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Help with a name or a word please
« on: Wednesday 15 February 23 06:15 GMT (UK) »
Hi,
Can anyone read the last word please, (after Graham).
 I don't  have any other handwriting by the same person to compare the letters/word to.

It's  out of a baptism bible , where indvidual people have signed their own names, so posting more or the page wouldn't be of any help.
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I can't  for the life of me work out the word. It just looks like  capital letters and two numbers to me , which  really doesn't make sense to me.
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Thank you for any help.
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Re: Help with a name or a word please
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 15 February 23 06:59 GMT (UK) »
I think it's Davis. 
Malton (London)
Eades (Somerset)
Johnson (Wimborne, East Dorset)
Hopkins (Roxburgh., Yorks.)
Kidd (Westmoreland)
Lake (East Cambridgeshire)

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Re: Help with a name or a word please
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 15 February 23 09:05 GMT (UK) »
I thought 'Daves'?
Lane, Burgess: Cheshire. Finney, Rogers, Gilman:Derbys
Cochran, Nicol, Paton, Bruce:Scotland. Bertolle:London
Bainbridge, Christman, Jeffs: Staffs


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Re: Help with a name or a word please
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 15 February 23 10:36 GMT (UK) »
Tricky one isn't it  ::)  When I first saw it I thought the last two characters were a number 89 with the 8 not finished off.  A shortened birth year perhaps - 1789 or 1889.

Da seems reasonably clear.  What else do you know about the names in the bible?  Is the bible one that belongs to your family?  I take it there are no surnames to assist you in any way?
Ashford: Somerset, London
England: Devon, London, New Zealand
Holdway: Wiltshire
Hooper: Bristol, Somerset
Knowling: Devon, London
Southcott: Devon, China
Strong: Wiltshire
Watson: Cambridgeshire
White: Bristol
Windo - Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire

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Re: Help with a name or a word please
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 15 February 23 11:08 GMT (UK) »
Very difficult.  I see either Daves or Dades (the lower case d looking like a small version of the capital D ).

I'm not very confident though  :-\
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Re: Help with a name or a word please
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 15 February 23 11:55 GMT (UK) »
I will plump for Davey.

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Re: Help with a name or a word please
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 15 February 23 18:50 GMT (UK) »
It could be a qualification


I  Graham,  D (?) 59

add - Doctor (usually Ph.D though)  or Diploma ??
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Re: Help with a name or a word please
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 15 February 23 18:57 GMT (UK) »
Could it be D.div 59 or similar -  Doctor of Divinity, 59.
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