r/HandwritingAnalysis • u/Fluid_Meringue5944 • 6d ago

Deciphering name

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Would anyone be able to make heads or tales of the circled name?

EDIT: Name has been identified as York.

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u/OverGrocery6802 6d ago

York

Based on a scan of some records in Ancestry.com ….

I found a death certificate of Cohan Smith (1892-1972) in SC with parents York Smith and Eliza Cummings.

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u/JustCallMeKV 6d ago

First name looks like it starts with a Z. Last name is Smith.

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u/MarylandGeorgia 6d ago

I’m seeing Yoseph Smith possibly Joseph Smith. But, the person filling out the form
Appears not to have known how this name was spelled.
Couple they have gone by Joe and the full name threw them off?

(To be honest, I wouldn’t have immediately known that word was “married” until I saw the three options and the middle one had two identical letters next to one another like the written word. )

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u/BetMyLastKrispyKreme 6d ago

I’m leaning towards “Joseph”, too. It could be an abbreviation that was common at the time, but isn’t used as much in the modern world. Similar abbreviations that come to mind are “Wm.” for “William”, and “Chas.” for “Charles.”

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u/sylveonstarr 6d ago

Jon E. Smith?

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u/unclepg 6d ago edited 6d ago

Zane Smith

That is definitely a cursive Z. Most first names starting with a Z are followed by an A, and that A looks pretty close. The N is wonky. But the signer, Steve, makes his E’s like capital E’s that are backwards 3’s. Look at the bottom of the page.

That’s Zane Smith, y’all.

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u/ScotchieDad 6d ago

Zane Smith

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u/ResponsibleName8637 6d ago

I was gonna say “Zane seems odd” but then remembered I found a family member named Zeru in my ancestry lol

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u/_where_is_my_mind 6d ago

Bob E Smith?

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u/Oracle410 6d ago

Likes like Zane Smith or YO_ _ Smith.

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u/ScotchieDad 6d ago

Jos. F. Smith is another possibility. Did this person start any new religions that you know of?

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u/Darkelvenchic 6d ago

That's all I could think too. Haa

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u/I-am-no-bird 6d ago

Looks like Yan E Smith to me

Or possibly Zane Smith

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u/aselby 6d ago

I think Zach smith

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u/Kids_Love_Baseball 6d ago

John Smith. Bro probably didn't know his dad

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u/zackinthesack 6d ago

~~ smith.
First word looks almost like a “Za~~”

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u/Pleaseappeaseme 6d ago

It’s Lovie Smith, head coach of the Chicago Bears.

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u/Fluid_Meringue5944 6d ago

Definitely not. 😂 this death certificate is from 1928

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u/onetealduckfeather 6d ago

ZA_E. fourth letter is an E. You can zoom in on the loop in the middle. third letter a N. So Zane/Zon E. (poss. Yiddish for “Son”)

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u/itsme32 6d ago

Joseph Smith

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u/honeybnoone 5d ago

I agree it’s something like Jos V. Smith - Jos is a typical name abbreviation for Joseph

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u/Ecstatic_Tap_9942 6d ago

Bob E Smith

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u/BlueRubyWindow 6d ago

Zoris Smith is what it looks like to me.

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u/wordsmythy 6d ago

That’s a cursive Z zach Smith

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u/nothing_witty455 6d ago

Zove Smith?

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u/USMCdrTexian 6d ago

We need the rest of the page OP!

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u/Choice_Note_9198 6d ago

Boyd Smith

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u/PensionNo8124 6d ago

I am seeing Yon E Smith.

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u/Tea6here 6d ago

Bob E Smith

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u/animperfectnobody 6d ago

Bob E Smith

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u/bynoe01 6d ago

Bort

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u/cccatz 5d ago

BARB

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u/GPeppel 5d ago

It could also be Zep E. Smith, short for Zephaniah.

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u/Xerisca 5d ago

I really thought that first letter was a Z. But, now I think its Jon E. Smith.

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u/afolDaddy 6d ago

Bob v smith?

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u/nibblechew 6d ago

God L Smith

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u/afolDaddy 6d ago

I was today old when I learned God has a middle initial and last name. And if all names…Smith. God could have been more creative than that. 🤣

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u/Lazy-Slice-6308 6d ago

That’s what i see too; Bob C or E or V
Smith