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Abbreviation in marriage records
The first image is from a marriage register and I was puzzled by what it says after George Theyer, especially compared to the Widr and Br on the lines immediately above and below.
The second image is the allegation and it has what may be the same abbreviation. I think it says joyner &BC. Does anyone know exactly what it means ? I wondered if B was for bachelor and C was for citizen ? |
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I agree that it is the same abbreviation: there is another abt three pages on in the marriages. What it is, tho'?
I wondered Volunteer, but I'm not sure that that makes sense.
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You might be a Joiner and Polisher, but that surely isn't a condition at marriage?
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Looking at that page in the marriage register you mentioned the curly character I mistook for a C appears after B, Sp and Wid - so it just seems to abbreviating those words.
Last edited by Rick; 29-01-15 at 20:58. |
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Et cetera is my guess
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In the first image, after the name George Theyer it is Wd with the d being a superscript and underlined.
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I'd be interested to know what you think it says after Elizabeth Pitts and if the the final character resembles the one you think is a d in Wd. Also in comparison to the marriages of Joseph Wonnicott and William Brawne on image 54 (both bride and groom's abbreviations). |
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After Elizabeth Pitts I would say it is Spr with the r superscript and underlined but not very clear. It looks similar to how they often wrote Esqr after a man's name.
Sorry, I don't know what you mean about image 54 - I was just looking at the clips that you posted up.
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What's going through my mind is these look like BTs - all written neatly and in one hand. But there's a difference in how bachelor, spinster and widower are abbreviated - sometimes with a superscript r and sometimes with the curly character - perhaps reflecting how they were written on the original register. |
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Yes, I see what you mean. There are some unusual B's on that page now I can see it in full. So the letter after George Theyer must be one of those too.
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