Handwriting question - COMPLETED

[Loakesy]

This is the baptism entry for one of the members of my friend's tree, but what's her name?

[Northern Lass]

Keturah

[Loakesy]

That's what the transcription says, but what sort of name is Keturah? I've never come across that before!!

[Antie Em]

That's what the transcription says, but what sort of name is Keturah? I've never come across that before!!

I have heard of Keturah - it's a proper name

Wiki : Keturah \k(e)-tu-rah\ as a girl's name is pronounced ke-TOO-rah. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Keturah is "incense". Biblical: the second wife of Abraham and mother of six of his sons, who became ancestors of various Arabian peoples. The name was revived by the Puritans

Maggie

[Jimmy]

That's what the transcription says, but what sort of name is Keturah? I've never come across that before!!

We come across it quite a lot.

[Antie Em]

Been listening to a Meg Hutchinson book and there is a character in it called Kesiah. We have this name used quite a lot on BCC and I've always thought it was pronounced Kayzia - but whe pronounces it k-siah as in Isiah. Learned something new today.

[Loakesy]

Well, many thanks! What I originally thought was yet another transcription error is actually a real name...

I thought it was perhaps Betinah, or something similar!

You do learn something every day, indeed!!