Handwriting help, please

[clifto]

1880 Census, roll 469, page 85, family of Leo Lavergne and the one person
above them. Looks like

Gourgues Charles
Lavergne Leo
Josephine
Marie
Melazi
Numa
Henri

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[Dennis & Bonnie French]

"clifto" <clifto@gmail.com> wrote in message
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1880 Census, roll 469, page 85, family of Leo Lavergne and the one person
above them. Looks like

Gourgues Charles
Lavergne Leo
Josephine
Marie
Melazi
Numa
Henri

--
God help us all.
Because we're down to PIAPS, B. Hussein or "Mumps" McCain,
the next President of the United States can only be a liberal Democrat,

Is it possible it is Gongues? I just googled it and it is a valid last
name....
Bonnie

Bonnie

[clifto]

Dennis & Bonnie French wrote:

"clifto" <clifto@gmail.com> wrote...

Gourgues Charles

Is it possible it is Gongues? I just googled it and it is a valid last
name....

Not sure at all. It could be. This is my first contact with the name; my
interest is strictly because of Josephine's mother being Jamaican.

--
God help us all.
Because we're down to PIAPS, B. Hussein or McCain,
the next President of the United States can only be a liberal Democrat,

[clifto]

clifto wrote:

1880 Census, roll 469, page 85, family of Leo Lavergne and the one person
above them. Looks like

Gourgues Charles
Lavergne Leo
Josephine
Marie
Melazi
Numa

In the 1900 census this name has the same sawtooth appearance (upstroke/
downstroke/upstroke/etc) but has an 's' on the end, may be Numas.

Henri

Numas and Henri are the only kids still at home in the 1900 census. It's
T623, roll 573 page 2 if that helps.

--
God help us all.
Because we're down to PIAPS, B. Hussein or McStain,
the next President of the United States can only be a liberal Democrat,

[singhals]

clifto wrote:

1880 Census, roll 469, page 85, family of Leo Lavergne and the one person
above them. Looks like

Gourgues Charles
Lavergne Leo
Josephine
Marie
Melazi
Numa
Henri

HeritageQuest indexes Charles as:

1880 > LOUISIANA > ST JOHN THE BAPTIST > 5-WD
Series: T9 Roll: 469 Page: 85
GOUGUES, CHARLES, 50, M W JAMA

Personally, I think the third letter is a w -- that little
serif at the upstroke? (see also Jules LOUIS, son of
Celestin on pg 85B which has the same u-by-a-high-start-next
letter combo); I don't see a Georges anywhere to compare
with, but two lines above Celestin is a Eugene, and the ug
combo doesn't have the serif.

There is another Numa on pg 85B and Henri is of course the
French version of Henry, so those two names are OK.

FWIW.

Cheryl

[singhals]

singhals wrote:

clifto wrote:

1880 Census, roll 469, page 85, family of Leo Lavergne and the one person
above them. Looks like

Gourgues Charles
Lavergne Leo
Josephine
Marie
Melazi
Numa
Henri


HeritageQuest indexes Charles as:

1880 > LOUISIANA > ST JOHN THE BAPTIST > 5-WD
Series: T9 Roll: 469 Page: 85
GOUGUES, CHARLES, 50, M W JAMA

Personally, I think the third letter is a w -- that little serif at the
upstroke? (see also Jules LOUIS, son of Celestin on pg 85B which has the
same u-by-a-high-start-next letter combo); I don't see a Georges
anywhere to compare with, but two lines above Celestin is a Eugene, and
the ug combo doesn't have the serif.

There is another Numa on pg 85B and Henri is of course the French
version of Henry, so those two names are OK.

FWIW.

Cheryl

And a peripheral glance as I was closing the page leads me
to add -- it COULD be a double-e at the end of the word.
Not that it makes either option a more recognizable word,
mind, even in Louisiana, but it's an indexing option.

The final letter does not mimic other final s I see, nor
does it appear to be a t or d.

Cheryl

[clifto]

singhals wrote:

singhals wrote:
clifto wrote:

1880 Census, roll 469, page 85, family of Leo Lavergne and the one person
above them.

HeritageQuest indexes Charles as:

1880 > LOUISIANA > ST JOHN THE BAPTIST > 5-WD
Series: T9 Roll: 469 Page: 85
GOUGUES, CHARLES, 50, M W JAMA

Personally, I think the third letter is a w -- that little serif at the
upstroke? (see also Jules LOUIS, son of Celestin on pg 85B which has the
same u-by-a-high-start-next letter combo); I don't see a Georges
anywhere to compare with, but two lines above Celestin is a Eugene, and
the ug combo doesn't have the serif.

There is another Numa on pg 85B and Henri is of course the French
version of Henry, so those two names are OK.

I have been surprised since I posted to find people named Numas and Melazi.
I thought I'd heard most first names before.

And a peripheral glance as I was closing the page leads me
to add -- it COULD be a double-e at the end of the word.
Not that it makes either option a more recognizable word,
mind, even in Louisiana, but it's an indexing option.

The final letter does not mimic other final s I see, nor
does it appear to be a t or d.

I'm going to look again once I uncross my eyes.

--
God help us all.
Because we're down to PIAPS, B. Hussein or McStain,
the next President of the United States can only be a liberal Democrat,

[Henry Brownlee]

"singhals" <singhals@erols.com> wrote in message
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| > Personally, I think the third letter is a w -- that little serif at the

| > upstroke? (see also Jules LOUIS, son of Celestin on pg 85B which has the
| > same u-by-a-high-start-next letter combo); I don't see a Georges
| > anywhere to compare with, but two lines above Celestin is a Eugene, and
| > the ug combo doesn't have the serif.
| >
| > There is another Numa on pg 85B and Henri is of course the French
| > version of Henry, so those two names are OK.
| >
| > FWIW.
| >
| > Cheryl
|
| And a peripheral glance as I was closing the page leads me
| to add -- it COULD be a double-e at the end of the word.
| Not that it makes either option a more recognizable word,
| mind, even in Louisiana, but it's an indexing option.
|
| The final letter does not mimic other final s I see, nor
| does it appear to be a t or d.
|
| Cheryl

Kind of agree with Cheryl on the w: GOWGUES. But it could be an "u"
which is disconnected from the balance of the name. But I think the
final letter is an "s" - Monsieur Bourg's "s"es vary considerably from
one name to the next. The final "s" in Charles on the same line as
Gowgues/Gougues, in Ellis, James, and in not final but still
approximately the same treatment in Louise, Alphonse, Alphonsine,
etc., elsewhere on the page all seem to make it to be an "s".

I had a heck of a time transcribing the 1850 Census of Algiers (part of
Orleans Parish) for USGENWEB Census project due to handwriting.
But I think I won!

Henri/Henry