What do these Two Words Say?
- Thread starter MollyMay
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Any member of the family whose name remotely looks like the 2nd one? The first letter is similar to the first letter of "Lil", at least the tail on it is. I thought of Sissy, but I don't think that's an S....No luck when I enlarged it either. I'm sure there are others here, with much better deciphering powers than mine.
Mutters
I am not bossy, I just have better ideas.
Not an easy one at all. Does not look like an 'L' but I cannot think what else it could be. 'T' = Aunt Til (Tilda). 'J' = Aunt Jil (Jill). 'I' = Aunt Id (Ida).
Not at all sure about the other word. Wonder if it starts with an 'S'.
If it is a 'y' on the end it looks nothing like Monday.
Not at all sure about the other word. Wonder if it starts with an 'S'.
If it is a 'y' on the end it looks nothing like Monday.
Very difficult to work out - My guess is Aunt Lil to Jim as well as Ann's.
However 7/3/1915 was not a Monday either in UK form or USA form.
A puzzle!!
Tricia
MollyMay
Knows where to find the answers!
Mutley, you could be onto something
The picture came from my Nan's and is of my Mum and three of her brothers.
Nan's name was Matilda, now I know she could not read or write so it cannot have been written by her but Til makes more sense than Lil, and she did have a nephew James (son of Grandad's sister Sarah who would have been 23 in 1917). I had not thought of my Nan being the 'aunt' I was trying to fit it to an aunt of my grandparents.
I knew you all would find another angle to look at it from - thank you one and all.
The picture came from my Nan's and is of my Mum and three of her brothers.
Nan's name was Matilda, now I know she could not read or write so it cannot have been written by her but Til makes more sense than Lil, and she did have a nephew James (son of Grandad's sister Sarah who would have been 23 in 1917). I had not thought of my Nan being the 'aunt' I was trying to fit it to an aunt of my grandparents.
I knew you all would find another angle to look at it from - thank you one and all.
Mutters
I am not bossy, I just have better ideas.
Oh goody good.
I also thought the day of the date was a 1, not because I am clever but because here in Portugal they write a 1 with a large stroke at the top and a 7 has a line through the middle.
Flook has confirmed the 1st was a Monday so that must be right.
I also thought the day of the date was a 1, not because I am clever but because here in Portugal they write a 1 with a large stroke at the top and a 7 has a line through the middle.
Flook has confirmed the 1st was a Monday so that must be right.
MollyMay
Knows where to find the answers!
I have been thinking about this, whilst getting the Sunday roast prepared (as you do) and although Nan could not read and write, her Mum Louisa could. Odd how one generation could read and write and yet their children could not. I digress. Louisa lived with Nan and her family from when she was widowed until her death and did much of the child rearing (she taught Mum to cook and sew). Wouldn't it be wonderful it that was her handwriting? I know I will never prove it but that thought makes the picture even more precious now.
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