This photograph was in the collection of my cousin Rosemary, amongst those associated with the family of Capt. Edward VOSS in the Isle of Man. I believe the handwriting on the back is that of Margaret R C VOSS, who gave various artifacts and many photographs to our family. But this does not obviously fit with the others.
Agnes Margaret ?????
????? – 2½ years
Can you make it out?
Tony,
I can’t say what the surname is – it looks like Cruise. Perhaps the little girl is the great grandmother of the Hollywood actor of that name?? Let’s hope not.
The next unknown word is clearer though – it’s “aetat”, which is short for the Latin word aetatis, which is the genitive singular of aetas, age. So it’s just a (very) old fashioned way of saying “two and a half years of age”.