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More handwriting help

  • 31-05-2015 6:21pm
    #1
    BigCon
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    Looking to decipher some handwriting on the attached image. The 15th is the date in question. I did have this up here before but it was a smaller image so hopefully the larger image might help. Thanks.
    p.s. I'd say there's going to be a lot more of these type of threads after July 8th!

    Thomas_Moore_baptism_1857.jpg


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  • #2
    Alicat
    Registered Users Posts: 10,264 ✭✭✭✭Alicat


    BigCon wrote: »
    Looking to decipher some handwriting on the attached image. The 15th is the date in question. I did have this up here before but it was a smaller image so hopefully the larger image might help. Thanks.
    p.s. I'd say there's going to be a lot more of these type of threads after July 8th!

    I bow to the superior talents of the other posters in this forum but it looks to me like;

    "15th Thomas Moore of Michael and Mary Barron
    Patrick Barron and Mary G_____"

    Presuming the last two names are the sponsors/godparents.


  • #3
    KildareFan
    Registered Users Posts: 683 ✭✭✭KildareFan


    I can see where the person who transcribed than got those names. Barron and Margt. are ok, the other two words are more difficult,

    The P for Patrick is ok, and the 'a' looks split in half, there seems to be two 't's, the first missing the crossbar, and the second followed by a subscript r ?

    The double 'r's in the last word are the same type of strokes as the ones in Barron. The second letter might be an 'a' rather than 'e', and J as the first letter is certainly possible or maybe 'G' ? The original transcriber probably worked the J out by comparing to other sightly clearer instances from other examples on the page.     - Shanenew's contribution from the earlier thread http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=92085772

    and from Pretzill in the same thread:
    To me Margt. Guinet but the Patt looks like Patrick except the end does look like a th rather than a ck.

    (Newbie here btw - delighted to find this forum on boards I'm knee deep in research at the moment - so expect questions soon)

    P.


  • #4
    KildareFan
    Registered Users Posts: 683 ✭✭✭KildareFan


    Could it be Margaret Guinan? What looks like a T might be a cross sign?


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