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Money Bank Turnbull
« on: Monday 04 March 24 15:41 GMT (UK) »
Hi everyone, it’s been awhile!

I am pretty good on genealogy and hand writing but this one has me stumped. A bit of background info, this pottery money bank was produced in the North East of England (Stockton-On-Tees) during the last half of the 19th century, in the year 1870. 

No help needed on the item, I am a collector of these money banks. I have one more with an inscription and have access to photographs of another 5-6 with inscriptions. The person who painted the names was fairly good!

What I am stuck on is the hand enamelled text. I read it as ‘Margret Joana Turnbull’ but would love to know what you think? Its quite possible it is 'Margret Jane Turnbull' with some writing issue with the letters that look like 'o's see below.

I cannot find this individual if it is a variant of ‘Margret Joana Turnbull’. What I have done is down break the name and compare it to hand written entries in the census etc which are pretty similar to what I think. Margret could of course be ‘Margaret’ and Joana could be ‘Joanna.’ Turnbull is the least similar but even then the only problematic letter is the connection between ‘u’ and ‘r’ which does look like an ‘o.’

Look forward to your replies.
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Re: Money Bank Turnbull
« Reply #1 on: Monday 04 March 24 16:01 GMT (UK) »
Looks more like Trombull to me
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Re: Money Bank Turnbull
« Reply #2 on: Monday 04 March 24 17:20 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: ShaunJ on Monday 04 March 24 16:01 GMT (UK)
Looks more like Trombull to me

That is what I thought  :)
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Re: Money Bank Turnbull
« Reply #3 on: Monday 04 March 24 17:29 GMT (UK) »
Good call. Will see what I can find.

I can see on Ancestry a Frederick William Trombull b abt. 1873 baptized at South Shields, Durham, England 1873. Son of Margaret and Edwin Trombull. The money box was produced in Stockton on Tees which is just down the road. So you may well be right! I will keep looking.

An uncommon surname, cannot find much else so far!

The boxes were typically made for special events, births, baptisms and marriage.
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Gibson - Foston on the Wolds, Yorkshire, England.
Ball - Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire, England.

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Re: Money Bank Turnbull
« Reply #4 on: Monday 04 March 24 19:35 GMT (UK) »
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Re: Money Bank Turnbull
« Reply #5 on: Monday 04 March 24 23:06 GMT (UK) »
I can imagine that a child with pocket money and a father keen to help may have bought this for their mother, Margaret Trumbull. 

PS You might like to change the Turnbull to Trumbull in the heading of this thread, if you are able.   
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