Help to decipher please!.....

ninatoo · Post by **ninatoo** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 3:03 am

I have an image on the gallery and I would like help with the surname of the bride. I thought it was Willock Hunter, but the SP index has it as "Willock Li...."

Thanks in advance,

Nina

http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayi ... p?pos=-599

StewL · Post by **StewL** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 4:11 am

Hi Ninatoo

It looks like Jean Willock Hunter Sinclair to me (Clerkess) I guess this means a female clerk

It wouldnt be the first entry to be miss indexed on SP

Ted · Post by **Ted** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:08 am

Hi Ninatoo

I agree with Stewie - Joan Willock Hunter Sinclair - Clerkess.

Best regards

Ted

ellenavon · Post by **ellenavon** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:44 am

Hi Nina

I'm not so sure I agree with the Hunter bit. Could you upload more of the cert so we can compare more of the registrar's handwriting?

Regards

Ellen.

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:58 am

Hi all
Almost looks like Jean Willock Linton Sinclair to me. Just not sure about that "o" - seems very flat. Almost like a letter "e" - Linten maybe - but I think the problem is that the "o" has been left open, & has not been closed. I reckon its Linton.

Best wishes
Lesley

ninatoo · Post by **ninatoo** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:18 am

Thanks for trying to help everyone...I have uploaded the whole certificate to compare handwriting. It is awaiting approval.

Nina

http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayi ... p?pos=-603
<image URL added by LesleyB>

Post by **AndrewP** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:20 am

Hi All,

I'll go along with Lesley's Joan Willock Linton Sinclair. The only other remote possibility I will throw in is, could Joan be Jean?

All the best,

AndrewP

ninatoo · Post by **ninatoo** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:35 am

Thanks for the upload Lesley.

I am not entirely sure of her christian name, as she is a relatively new find. Also the marriage takes place in 1924 (so no hope of finding coroborative census info under Carson) and she seems to have been adopted, as the notation under the parents' names on the marriage registration indicate. But I am hopeful of finding out a bit more about her if I can find out her proper name.

Thanks again all,

Nina

ninatoo · Post by **ninatoo** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:22 am

Mystery solved!

Well after a bit of guesswork from all of you, and a lot of help from Frannie, I found that the name is Jean Willock Linton Sinclair. Frannie looked for a birth for Jean, and found one!

Jean's real parents were Andrew Marshall Linton and Jane Willock Cook. Jane Willock Cook had a sister Ellen Taylor Cook, according to the IGI. This Ellen (or Helen as Jean's marriage registration) married Peter Sinclair and adopted young Jean when presumably her own parents died.

Thank you all, especially Frannie who thought of looking for a birth!

Nina