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Surname help please - Middlesex, England

Pamela Hill7
Pamela Hill7 ✭✭
July 16, 2021 edited August 23, 2024 in Get Involved/Indexing

I am having difficulty reading this handwriting, please could you help with entries 7 (9th Dec) and 10 (12th Dec). Thank you, Pam

https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/batch/c86d1916-57d2-4f86-b022-eb56ba44a6ff

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  • Ruth H_1
    Ruth H_1 ✭✭
    July 16, 2021 Answer ✓

    Hi Pam

    I like a challenge! For entry 7, I see Newman. Entry 10 is tougher but I think it is Pembroke - the Pem is reasonable easy to see once you've tuned in to the handwriting; the b doesn't look like a b until you look at the b in the scrawled word Labourer in the Trade column; the r is then obvious; the final oke is open to interpretation but that's what I'd go for. (There is a matching birth record for Samuel Pembroke in the civil birth registration index.)

    Hope my sleuthing helps.

    Ruth

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  • Dellory Matthews
    Dellory Matthews ✭✭✭✭
    July 16, 2021 edited July 16, 2021

    Oh my! This is really challenging writing. I'm looking at this and will edit my post later. . .

    Update: I've asked some others to take a look also.

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  • Dellory Matthews
    Dellory Matthews ✭✭✭✭
    July 16, 2021

    I thought it might be Pembroke!

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  • Allison Lathrop
    Allison Lathrop ✭✭✭
    July 16, 2021

    This is a good one. I see "Pembroth". Let the spirit be your guide.

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  • Melissa S Himes
    Melissa S Himes ✭✭✭✭✭
    July 17, 2021

    Or you could use the wildcards and index Pembro*

    Some information may be difficult to read because of damage to a document or other factors. You can represent unreadable information in various ways, depending on how much information is unreadable.

    One character

    If you are unable to read 1 letter or number, use a question mark (?) to replace the unreadable letter or number.

    • Example: H?ndley

    Multiple characters

    For consecutive unreadable letters or numbers, use an asterisk (*) to replace the unreadable group of letters or numbers.

    • Example: Di*son


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  • Dellory Matthews
    Dellory Matthews ✭✭✭✭
    July 17, 2021

    Here's the answer I got from someone else who looked at your batch:

    "I believe #7 is Thomas Newman, of George and Mary Ann; and #10 is Samuel Pembrooke, of James and Matilda."

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  • Pamela Hill7
    Pamela Hill7 ✭✭
    July 17, 2021

    Hello everyone, Thank you for all that information. It certainly was a great help. Having had another look, I am going for Pembroke as the 'th' in Elizabeth has a crossing on the 't', as do other 't' s.

    Newman is of course Newman, but what a leap that was, thank you all

    Pam

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