Attention All Geniuses

[Bob Hinton]

Attention all geniuses! Can anyone decipher the following writing? I have got so far “Formerly the husband of Violet Leyland Wigglesworth nee Crawford” but that’s it. Any suggestions gratefully accepted.

[belinda]

I think the last word is District

[Steven Russell]

"...from whom he has obtained a divorce"?

Best wishes,

Steve.

[Steven Russell]

What is it anyway, Bob?

Steve.

[Bob Hinton]

Many thanks

What is it anyway, Bob?

Steve.

I don't know, but I think it is " from whom he obtained a divorce".

Thanks to the Brains Trust.

[Steven Russell]

I meant what is the document? I am pretty confident about the wording.

Best wishes,

Steve.

[m_w_r]

Hi,

I'll go along with the proposed wording. It makes sense in the context of this record in the National Archives Catalogue.

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Regards,

Mark

[tji]

Hi all

Good call Steve, I got the rest just not 'obtained', still can't make that one out even having been told that's what it is!

tj

[Steven Russell]

tji,

Thanks. Notice how the lower case 'e's are quite tall as in "divorce". You can make "obtained" fit if you really want to. Anyway, m_w_r's post confirms the meaning if not the precice wording.

Best wishes,

Steve.

[Phil Carter]

Hello Steve,

To my eyes it is indeed "from whom he has obtained a divorce"?

best wishes

Phil

[tji]

Hi Steve

Not doubting you - just don't think I could have gotten the word.

I can see the o connected to the (old fashioned) b at the top but then the t seems to have no cross bar and a dot at the top, all this would have threw me.

Although in his defence I don't suppose the writer was expecting to have his work dissected years later, I'm sure he would have written neater if he had known.

tj

[Steven Russell]

Looks as if the author was either writing in a very confined space or might have overdone it the night before though doesn't it? And well done to Bob for deciphering "Formerly". That one's not obvious at all at first glance but I'm sure he's right.

Best Wishes,

Steve.

[Steven Russell]

Dear tji,

The cross bars on some of the other 't's are indistinct or virtually absent and I think that your dot belongs to a row of dots. Could be wrong of course but, as I said earlier, I feel pretty confident about this one.

All the best,

Steve.

[Steven Russell]

In fact, looking at it again, the t bars in "the", "Violet", and "obtained" do not connect with the rest of the t and in "the" and "obtained" appear above the next letter in the word. Assuming you accept my reading, of course.

Best wishes,

Steve.

[Bob Hinton]

Oops!

I meant what is the document? I am pretty confident about the wording.

Best wishes,

Steve.

Sorry Steve been a bit under the weather recently the old brain is slowing down. It's a marriage certificate. Now get this the man marries a woman in 1912. Then in 1923 he marries the same woman again but this time she's using a different name! Go figure.