Can You Read It?
This German native's signature comes from his late nineteenth century naturalization.
Labels: handwriting
posted by Michael John Neill at
10:50 AM
06 February 2007
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2 Comments:
Joes. (or Jon) Lyub (u with an umlaut)
The name is supposed to be Jan Hüls.
This is from his naturalization in Hancock County, Illinois, in the 1880s. Jan is a first cousin of my great-great-grandfather.
The whole document has been scanned here:
http://www.rootdig.com/immigrate/hancockcounty/jann_huls.html
Michael
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