Genealogy Chat

Paul - you obviously didn't have a sister or other female rellie who read Bunty comic. One character I remember (en passant, and in the interests of research, you understand) was Lettice Leaf. I think as a girl's name it's normally spelt with an i not a u, so maybe the registrar wsn't familiar with the name. J

Hi I quited liked the one I came across today while searching the Hugh Wallis IGI site. Mr & Mrs Gotobed and another one I've seen several times. Call your daughter Rose, Primrose, Marigold, Daisy but how about Lettuce! Paul

One of my ancestors sisters was called Fanny Brain. Obviously, the family werent too fussed about explicit names for their children. Imagine what stick they'd of got at school. Ben

This is a good one of mine, JOSHUA MANAFISH EDWARD JOSEPH BOSWELL, He's on the IGI born 1869. Pat

Not one of mine, but whille looking at deaths on PR site. i came across Sexia Fisher she died in 1769 Sylvia

Tom - I was the culprit who found Willy and Fanny Fiddler - they were brother and sister. How could they sleep at night with names like that?

there are some real gems on the census just putting in the word comfort as a first name I found comfort clinkaberry and her daughter carrie comfort clinkaberry comfort chafer and comfort tsitt.

Someone posted this a while ago, nothing to do with my family, but cannot remember the infomation, but it was in 1901.. Willy Fiddler and Fanny Fiddler pmsl..

I went to school with a girl called Gay Hole, Honest

She probably had a run-in with my Fanny Mallet.

my husbands g.g.g.grandmother was called fanny pain. jenny

I was looking at Leicester Parish Records the other day, and on nearly all the pages I looked at there was a lady who rejoiced in the name of Abstinence Pongher.

At first I was amused by the name by Sussex Ancestors adored for thier daughters.....Philadelphia Then my amusement changed to ta branch I have called COC*KS in Inworth Essex. The youngest daughter was named Minnie born in 1869 poor soul

This poor old dear didnt even get a christian name. Penkridge Parish Reisters: Burial 1676 Nov 14 Widdow Bor......ing I can only assume the transcriber had trouble reading it. Ellen X

I love reading these - so funny, aren't they? Can't think of any hilarious ones from my tree although I do have unusual names (not funny ones, though). For example, my grt grand aunt became FLORRIE JOLLY when she married. There's a whole VILE family (hope they weren't that bad!) - and I have some Greek rellies with unusual names (well, not to the Greeks) e.g. Elektra Markari, Frossoulla Markari (my gran - thank goodness Daddy Dear didn't get his own way to name me after her, bless!). NB - Paul - I raced off to have a look at that census page of the young chap on the vessel - yes, I can see what you mean...only I think his actual name is HENRY LUNT, not...well you know what LOL

I found Fanny Crapp on IGI, quite scary!

1881 Census - Nelson Monument (age 8) I also like Uranus Nussey (female) on 1861 census

I have a marriage cert (not one of my rellie) but on the same page from the PR where a Miss Thorn married a Mr Flower lol

At the weekend I discovered that one of my 3x great grandmothers was called Pleasant Pain. I bet that she was really pleased to get married and become Pleasant Baker. Christina

Lol. I've got one called Lucy Fanny Healing. And have seen someone called Founde. Maybe she was a foundling?