Genealogy Chat

I have a feeling Mafeking has something to do with the Boer War, Janet. It was in South Africa in the late 19th/early 20th century.

Funny, really, because I'm sure somebody found a few children named after WW1 battles - I'm sure I've come across a Verdun Sainsbury and my grandad's cousin married a woman called Hilda Somme Phillips (born 1916).

Perhaps it was the thing then? It seems like the equivalent of an eighties child being called Falklands or a baby today being called Baghdad or something.

I have a lot of Christmas' in my tree......including a few Mary Christmas'!!

There is also generations of Elvy Stickels (The first Elvy's mother's maiden name was Elvy)

Also Cubison Stickels (brother of 1st Elvy)

I have cousins called Coco (after Coco Chanel) and Stevie (female, after Stevie Nicks from fleetwood mac)

Vicky X

Just remembered, one of my lot lived next door to Mr and Mrs Christmas and their daughter Mary. (1871 census)

Like Vicky I have a Euphemia Yoiull.

My Great grandfather was Elphege which is French but is in the top 10 of rare french names. He appears to have been responsible for populating France with Elphege's too, each eldest naming their eldest son the same.

Our house was built by Robert Green and bequethed to his daughter Keturah (known as Kate)

I have a copy parish entry of an ancestors marriage and the next marriage was of Elder Balls.

I've also spotted a Mafeking Horwood in the indexes. Can't imagine why (lol) but according to freebmd there appears to be a lot of them born about 1900 of both sexes.

My grampy's aunt was called Gwenhiolen Hiarlles Morganwg Price Williams, and her brother had a child called Sievewright Constance.

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My grandmother had an aunt named Adelaide Rosa. Easy to find her? She may just as well have gone to Mars in 1892 for all I can tell.

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I've got a Searson Norris - the common-law husband of my great-great grandma. I got all excited finding a marriage for a Joseph Searson Norris, but I think now it was his cousin. My grandad's middle name was Everard - whether it was inspired by the brewery I don't know (his father later ran a hotel). There is also . . . . a Pank Yates (I had to double check that, I was sure it should have been Frank) a Rose Wall a William Enniss Smith (no idea where 'Enniss' came from) a Silvester Orlando Smith a James Pretoria Rotheram a Hannah Eatta Miller (sounds like cannibalism to me) a Tevotty Mee (who was female) an Etheldreda Mary Landon a girl who was named Grimston Albertina Grimston (I am supposing there was a mix-up when her name was written down) an Elda Eaton Some others I came across were Marigold Broom, John Dunmore Frisby, Garterise Bristow, Willow Rothwell, Vicesimus Townsend and the grandly named Prince Tresillian Albert Edward Rowland (who I presume was not royal).

Hubby has a Harmonious in his tree. He was mis-transcribed on a census as Hormones. Gave us a chuckle.

The best I have is 'Happy Houchin'....I have no idea why.

I have a couple of Sigismund's, a Perrotine, a Peronelle, two Douce's and a Suky. The worst is a Moyse who seems never to have been born but married with 9 kids. Just wish I could find his parents. He's been my brick wall for years.

Just adding for my own reference now , cannot believe some of the names in my tree !!!!

Brighton Early, Brock Lee, Chris. P. Bacon, Dick Burns, Don Key, Duane Pipe, Helen Back, Paige Turner, Tim Burr. Oh I do amuse myself!

I have a Euphemia vicky

WOW! You lot really do have some unusual names - and I thought Napoleon Atkins was a mouthful. It certainly wouldn't have been particularly politically correct in the late 1800s either! I also have Hubert, Ivy Kythe, Winefride, Horwood Dunning, Dagmarr (female) and a Barton! Ellie

Orlando, all his siblings had ordinary names Ben, Sidney Theresa so no idea where his name came from in the 1860's ?

The theatrical empressario Squire Bancroft had a good selection in his family. He simplified his name from Squire Butterfield White Butterfield - Squire is his name not a title. In Yorkshire the name Squire was quite abundant in the 19thC. His father was Secundus, and his brothers were Hastocle and Gulielmus (=William). An uncle was Guilielmus Tertius. His sister was Julia :-)) -- Dave.

I have Rememberance Hezekiah Ezekiel Lepeny Noah Amy Pheonix Plentiness Leonard john Buzzi and plenty more where they came from jackie

PS: My husband has a Septimus too, who was a 7th son. He had many children, so one of the boys was actually a 7th son of a 7th son.

I've given both my daughters unusual first names, and they each have 2 middle names. Their ancestors should find them easily enough in years to come! I thought I had the unusual name 'Bath' for a girl in my tree...alas, the name was Ruth, it had been mistranscribed and taken as fact by my husbands 2nd cousin. I have an Obadiah Chrichlow, which is rather quaint, and a Redvers. My grandad was Valdis..but he was Swedish.