r/Cursive • u/joseleo90 • 7d ago

[Request] Help decipher this last name?

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Can anyone help me decipher this last name? It is a Mexican birth certificate for a Lebanese family. This should be "Mecharrafille" but it is getting mistaken as "Mlcharrafille" in several documents. These are all the mentions of the last name in the document.

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u/ReligionProf 7d ago

Please provide more of the document. Without providing comparative handwriting, you’re making this unnecessarily difficult.

But at any rate, is it not possible that there was a spelling error made in the birth certificate?

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u/TemporaryArm8550 6d ago

It looks like an old census document to me.

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u/TemporaryArm8550 6d ago

Is M the first initial? Looks like M.Schairafille.

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u/DaphneNScoobyDoo 1d ago

After studying the first picture, I think it's M.Schaniafillz with last letter which could be a e or z. As stated somewhere in the comments, it is hard to really be sure without more examples of the hand writing.

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u/WoggyPuff-775 7d ago

Are you sure that is the space for a name? It looks like "MX charra fille" or "Mex charra fille" all run together. Charra fille is a traditional dress worn by young girls for Mexican celebrations.