Witnesses First Name

[Mitch in Notts]

Can anyone help with the first name of this witness please? "Somebody" WALKER. Thanks in advance.


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[Mitch in Notts]

And also, 1886, the first names of these two MAYFIELDS - I thought the bottom one might be Jennie or Jeanie but a search of the 1881 & 1891 census returns has so far, drawn a blank......
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[Pam Downes]

Mitch, are these online? Even though the signatures are the bit you're querying I always think it's easier to look at the whole page.

Pam

[Mitch in Notts]

Pam the first is a marriage at Crich, Derbyshire on the 12th July 1794 between John WHEATCROFT & Frances WALKER and is on Ancestry website.

The second is Nottinghamshire 1886 and isn't online:

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[pwholt]

For the two Mayfield names, what about Humphry and James or Jamie? The first one might otherwise be Jeffrey but there don't seem to be enough "f"s. pwholt

[Pam Downes]

For the second marriage, how about Humphry Mayfield?
I'm pretty certain that other spellings of Humphry are available. :smile5:

p.s. Just noticed that some bounder posted while I was typing. I DID NOT COPY!!!!!

A further thought (because FreeBMD has no BMD for a Hump* Mayfield between 18541 and 1891, is the middle bit that 'p' shape that you get when you write two 's' together? But then I can't think of a name that begins H and has two 's' in it.

Pam

[Mitch in Notts]

Thanks both - something for me to investigate further.
On my original 1st posting do you think it could be Bathia WALKER or even Bartholomew shortened? I looked down the Crich transcript of WALKERs beginning with B but drew a blank as only Benjamin and Betty occur in the parish..... http://www.crichparish.co.uk/newwebpages/bmdw1.html

[fullscott]

Is it a coincidence that both names appear to have an umlaut - as in Chloe (where the umlaut is over the 'e' - but my computer won't type non-English letters)?

I think - I'm no expert - that it is used when 2 vowels are together, to ensure that they are pronounced separately ...

Mind you, I cannot guess any male (they are male, aren't they?) names to fit the bill.
Although the female Mayfield (Jennie/Jeanie/Joanie?) may really be Jennifer/Jean/Joan ... or it's her middle name ...

Oh the joys of genealogy!

Jane

[Sue Mackay]

Thanks both - something for me to investigate further.
On my original 1st posting do you think it could be Bathia WALKER

In a family I am researching the mother's name was clearly written as Bathia on a baptism record, and then I found her marriage and she was Bathsheba.

[Mitch in Notts]

Just for reference this is the full 1794 document. The other witnesses are Susanna WILLOTT & Jno WETTON(X).


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[maesglas/ssclub]

I think it is Betty or Bertha, the latter more likely.

Robert

[thewideeyedowl]

And also, 1886, the first names of these two MAYFIELDS - I thought the bottom one might be Jennie or Jeanie but a search of the 1881 & 1891 census returns has so far, drawn a blank......
https://www.british-genealogy.com/extensions/uploads/d841ce59-87d9-4cc9-93ae-79752f5f087a.jpg

I think that 'Jennie' might be the name that is actually used in place of 'Jane'. I say this because my own great-grandmother (1849-1925) was christened 'Jane Elizabeth' but was always known as 'Jennie'. So, can you find a potential 'Jane' in the books?

Swooping off.

Owl