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Can anyone decipher this name for me?

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Sarah

Sarah Report 19 Jul 2010 23:32

thank you! you've solved another mystery ;)

ChristineinPortugal

ChristineinPortugal Report 19 Jul 2010 19:58

It could be Hewson as their daughter is elizabeth Williams and there's this marriage.

Marriages Mar 1864 (>99%)
<<<Hewson Elizabeth Gt Boughton 8a 425
Norris William Gt. Boughton 8a 425
Sumpter Angelina Gt Boughton 8a 425
<<<Williams Robert Gt Boughton 8a 425

Christine

ChristineinPortugal

ChristineinPortugal Report 19 Jul 2010 19:57

It looks like Hewson to me.

Christine

Sarah

Sarah Report 19 Jul 2010 19:37

Hello,
can anyone help me read this name, its transcribed as Thomas Housch but I think it looks more like Hudson, or something ending in son.

On ancestry 1871
Thomas Housch b1814, wife Elizabeth, born Huntington Cheshire, civil parish Great Broughton, Cheshire

Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 3727; Folio: 68; Page: 41; GSU roll: 842128.

Any help appreciated!