[PW] 1880 handwriting conundrum

[Dorothy Koenig]

Allen,  The name looks like "Latte" to me.  That is the way 
Ancestry.com indexes him as well.  Dorothy

>Hi,
>
>   Todd and I have been working on an 1880 US Census, from Ohio. There  are
>two parents (Schutt, A. L. and wife A.P.), and six children living with  them.
>
>   We are having some difficulty (to put it mildly) in reading the  first name
>of the 9-year-old boy. The other names appear to be Harry  (Henry?),  Mamie, 
>xxxxx,  Aloes L.,  Frankie,  and  Joseph.
>
>   The birth parents were Czech/Bohemian and had come to the US in the  1860s.
>The step-father listed here (A. L. Schutt) was from Alsace  (France).  All
>the children,however, were born here (in the US), probably  in Cleveland.
>
>  In later years, this problematic son may have been called  "Albert" or
>"Leo."  But what is that strange word for him on line  12?  I would 
>give you our
>best guess, but don't want to affect anyone's  judgment ahead of time.
>
>   The 1880 Census photo (excerpt) is now stored at (watch  the possible wrap):
>
>_http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm182/allenamet/?action=view&current=1880CensusReading.jpg_
>(http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm182/allenamet/?action=view&current=1880CensusReading.jpg)
>
>     but if it's more convenient, I can also send  it as a 200 dpi attachment
>(jpg) to anyone who wants to try their hand at 19th  century handwriting
>decipherment.  But who will decide if a solution  is correctly reached?
>
>TIA.
>
>Allen
>
>
>
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