Earlier today I asked whether anyone could readily identify this fellow's
first name from the 1880 Nebraska census in Belle Prairie Township,
Fillmore County; here's a snippet of the handwriting:
http://www.physics.ucla.edu/hep/Upload/firstname.jpg
He's indexed as Seame P. Petersen but Tara kindly pointed out that L and S
are written very similarly. She couldn't make out the rest of the name,
though, and I couldn't either at first because of all the calligraphic
flourishes and extra-appearing strokes in the handwriting.
Could this be either Loren or Soren P. Petersen?
There's a fellow in the 1880 Utah census indexed as Loren P. Petersen
(different guy) and the entry has the L looking just like the S. Maybe this
one is actually Soren too.
My L.P. Petersen is listed as the father of the groom on my great-
grandparents' marriage certificate, but maybe the clerk wrote it down wrong
and he's really S.P. Petersen.
Does that make sense?
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saki@ucla.edu
Handwriting help: possible answer?
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Larry
Re: Handwriting help: possible answer?
I think it is an L ? Maybe Leorn(a) ? Possibly an attempt to shorten
Leonardo ?
Definately no expert... Just a suggestion... Good Luck
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Leonardo ?
Definately no expert... Just a suggestion... Good Luck
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Earlier today I asked whether anyone could readily identify this fellow's
first name from the 1880 Nebraska census in Belle Prairie Township,
Fillmore County; here's a snippet of the handwriting:
http://www.physics.ucla.edu/hep/Upload/firstname.jpg
He's indexed as Seame P. Petersen but Tara kindly pointed out that L and S
are written very similarly. She couldn't make out the rest of the name,
though, and I couldn't either at first because of all the calligraphic
flourishes and extra-appearing strokes in the handwriting.
Could this be either Loren or Soren P. Petersen?
There's a fellow in the 1880 Utah census indexed as Loren P. Petersen
(different guy) and the entry has the L looking just like the S. Maybe
this
one is actually Soren too.
My L.P. Petersen is listed as the father of the groom on my great-
grandparents' marriage certificate, but maybe the clerk wrote it down
wrong
and he's really S.P. Petersen.
Does that make sense?
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saki@ucla.edu
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Tazmadazz
Re: Handwriting help: possible answer?
It looks like Lorne, do you have any more of the page that might have that
census takers use or "orn" together, that would show if that's how he/she
writes that combination of letters.
Taz
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census takers use or "orn" together, that would show if that's how he/she
writes that combination of letters.
Taz
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Earlier today I asked whether anyone could readily identify this fellow's
first name from the 1880 Nebraska census in Belle Prairie Township,
Fillmore County; here's a snippet of the handwriting:
http://www.physics.ucla.edu/hep/Upload/firstname.jpg
He's indexed as Seame P. Petersen but Tara kindly pointed out that L and S
are written very similarly. She couldn't make out the rest of the name,
though, and I couldn't either at first because of all the calligraphic
flourishes and extra-appearing strokes in the handwriting.
Could this be either Loren or Soren P. Petersen?
There's a fellow in the 1880 Utah census indexed as Loren P. Petersen
(different guy) and the entry has the L looking just like the S. Maybe
this
one is actually Soren too.
My L.P. Petersen is listed as the father of the groom on my great-
grandparents' marriage certificate, but maybe the clerk wrote it down
wrong
and he's really S.P. Petersen.
Does that make sense?
----
saki@ucla.edu
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Huntersglenn
Re: Handwriting help: possible answer?
saki wrote:
It could very well be Seame, though. It IS an actual name. I'm not sure
what nationality it's from (although the majority of the Grimm stories
were German tales), but there is a Brothers Grimm character with that
name in the story "The Griffin", from 1812:
http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~wbarker/fairies/grimm/g165.html
As for what the clerk wrote, I think that anything is possible. One of
my great grandfathers was named John Caleb Phelps, and on the marriage
license the clerk wrote what appears to be John R. Phelps. I have no
idea where they would get an R from. At first I thought it was a K, but
the more I looked at it, the more I saw that it was an R.
Remember that you're looking at what the clerk (and in the case of the
census) the enumerator, thought he heard.
Cathy
Earlier today I asked whether anyone could readily identify this fellow's
first name from the 1880 Nebraska census in Belle Prairie Township,
Fillmore County; here's a snippet of the handwriting:
http://www.physics.ucla.edu/hep/Upload/firstname.jpg
He's indexed as Seame P. Petersen but Tara kindly pointed out that L and S
are written very similarly. She couldn't make out the rest of the name,
though, and I couldn't either at first because of all the calligraphic
flourishes and extra-appearing strokes in the handwriting.
Could this be either Loren or Soren P. Petersen?
There's a fellow in the 1880 Utah census indexed as Loren P. Petersen
(different guy) and the entry has the L looking just like the S. Maybe this
one is actually Soren too.
My L.P. Petersen is listed as the father of the groom on my great-
grandparents' marriage certificate, but maybe the clerk wrote it down wrong
and he's really S.P. Petersen.
Does that make sense?
It could very well be Seame, though. It IS an actual name. I'm not sure
what nationality it's from (although the majority of the Grimm stories
were German tales), but there is a Brothers Grimm character with that
name in the story "The Griffin", from 1812:
http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~wbarker/fairies/grimm/g165.html
As for what the clerk wrote, I think that anything is possible. One of
my great grandfathers was named John Caleb Phelps, and on the marriage
license the clerk wrote what appears to be John R. Phelps. I have no
idea where they would get an R from. At first I thought it was a K, but
the more I looked at it, the more I saw that it was an R.
Remember that you're looking at what the clerk (and in the case of the
census) the enumerator, thought he heard.
Cathy
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J. W. Love
Re: Handwriting help: possible answer?
Saki wrote:
The first name looks like Searne (SEARNE) to me.
Earlier today I asked whether anyone could readily
identify this fellow's first name from the 1880 Nebraska
census in Belle Prairie Township, Fillmore County;
here's a snippet of the handwriting:
http://www.physics.ucla.edu/hep/Upload/firstname.jpg
He's indexed as Seame P. Petersen but Tara kindly
pointed out that L and S are written very similarly. She
couldn't make out the rest of the name, though, and I
couldn't either at first because of all the calligraphic
flourishes and extra-appearing strokes in the
handwriting.
Could this be either Loren or Soren P. Petersen?
The first name looks like Searne (SEARNE) to me.
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singhals
Re: Handwriting help: possible answer?
saki wrote:
Isn't Soren a "real" Danish name?
Cheryl
Could this be either Loren or Soren P. Petersen?
Isn't Soren a "real" Danish name?
Cheryl
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Don Keydik
Re: Handwriting help: possible answer?
It looks like "Jeame" to me.
Steve
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Steve
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Earlier today I asked whether anyone could readily identify this fellow's
first name from the 1880 Nebraska census in Belle Prairie Township,
Fillmore County; here's a snippet of the handwriting:
http://www.physics.ucla.edu/hep/Upload/firstname.jpg
He's indexed as Seame P. Petersen but Tara kindly pointed out that L and S
are written very similarly. She couldn't make out the rest of the name,
though, and I couldn't either at first because of all the calligraphic
flourishes and extra-appearing strokes in the handwriting.
Could this be either Loren or Soren P. Petersen?
There's a fellow in the 1880 Utah census indexed as Loren P. Petersen
(different guy) and the entry has the L looking just like the S. Maybe
this
one is actually Soren too.
My L.P. Petersen is listed as the father of the groom on my great-
grandparents' marriage certificate, but maybe the clerk wrote it down
wrong
and he's really S.P. Petersen.
Does that make sense?
----
saki@ucla.edu
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Ron
Re: Handwriting help: possible answer?
saki wrote:
Compare to the Louretta or Liuretta done the page - the L seems to have
extra twirl tail in both cases
What a mess the Roobert is
Is it Cariline - but then no dot over the first i but one over the a
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Ron Lankshear - Sydney Aust (from London- Shepherds Bush & Chiswick)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lankshear/
Earlier today I asked whether anyone could readily identify this fellow's
first name from the 1880 Nebraska census in Belle Prairie Township,
Fillmore County; here's a snippet of the handwriting:
http://www.physics.ucla.edu/hep/Upload/firstname.jpg
He's indexed as Seame P. Petersen but Tara kindly pointed out that L and S
are written very similarly. She couldn't make out the rest of the name,
though, and I couldn't either at first because of all the calligraphic
flourishes and extra-appearing strokes in the handwriting.
Could this be either Loren or Soren P. Petersen?
----
saki@ucla.edu
I support the LOREN reading
Compare to the Louretta or Liuretta done the page - the L seems to have
extra twirl tail in both cases
What a mess the Roobert is
Is it Cariline - but then no dot over the first i but one over the a
--
Ron Lankshear - Sydney Aust (from London- Shepherds Bush & Chiswick)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lankshear/