LINTON, STONEHOUSE, GRAHAM / Stirlingshire BROWN, MCLACHLAN, JOHNSTONE / Blackford (Perthshire) DAVIDSON, MURRAY / St Andrews KIRK, HAY / Leith, Orkney GROUNDWATER, EUNSON / Edinburgh HUTTON, WRIGHT, BLAIR, CHISHOLM, GREGOR

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« Reply #2 on: Monday 14 June 21 14:06 BST (UK) »
It would be useful to look at the entire page to compare letters - please would you give the full reference?
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« Reply #3 on: Monday 14 June 21 14:17 BST (UK) »
Not sure the right reference but on the bottom of the page it says RG12/384.

Its the 1891 census for Rotherhithe.

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« Reply #4 on: Monday 14 June 21 14:25 BST (UK) »
The full reference is RG 12/384/147/33 (folio and page number can be seen at the top r-h corner of the page in question)  :)
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Re: Name please
« Reply #5 on: Monday 14 June 21 14:29 BST (UK) »
Packer and Porter from the previous page confirming it as a P

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« Reply #6 on: Monday 14 June 21 15:38 BST (UK) »
I have a few Polly's in my tree.
You will usually find that their given name is Mary.
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« Reply #7 on: Monday 14 June 21 16:00 BST (UK) »
I agree with Matthew that the first letter is a ‘P’.
Looks like Polley to me.
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« Reply #8 on: Monday 14 June 21 16:02 BST (UK) »
You could look for a birth on the GRO and see what they think it is.
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