help deciphering inscription--address?

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help deciphering inscription--address?

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Post by garlock » 19 Apr 2016, 15:17

This is kind of tough to read. Can anyone decipher? Thank you.
John

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Post by nichte » 19 Apr 2016, 17:10

could you show the picture side?
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Post by garlock » 19 Apr 2016, 19:15

Yes. Here it is. Are you able to enlarge the inscription image on your end?
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Post by nichte » 20 Apr 2016, 00:01

I hoped the picture would give a better hint, but thanks for posting it.
It reads to me like

"Fedwig Abenath
Münster
Loergasse 8"
or something like that.

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Post by history1 » 20 Apr 2016, 08:25

Good morning,
I also sat yesterday an hour and tried to read/locate the adress, without success as I read "Munster, Soergasse" and my last name transcription wasn´t correct too. There is a very big military training area in the German town Munster, but I couldn´t find such street. But is seems possibily to fit to the photo. Then I came about the city Munster in Alsace, but also not such street.
Hiltraut did a great job, as usual.
But I do read the first feminin name "Hedwig" there.
Result:
"Hedwig Abenoth
Loergasse 8
Münster"
https://goo.gl/maps/dfog3jdeRYU2

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Post by nichte » 20 Apr 2016, 15:11

I thought it read "Hedwig" as well, history1, that's why I asked for the other side of the picture. But the picture could have been meant for "Hedwig", and not necessarily naming the person on it.
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Post by garlock » 21 Apr 2016, 01:53

Thank you both very much. Those renderings look to me very close to the script. Your translations will do fine. By the way, history1, you helped with some of my translation needs back in 2010. Nice to see you again.
John

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Post by history1 » 24 Apr 2016, 12:26

nichte wrote:I thought it read "Hedwig" as well, history1, that's why I asked for the other side of the picture. But the picture could have been meant for "Hedwig", and not necessarily naming the person on it.
Hiltraut
That´s sure, but "Fedwig" doesn´t make any sense in German. Os is it just a typo in your post??
BTW, there are living a lot people with the last name Abenath in this city.

Wishing a nice sunday ;-)
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Post by history1 » 24 Apr 2016, 12:30

garlock wrote:[...] By the way, history1, you helped with some of my translation needs back in 2010. Nice to see you again.
John
You´re welcome, John. Way to many translations in the past to remember all those people, but nice to see you again too :lol:

Cheers,
Roman

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