Help with deciphering OPR Image

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jillwelsh
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Help with deciphering OPR Image

Post by jillwelsh » Sat Jan 27, 2007 3:55 pm

Just checked his death cert and he is a Cartwright - could it read "wheelmaker"?

Jill
Researching:
Greenock/PG - Rodger, Conner, Greer, Moles, McFarlane, McKellar, Peacock
Stevenston/Saltcoats - Welsh, Montgomerie, Cockburn
Various - Riddell, Leel, Sievewright, Thom, Sellar, Strathearn, Smith
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nelmit
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Re: Help with deciphering OPR Image

Post by nelmit » Sat Jan 27, 2007 4:01 pm

jillwelsh wrote:Just checked his death cert and he is a Cartwright - could it read "wheelmaker"?

Jill
=D> =D>

I think you win the coconut Jill.
I can definitely see wheel maker now that you've suggested it. :D

Kind regards,
Annette M
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SarahND
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Post by SarahND » Sat Jan 27, 2007 4:13 pm

Wheel maker certainly makes more sense with his later occupation, and I think you're probably right, but it sure isn't the dramatic "W"s that he makes elsewhere on the page, unless parts are missing.

Regards,
Sarah
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