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    Can anyone help me ascertain what these names are?
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  • #2
    The second might be "Smart", and the third one looks like "Sheehan" (or "Sheeham"?)
    Last edited by Sam Flynn; 10-14-2017, 06:34 AM.
    Kind regards, Sam Flynn

    "Suche Nullen" (Nietzsche, Götzendämmerung, 1888)

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Sam Flynn View Post
      The second might be "Smart", and the third one looks like "Sheehan" (or "Sheeham"?)

      Cheers Sam, it's funny once someone has told you what it is you can see it clearly!!


      Just the last two now, can anyone help?

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      • #4
        Could the last one be Hayter ?

        On Gareth's suggestion of Smart and Sheeham (looks more like an 'm' at the end) my only doubt is the difference in the two s's. Were they written by the same person?
        Regards

        Sir Herlock Sholmes.

        “A house of delusions is cheap to build but draughty to live in.”

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        • #5
          The first one isn't "Meidner", is it? It's a bit of a long-shot, but the name does exist.
          Kind regards, Sam Flynn

          "Suche Nullen" (Nietzsche, Götzendämmerung, 1888)

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          • #6
            The first one is weird. It looks to me as if it begins with 'm e I d' or 't h e I d' or even 'j h e I d'

            I thought that penmanship was taught in schools then!?
            Regards

            Sir Herlock Sholmes.

            “A house of delusions is cheap to build but draughty to live in.”

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Sam Flynn View Post
              The first one isn't "Meidner", is it? It's a bit of a long-shot, but the name does exist.
              I think you've cracked it Gareth. Looks the likeliest to me.
              Regards

              Sir Herlock Sholmes.

              “A house of delusions is cheap to build but draughty to live in.”

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              • #8
                Thanks chaps, that's every bobbies name on the 1881 & 1891 census for Bethnal Green accounted for. None of them gave evidence at the Old Bailey in 1888, so can't pin point them via that means and the only name that appears on both lists is a chap called Martin McDonald.
                Last edited by The Station Cat; 10-14-2017, 09:14 AM.

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                • #9
                  What's in a name.

                  That first name looks like "Weidner" to me.

                  John
                  "We reach. We grasp. And what is left at the end? A shadow."
                  Sherlock Holmes, The Retired Colourman

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Dr. John Watson View Post
                    That first name looks like "Weidner" to me.
                    I think you may be right, John. From the National Archive...

                    MEPO 4/341/192 (Register of leavers from the Metropolitan Police)

                    George Weidner, warrant number 59986. Joined on 21 Feb 1876, and left on 9 April 1901. Last posted to D Division as a Sub Divisional Inspector.
                    Last edited by Sam Flynn; 10-14-2017, 10:38 AM.
                    Kind regards, Sam Flynn

                    "Suche Nullen" (Nietzsche, Götzendämmerung, 1888)

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Herlock Sholmes View Post
                      Could the last one be Hayter ?
                      I thought that, but there's a dot over the "i" (or the "y") so could it be Shipton?

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Joshua Rogan View Post
                        I thought that, but there's a dot over the "i" (or the "y") so could it be Shipton?
                        You could be right there Joshua. To me the first 2 or 3 letters are so indecipherable that it could be that the writer made an error then wrote over it?
                        -ipton looks right. So Shipton makes sense but it's very unclear the way it's written. Bloody Victorians!
                        Regards

                        Sir Herlock Sholmes.

                        “A house of delusions is cheap to build but draughty to live in.”

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                        • #13
                          Actually Joshua I've just noticed something. Is that a dot over the 'i' or is it formed by one of the other letters curling over then being cut off at the top in the edit? If I've explained that clearly enough?
                          Regards

                          Sir Herlock Sholmes.

                          “A house of delusions is cheap to build but draughty to live in.”

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