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Saturday, October 22, 2011

Appraising an Estate in 1877

These three men signed off on an estate appraisal in Illinois in 1877.

9 comments:

  1. Samuel H Beunes (?)
    J.F. Williams
    Ubbe Bruns

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  2. Samuel H Benson
    J (?) F Wilhems
    Ubbe Bruns

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  3. Samuel H. Bergner
    P. F. Williams
    Ubbe Bruns

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  4. Samuel H Beuspoes
    J F Wilheims
    Ubbe Bruns

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  5. Samuel H Bruns
    F (or H) Williams
    Ubbe Bruns

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  6. Samuel H Benson
    J F Williams
    Ubbe Bruns

    are the answers to this one.

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  7. shheesh I never would have guesseed Benson

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  8. Benson!! Could have fooled me.

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  9. ..but then again, after much studying, this could be Benson (and it is!) A little bit of the letter "o" can be brushed out, or not defined clearly by the writer's pen...making it look like a "u". So many letters can resemble other letters, that we have to think outside the box. Great stuff!!

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