From: onlyme101@btinternet.com   
      
   "J. P. Gilliver (John)"  wrote in message news:QcMkwh5r51NiFwpP@a.a...   
      
   On Sun, 20 Mar 2022 at 16:13:32, Geoff  wrote   
   (my responses usually FOLLOW):   
   >Could someone please tell me what this Latin word is and means.   
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   >Many thanks in advance.   
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   I don't think it's Latin; the rest of the page has no Latin - usually   
   there's at least some, such as "erat" for "was".   
      
   My first thought is that it's Smith: Margery Hastings Smith, Ann   
   Hollsmith, Baircroft Edwards Smith. But it does look like it has a   
   double letter at the end.   
      
   Could it be "widd" (widow)?   
      
   I'd like to find the same letter in the same hand - it looks a bit like   
   his d (compare "Thomas Wa*** widdower"), but it has a line through it -   
   but I can't see any other such on the page, or at least the bit you've   
   given us. Though that "widdower" does show he spells that with a double   
   d, and the "wi" do look very like the ones you've highlighted.   
   --   
   J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf   
      
   You know what the big secret about posh people is? Most of them are lovely.   
   - Richard Osman, RT 2016/7/9-15   
      
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   Many thanks.   Chris Pitt Lewis has just indicated that it is "Widow"  as   
   well, so I'll go along with that.   
      
   Thanks to both of you.   
      
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