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Question:i found a letter dated 1939 plymouth but i cant read the lady's name i would like to trace her if possible.i have scanned the letter so if anyone can help please let me know


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: i found a letter dated 1939 plymouth but i cant read the lady's name i would like to trace her if possible.i have scanned the letter so if anyone can help please let me know

best guess is Inez Lont.
L looks different than the L in "Luck" but more like an L than any other letter
O does not look like an a
N matches the N in "sends" in the line below the name
T: most of her terminal Ts are peaked like in "best" and "correct" at the end, but this one is looped. The T in "front" at the end of the first paragraph is also looped & looks similar.

Can you post the scanned picture on the web somewhere? That would help out a lot. Most people won't give out their email addresses here.

It looks like Inez Lout or possibly Tout. Hard to tell with the limited sample. Can you post the rest of the letter so we can see a larger sample?

See if this site can help you

http://amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/old...

Second attempt to get this posted. First name appears to be INEZ...last name...starts with L?

There is an Inez Tout born in Devon in 1912.

I concur with Inez Tout

The Z in Inez is the norm for hand written British English.
The U in Tout is the same as in "our" and other words shown, and the T in TOUT is different from the L shown elsewhere (in Luck).
This type of T is the kind I use and was taught to most British children until fairly recently!
Inez Tout!

The names Iney Tout

the I is obvious and matches an I by itself in a couple senteces above
the N has many matches
the E is obvious
the Y, couldn't find matches, but it doesnt have the outline of a Z
the T, at first i thought it was an L, but her Ls had different loops, its much closer to a T
the O is obvious
the U matches with the U in would and other words
the T matches with the last word in the letter, i believe the word was correct