'orrible 'andwriting.

[AlanC]

I would like some help in deciphering the names of 2 Witnesses please.
The first is probably "Henry Hatton Martin"...........the bride is a Martin.
The second is perhaps a Mary or May but the surname more difficult.....2 Witnesses.jpg

[Guest]

looks like Emmet to me

[SmallTownGirl]

Looks like May Emmet to me.

Do admire you for tackling marriages, I stick to burials, where there's only the cleric's handwriting to decipher, and then at least you get a chance to get acclimatised to it!

STG

[AlanC]

What about the loop between the two names.

[Guest]

looks just like a slip of the pen to me ?

[clematised]

Harvey Hatton Martin and May Emmet that's without reading the above posts

Edna

[AlanC]

Did they have 'Harveys' in 1863 Edna?

[SmallTownGirl]

I think Henry.

STG

[Guest]

in 1861 Alan there are loads of Harveys

[margaretmarch]

What about the loop between the two names.

The loop looks like it's on the end of the last letter of the signature above as a flourish - the signature looks like he's trying to be 'important'.

Not sure it's Henry looks like 'cky' at the end of the first name.

Margaret

[susan h]

Ancestry has records for a Henry Hatton Martin, Liverpool - census, birth reg, marriage, and a baptism - 16 Jul 1843, Toxteth, St James

[AlanC]

Thanks for your suggestions, think I'll go with Henry on the first and Mary Emmet on the second.