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Friday, December 16, 2011

My Widow's Pension Please

This 1923 signature is from a Kentucky widow applying for her Confederate Widow's pension.
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13 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 16, 2011 at 12:32 PM

    Frannie/Fannie Burgess

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  2. AnonymousDecember 16, 2011 at 12:37 PM

    Fannie Burgess

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  3. AnonymousDecember 16, 2011 at 12:41 PM

    Looks like Fannie Burgess to me.

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  4. AnonymousDecember 16, 2011 at 12:48 PM

    Frannie Burgess

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  5. AnonymousDecember 16, 2011 at 1:03 PM

    Fannie Burgess

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  6. AnneDecember 16, 2011 at 1:03 PM

    Fannie Burgess. The pen slipped as the F was being crossed. The other R is unlike it - and Fannie is a common name.

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  7. AnonymousDecember 16, 2011 at 2:44 PM

    Fannie Burgess

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  8. Jean InnerarityDecember 16, 2011 at 3:06 PM

    I'm going with "Fannie Burgess."

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  9. AnonymousDecember 16, 2011 at 8:11 PM

    Fannie Burgess

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  10. RuthDecember 17, 2011 at 9:40 AM

    Fannie Burgess.....Anne is right re the letters.

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  11. AnonymousDecember 17, 2011 at 11:46 AM

    Fannie Burgess __ In the 1920s, Fannie would have been taught the American school system of cursive handwriting called the "Palmer Method" in which the F has an ending downward stroke after the cross bar. This helps distinguish it from the T. __ See example: http://www.iampeth.com/lesson/practical_penmanship/Taylor_exemplar.jpg

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  12. UnknownDecember 17, 2011 at 3:12 PM

    Fannie Burgess

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  13. Michael John NeillDecember 18, 2011 at 9:20 AM

    Fannie Burgess

    is it.

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