Grandfather sure looks like Lewis and I would guess. the grandmother as Wilamina? or maybe: Welyis
Help with old cursive
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Been there done that. I often have a bit of trouble reading my own handwriting.
that sure looks like a 'W' to me and not an 'M'.
You are not wrong. the clue was in some of the other names on the full page. What is frustrating is that the scribe makes their capital M's and W's almost the exact same way. A few lines below is a Margaret Walker, a more "common" name that is easily identified. The first letters of each name are almost identical. There is one major difference, they add a dropping tail on their capital M's (circled in red), just barely visible on Melvina, and a mid-level connector on their capital W's (circled in green).
The name above Margaret Walker appears to be Henrietta, but the lower-case e's, n's, & i's all look to be the exact same stroke.
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I did which led me to the Family Center at the Church of the Latter Day Saints in south Reno. One does not have to be a member of the church. I was welcomed there and they had free use of a room full of computers where one may access many different genealogical sites for FREE like Ancestry. In addition they had a library of books on family history. In particular, while working on my wife's ancestors, they had a book that showed her extended family had arrived in New England, shortly after the Mayflower.
One hundred years later many of the migrated to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada and the newspaper there would publish births, marriages, deaths, etc. Around 1800 the editor of the paper gathered up all the previous info on several of the familes then published them into a book. I found a copy of the book at the Family Center and got a lot of info on my wife's ancestors.
I have been working on genealogy off and on for a decade now after my cousin sent me a picture of my G'father who passed when I was still a baby. I found out his name as well. Thereafter I began searching for him through Ancestry and found more info.
FYI: I gathered so much info that I had to store it somewhere. Some of the people at the Family Center store what they find on paper (extremely tedious), on memory sticks and other devices. I discovered an app called Legacy, now in it's 10th edition. Originally cost only $40, but well worth it. I also bought the book that shows how to navigate around the app. I strongly urge anyone who wants to delve deeply into their family history to try out this route if one has a Family Center nearby. Good Luck and when I find something, I usually yell out "Eureka!"
I did which led me to the Family Center at the Church of the Latter Day Saints in south Reno. One does not have to be a member of the church. I was welcomed there and they had free use of a room full of computers where one may access many different genealogical sites for FREE like Ancestry. In addition they had a library of books on family history. In particular, while working on my wife's ancestors, they had a book that showed her extended family had arrived in New England, shortly after the Mayflower.
One hundred years later many of the migrated to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada and the newspaper there would publish births, marriages, deaths, etc. Around 1800 the editor of the paper gathered up all the previous info on several of the familes then published them into a book. I found a copy of the book at the Family Center and got a lot of info on my wife's ancestors.
I have been working on genealogy off and on for a decade now after my cousin sent me a picture of my G'father who passed when I was still a baby. I found out his name as well. Thereafter I began searching for him through Ancestry and found more info.
FYI: I gathered so much info that I had to store it somewhere. Some of the people at the Family Center store what they find on paper (extremely tedious), on memory sticks and other devices. I discovered an app called Legacy, now in it's 10th edition. Originally cost only $40, but well worth it. I also bought the book that shows how to navigate around the app. I strongly urge anyone who wants to delve deeply into their family history to try out this route if one has a Family Center nearby. Good Luck and when I find something, I usually yell out "Eureka!"
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The Family history said Joseph Edward had changed his last name to join the Army at 15 he said he was an orphan and no records.
It was like a stone wall. We couldn't get past.
Especially not being sure of his parents names.
Turns out he changed his first name to Joseph kept Edward as his middle name. Didn't change his last name.
Once we found his birth record with the exact same birthday on his headstone. It listed his parents legibly as Louis and Malorisa. Found another document that said they couldn't read or write. Which explains his name being spelled 2 different ways. He said Lewis, the clerk wrote Louis
He served in the Army at Ft Strong in Boston Harbor. Got married in 1912. Ended his enlistment got a job as a Teamster, and died at 38 in a wagon accident. He was apparently hauling dead bodies during the Spanish Flu epidemic fell and was decapitated by a wheel
Thanks for all of your help.
It was like a stone wall. We couldn't get past.
Especially not being sure of his parents names.
Turns out he changed his first name to Joseph kept Edward as his middle name. Didn't change his last name.
Once we found his birth record with the exact same birthday on his headstone. It listed his parents legibly as Louis and Malorisa. Found another document that said they couldn't read or write. Which explains his name being spelled 2 different ways. He said Lewis, the clerk wrote Louis
He served in the Army at Ft Strong in Boston Harbor. Got married in 1912. Ended his enlistment got a job as a Teamster, and died at 38 in a wagon accident. He was apparently hauling dead bodies during the Spanish Flu epidemic fell and was decapitated by a wheel
Thanks for all of your help.
I'm glad you were able to figure it out! Good luck and congratulations!
