deciphering of name - help please!

Jo G · Post by **Jo G** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 3:20 pm

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I'm having a problem reading the bridegroom's mother's maiden name on this document and as the groom is "John Stewart" I am desperate to find out! I've tried all sorts of avenues to trace John but there are so many on the censuses that without birth details, I'm stuck!

Any input from those of you with eagle eyes would be much appreciated.

Many thanks

Jo

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 3:27 pm

Hi Jo
I'd go for Margaret Stewart m.s. Moss

best wishes
Lesley

Post by **Anne H** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 3:32 pm

Hi Jo,

I agree with Leslley...maiden name looks like Moss to me written the old way Mofs.

Regards,
AnneH

JimM · Post by **JimM** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 3:33 pm

I'd go for Moss too,
There is an IGI record of a David Stewart marrying Margaret Moss in 1846

Jim

CatrionaL · Post by **CatrionaL** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 3:40 pm

Hullo Jo

Without seeing Lesley's response, I had come to the conclusion that it could be Moss, the ss being written as fs. There is a name for that which DWW will surely tell you. I can never remember.

Best wishes

Catriona

Jo G · Post by **Jo G** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 3:49 pm

Thanks everyone, for your prompt responses. I've had a look and there are 2 marriages in the right period so onto a winner here, methinks!

After spending all morning raking through censuses and trying to second guess

I know where to come next time!

Jo

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 6:53 pm

Hi Jo

I've had a look and there are 2 marriages in the right period

I suspect one will be the banns in a different parish from the marriage, I had a quick look on IGI - this would suggest one party was from one parish and the other party from the other.

Best wishes
Lesley

rdem · Post by **rdem** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 11:18 am

To reaffirm the groups finding, the name is Moss. 1888 is a little late for the registrar to be using the antique FS for double "s"
In instances where I can't quite understand the writing on a certificate, I look for other parts of the certificate to see if there is something similar. In this certificate, it is backed up by the word Assissant which has the same FS.

StewL · Post by **StewL** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 2:05 am

rdem

I was thinking that the use of the fs in this record could be a result of the age of the registrar. He might have been one of the older brigade, whose writing habits were dictated by his learning/education.

As they say old habits die hard

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 10:08 am

StewL wrote:rdem

I was thinking that the use of the fs in this record could be a result of the age of the registrar. He might have been one of the older brigade, whose writing habits were dictated by his learning/education.

As they say old habits die hard

That's exactly what I wrote in the post that I thought that I'd added, but I must have previewed then not submitted..........

If the schoolmaster who taught him to write was in his 60s or 70s, then we're back to the mid 1700 in the blink of an eye

David