Do we have any files of Barry’s own handwriting, perhaps a sentence or two in hbis handwriting? Leaving out the “E” in Madelyn Payne Dunham is the sort of careless error a teenage forger would make. And it would be instructive to have an example of Stanley Ann’s handwriting, too.
True, but my signature is missing more that a few legible letters, and she was a bank officer who had to crank out lots of signatures. Your reflexive signature (and it becomes a sort of reflex for professional signers) can morph into something less than perfect...and news that your 18-year-old daughter just had your first grand baby in Kenya could play on your nerves a bit!