Okay, someone come up with a plausible excuse for this one.
Look at the enlarged version that I am replying to..if you look really close you can see something under the X in THE.
As if it originally said THE...they typed over it to make it darker but perhaps typed the wrong letter. It looks like something was underneath it.
Interesting aspect of using II, rather than Jr:
http://www.drdaveanddee.com/jr.html
However, using the II (not Jr.) often means a man does not have his father’s name, but another relative such as his grandfather or uncle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffix_%28name%29
The suffix II is used when the child has an identical name to a relative, but who is not the child’s father. The relative may be an uncle, cousin or grandfather.