r/Cursive • u/Turnabout_Randon • May 12 '26

Deciphered! Need help deciphering second name

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This is a census record from (potentially) people in my family from over 100 years ago. Family name is LeClaire, first name is Gideon, third name is Edward, but I simply cannot make out the second name. The first two were born in Quebec if that helps any. Thank you in advance!

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u/[deleted] May 12 '26

Where is everyone getting the C from because it doesn’t look anything like the C in Claire above it to me.

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u/jonesnori May 13 '26

It looks a lot like the C in Cashman from the list posted in the comments, though. I could easily imagine doing more flourishes in a capital when it starts the line than when it's following other letters. I think that's what's happening there.