Help needed deciphering name

[mary elms]

Can anyone work out the name on this Carbrooke marriage certificate? It's the only chance I'll ever get to find out who the bride thinks her father is as there are no father's details on her birth certificate and she uses her mother's surname on all official documents.

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/elmtree/

Thanks in advance for any thoughts you might have,

Mary.

[Peggy]

Hi Mary,

Cory Richards????

Do you have more samples of the same handwriting?

Peggy

[mary elms]

Thanks Peggy.

I (or rather my digitally-minded husband (they do have their uses )) have replaced the image with a bigger sample. You might need to refresh the page to see it.

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/elmtree/

Cory was my guess too.

Mary.

[Rod Neep]

The important question for verification is WHEN?

It will then be very easy indeed to look up the name in a Norfolk county directory! (I have them all here at work, and therefore I could look it up very easily for you)

A farmer will certainly show up in the directories

Regards
Rod

ps. and for what its worth, my fist impression is that it looks like EDWARDS rather than RICHARDS

[mary elms]

Thanks Rod,

The marriage was in 1863 (after she, too, had 3 'fatherless' children!) and she was born in 1840.

Mary.

[Peggy]

Hi Mary,

No other "C" has that little loop at the bottom. A "G" maybe?? Gary? Are you satisfied with Richards? Be nice to see that under a magnifier. The "ards" part looks fairly clear, but the beginning doesn't.

Tried an Ancestry search of all UK census years, got no Cory Richards except one Corry, a girl, and a couple of Richardsons.

Peggy

P. S. Just saw Rod's post, so I guess you'll soon get your answer. "Edwards" was my 2nd choice.

[mary elms]

Edwards does look a good bet doesn't it, Peggy, though Richards was a possible. You've both managed to come up with something on the surname where I drew a complete blank!

Everything else on the page is totally legible ...... what's that thing about legibility being inversely proportional to the urgency of the need........?

Mary.

[Geoffers]

Everything else on the page is totally legible ...... what's that thing about legibility being inversely proportional to the urgency of the need........?Mary.

It's Cory EDWARDS. Why not post the other bits you are having problems with?

Geoffers

[Peggy]

Hi Geoffers,

Guess I'll never get good enough at this to be that sure about reading it. Even when I see the right possiblity, I reject it.

I don't think that Mary has problems with other bits, as she said the rest is legible.

Hi Mary,

Spotted an 1849 marriage for an Edward Cory Edwards in Norfolk. Maybe your man finally taking the plunge?

Peggy

[mary elms]

Thanks Geoffers, this is the only bit I can't read. I've just been looking at FreeBMD and I see that there's a marriage in 1849 for an Edward Cory Edwards in Swaffham. Now if he turns out to be a farmer - either then or at a later date - and if he doesn't turn out to be 9yrs old in 1840, then I'd say that he's beginning to look like a very good bet.

Mary.


If my name were Edward Edwards I think I'd use my 2nd name!!!!

EDIT - Just read your reply Peggy - we were obviously following the same thought!