Help With The German Signature On The Old Letter

I have easily found out that surname is Sieronski, but can anyone help me to read out the first name?

My guess would be "Howe".

My guess would be "Hans"

Peter.

Initially I thought that he could be Hans, but he used to writte the letter "a" pretty different (visible in examples through the letter)... also, his "n" is in surname written in different way than to letter which should be "n" in his name.

Howe doesn't exist as a first name.

I thought that it could be Herbert Sieronski... possibly Herbert shortened to Herb... but also doesn't likes to be.

However, maybe the first word is not his first name at all... possibly some title, official or military... it is visible the he wrote his surname much tougher than first name.

My vote is for "Herr"

Nein?

http://nameberry.com/baby-names/160/German-Names

My suggestion would be 'Max'.

I'm stumped, though Sieronski sounds much more like a Polish name to me so my guess is that the first name may be more of a Polish name also?

Kimo, there was no Poland from the late 1700s to 1919. So, some Poles in the German areas of their ethnic homeland, undoubtedly adopted German ways, including names. The same thing happened with Poles who immigrated to Germany many generations before. Many immigrants to the USA adopt first names that are anglicized, because they would otherwise not be pronounceable by English speakers. I could not pronounce my Chinese neighbor "David's" real first name, for example.

At the end of WW2, Stalin moved the borders of Poland and Germany westward, and pushed huge numbers of people out of new Soviet territory. What had been eastern Poland is now Belarus. What had been Pomerania, Prussia and other eastern German lands, became Polish once again.

My vote is for 'Herr'...the German for mister.

Disclaimer 1: My knowledge of Sütterlin (the script) is VERY limited.

Disclaimer 2: People embellish their signatures.

The word above the signature is "Hochachtungsvoll." Loosely translated it means, "Sincerely yours" Note that the first letter "h" in "Hochachtungsvoll" doesn't look at all like the first letter in the signature. Both are capital letters.

I don't think "Herr" is correct. I'm sure someone will come along that is actually proficient in reading this.

Dan

Max my grandfather's name.

Filipe, as I recall, SCF member "florian" of the Czech Republic is quite good with suetterlin script. Maybe if you ask him nicely, he'll give an answer.

bookbndrbob - I usually stay away from the Internet at weekends. But there is no need to ask me nicely, I am always ready to help whenever I am not busy with other engagements.

This is classic Sütterlin script.

SWH was right: Max.

Regards,

Florian

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Siegburgerstr. 243

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Zustande angekommen. Bin mit der Sendung sehr
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Hochachtungsvoll
Marie Sievonski

scotzm: I am impressed with the transliteration. But: Marie ?