Witness name

[Shona]

Any idea what the full name of the second witness is, please? Deborah and Thompson are clear, but what is her surname?

http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u654/shonamcisaac/witness_zps2d01dea1.jpg (http://s1326.photobucket.com/user/shonamcisaac/media/witness_zps2d01dea1.jpg.html)

[kiterunner]

Narrison.

[Shona]

Thank you. That's what I thought. Can't find her though.

[kiterunner]

The nearest I can find to that name on Scotland's People is a Deborah Thomson Harrison death in 2001, age 83. Any use?

[Shona]

The marriage was in 1899, so probably not. I'll take note of the Deborah you found, though.

[Phoenix]

Is the original marriage available anywhere, as opposed to the copy? Mistranscription is the bane of these records.

[Shona]

Is the original marriage available anywhere, as opposed to the copy? Mistranscription is the bane of these records.

The pic I posted is from a print out of an image on Scotland's People.

[tenterfieldjulie]

It is interesting that there are 3 Ws and they are quite different, especially the W in Williamson. I would think the name is more likely to be Harrison - comparison with other Ns and Hs might be worth looking at .. but noting the lack of uniformity in the Ws

[Uncle John]

Presumably the "original" is in the church register (or the register office register). I don't know the Scottish sequence of events but presumably the register which is on SP is the last thing produced.

[Shona]

I thought the images of marriages on Scotland's People were taken from the registers. The couple weren't married in church, but at their home with an officiating minister present.

[Uncle John]

I've just looked at one or two of my Scottish marriage images. They are all entirely in the same hand, with signatures annotated (signed). They are mostly home (or manse) marriages.

[Phoenix]

The ones I have are patent copies, the only advantage being that I can see exactly how the mistranscription has come about: some flourishes on the line above have been taken as part of my people's names, rendering them completely different.