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?

Sorry if someone has said this already but the L in love matches the L of the first name.

@Nomoreheroics it really is! I've learned all sorts and it's very cheap to get started

I mean, it's pointless in one way but history and learning about it doesn't have to be all about the famous events.

I quite like the mundane and small mysteries

I've got too invested in this now 😀 and looked up copperplate capital L and F. They're not really formed the same way. I don't think it's an F.

Well, this note seems to have been sent by "W.W.V." Do we have a winner?

Loney M Lloyd 🤔

Louey M Floyd

(And I'm sure you all know this, but the "£" symbol is from the copperplate L, for Libra, the Latin for pound weight.)

I had an Uncle Lovett who was called Lovey for short. That was my initial thought tbh.

The first 'L' looks rather like a £-sign. Did people use rapper/gangster names 140 years ago - was £ouey her day's equivalent of Ke$ha?

Oh yes!

Cross-posted with you!

X-posted with MoralOrLegal.

I think Lucy m Lloyd. I am certain that's not a n 'F' the second time. I don't think that anyone who was signing their name formally like this with the 'm' middle name would use an abbreviation or pet name like 'Louey'. I think what looks like the 'o' is just a swirl as the writer gets from the bottom of the L to the top of the 'u' in Lucy. I also think they've started the L at a slightly odd angle and had some trouble with the pen so it's just a slightly awkward 'L'.

@MoralOrLegal Does the record give their middle names or initials?!

Not me that looked it up, that was @Theydontknowanything!

I use two different "E's" in my name - go figure, I have no idea why. So it is entirely possible.

I see Lorney M Lloyd with the lower case cursive r and a truncated n through familiarity of writing a name.

@Theydontknowanything now that is interesting!

It's not though. It just looks like the writer stalled a bit on the first letter.

@Mommasgotabrandnewbag yes, I think you - and others who've pointed it out - are correct.

It's not an F

I've found a 1881 census entry for William and Lois Verrall and his middle name is Henry.

Lorey M Lloyd

The L at the beginning of love looks like a cross between the two in the name. I think it’s a cursive r in the middle of the name, not a u. Compare with the u in August. And it’s definitely not Floyd.

Could it not be a female sending a ring back to an ex fiancé? Maybe something happened, one of them had to move away or whatever and they decided they wouldn't be able to marry, but parted on amicable terms which is why it's sent back 'with love?'

Lorey m Lloyd

lorey short for Laurel
as it’s a ring sent to a female

Or even Lauren