Please help with surname

[Redblackdragon]

I agree that context might help.

I think I can make out some letters but together they don’t make much sense. It looks like it starts with an R.. - possibly Ro… there are several possibilities eg Romigie, Rornig e or u. Would you expect this to be a “non English” surname?

Is there any other writing you can show us for comparision? Is the date 1867? Is this in the back of a photo as suggested by bearcat?

Hello! I wrote just above that I don’t know anything about the photo... I bought it at a flea market in Russia but its story is interesting to me

[Redblackdragon]

Roniegu?

There’s a William Roniegu on FB

https://m.facebook.com/people/Roniegu-William/100089757713248/

Thanks a lot!

[Redblackdragon]

So looking at date 1867 when photo taken.

https://pic.nypl.org/constituents/297179

Thanks a lot!!

[Redblackdragon]

Looking through some census surname indexes I've spotted a few instances of Ronague or Rounge, but I'm not convinced it's either of those.

Wow! Thanks a lot!

[Gadget]

There's a Martha J Romuger in the 1881, Kensington.
Aged 45, widow, artist in painting,  b. Manchester

RG11/23/57/17

possible 

[Redblackdragon]

How old do we think she is? 20 - 23? I've tried looking for Martha [without Jane] Rom* on 1861/1871 censuses. Though maybe she was visiting London not a resident? The  fact that you found the ambrotype in Russia makes that more feasible.

It is very interesting! Thank you

[Redblackdragon]

She appears to be wearing a wedding ring on her right hand - or is this one of the kinds of photo that comes out reversed? The question of reversal might be relevant, since I believe in some parts of Europe it's more usual to wear the ring on the right hand.

I also thought her outfit looked much more flamboyant than you usually see in photos of that date. So was she particularly wealthy, or dressed in a style more commonly found in another country? (Or both)

These are very interesting questions!

[Redblackdragon]

There's a Martha J Romuger in the 1881, Kensington.
Aged 45, widow, artist in painting,  b. Manchester

RG11/23/57/17

possible 

Wow!!! This seems to be true... the age is appropriate. And the surname seems to be too
RG11/23/57/17 - What does it mean?

[Gadget]

Martha Jane Tetlow married Frederick Emil Rouniger ?? Q 1 1953. Altrincham

In 1871  she is in the same address in Kensington, a widow
RG10/31/22/38