Cant read this name

[Patti]

Could anyone read the maiden name on here please for me ??

[Just Gillian]

My guess would be Merriman

[Jessbowbag]

not sure - its quite 'open' writing, I'd have said MER... but I dont think there is an R.

what sort of when and where- can we find any clues anywhere?

[Just Gillian]

There's an 1869 possible marriage for William Taylor/Anna Merriman in Pancras.

[Anne in Carlisle]

Yes, Merriman. The third and fourth letters are identical and definately rr.

Anne

[KiteRunner]

Looks like Merriman to me too.

[Patti]

Oh well done I will have a look at those then,thank you all

[Patti]

No I cant see the right one, she was born in 1869.any more ideas

[Jessbowbag]

what was the date of this marriage ?

I wonder if her mother was Anna Merriman, who married a taylor, so she ws born Merriman, and once her parents married became taylor?

[Patti]

This is a Birth Cert,sorry I should have said before,The Birth is for Lydia Milly Catherine Taylor 1869 and its her mother I am trying to de cypher the maiden name of. You know it could be the one that married in 1869 as its the same year as she was born, ok, I think it could be that,thank you.

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

The marrige and the birth are both in Q2 1869, which is perhaps not as usual as the marriage being either a few months after the birth or three months or so (at least) before it.

However, in 1871 the mother is 20 b London and in 1881 she is 30 born Bloomsbury.

That fits well with this birth reg:

Births Dec 1850
Merriman Anna Holborn 2 161

[Patti]

So its the right person we have here then,good I can go ahead and search her bits now,thank you

[KiteRunner]

Er, would you care to rephrase that, Patti? Lol!

[Patti]

whoops I really mean all her births deaths etc, thats better eh!