Can anyone decipher this name from 1877?

[TheOwlChronicles]

I know at first glance it looks like Lucy M Lloyd

But the capital L of Lloyd is completely different to the capital letter of the first name - and I'm sure Incan see an o! Making it not Lucy

Any thoughts please?

I read it as Lucy M Lloyd..

When forming the first L, you begin at the top of the letter. The second L comes straight on from a full stop so the pen would be low on the page, hence the L’s flourish starting low….

thats how I see that being explained but I’m definitely no handwriting expert!

I've just googled and Loney is an Irish name and I'd definitely say the second name is Floyd, the "L" is too different to both the other ones

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Back to why nobody is questioning the names Joney and Loney?

I read it as Joney too

Louey M Lloyd

Louey m Lloyd

Definitely Louey M Lloyd. Louie/Louey was a common diminutive for Louisa in the early 20th century. I don’t think the Ls are different enough to think they’re different letters tbh.

@ohwhatadustyanswer alas nothing more!

I just collect Georgian/ early Victorian ish letters and artefacts that I pick up relatively cheaply (sometimes not so cheaply!) and then I try and work out the person behind them using ancestry - and sometimes Mumsnet as you're all so good at this stuff!

Both my parents had an Auntie Louey (Louisa)

Nah that’s not Floyd.

My gran who writes like this says it looks to have been written quickly. Possibly not crossed the F on Floyd as this is different to the first l.

Having looked at the 'from' in the second picture, I agree the surname is Floyd, rather than Lloyd.
The first name is more of a puzzle: maybe Lovey?

The Ls are not that different, especially when compared to the L in ‘love’ or the F in ‘from’ inside the note.

With respect, I think a lot of pp seeing a massive difference between the Ls are not used to reading formal longhand. We are all used to the uniformity of typefaces and we forget how much variation in letter formation is normal when handwriting.

Louey M Lloyd

I would say loney m lloyd. But is loney a name 🤔

Here you go, spot the rather similar ‘L’ in Limited. It’s the bottom stroke that matters here.

It's definitely Lloyd because the L matches the one on the reverse. I wondered if there were any marriages with those initials so had a look on ancestry. The closest, and it's not very close, match I can find is a Lois Lloyd marrying a William Verrall in 1880, Tonbridge, Kent.

I think it's Louey. I knew woman from Massachusetts born about 1910 who was called Louey (it wasn't short for Louise).

And just for your enjoyment, the rather flourishing ‘F’ in Freight.

Where an F is at the beginning of a proper name, I have always seen it with a cross-hatch on every document between 1815-1945. Folk are individuals so anything could be right but the consensus seems to be Louey M Lloyd.

The fourth letter is an ‘e’.

It’s Louey M Floyd.

Is it from UK or elsewhere? And are the initials of the sender clearer in real life than the photo? Looks like WW then third letter unclear

@Chatillon that's fascinating thank you

Wow what an interesting hobby!

Stamps are pretty awesome to collect as well. You learn about several things in one small piece of paper: history, geography, biology, current affairs, economics.
If you like to learn, head off to antique shops, trade fairs or collectible retailers and spend some time there. As @TheOwlChronicles says much of these items can be bought for next to nothing, less than the price of a puzzle book, but can ignite a bonfire of curiosities within us.