Genealogy Chat

My nan was Margaret Elizabeth, her mother Margaret, her mum Elizabeth (her sister Margaret) , her mum Elizabeth (her sister also Margaret) and her mum Elisabeth. Broke the line with my mum. On my dads side, him, his father, Grandfather, G Grandfather were all called Arthur.

Hi Everyone Thanks for your replies It's nice isn't it when you can see the name being carried through the ages. Have to admit when I found out it had been around in our family so long I was really pleased as I didn't name my daughter just for the sake of carrying the name on but as a tribute to my mum. The fact is has been around so long is just a lovely added bonus!! Pheonix I loved the Edward the Policeman and his son Edward the Convict. Made me laugh out loud!!! Snowdrops

I have George in my Hay line over several generations. The earliest is from sometime in the 1700's,then a son in 1810,grandson in 1845,g g/son in 1880 and another one born 1911 via brother of the 1880 George. Same for my Elmer line 4xGeorge and 4xWilliams 3xJosephs. Martha and Hannah happen in both lines for the wives and daughters. Glen

My brother is Micheal Gibson Kirk, as was my gr Grandad, several g and GG granduncles cousins etc., the original Michael Gibson was born in 1754 and is my GGGG Grandad so the names been in the family for 252 years!!

I have five straight generations of James Broomfields (with siblings William George Mary Elizabeth Anne - if the names are good enough for royalty, then they're good enough for us). The trouble is that they all merge into one. They would have had different personalities. Even as ag labs they would have had different skills. They would have worn different clothes, but they feel like rent-an-ancestor. The last Edmund Skillings, on the other hand, was a stationmaster who died in the 1980s. The name is used through the generations, back to at least the late 1600s. There are even earlier men who bear the christian name, but they laugh at me, those tudor and early stuart Edmund Skillings, as they know I can't prove any link. (In this family at least, there are Edmund the porter, Edmund the pauper, Edmund the woodman, Edmund the policeman, his son, Edmund the convict etc)

Thanks for that Heather. Any more anyone? Snowdrops

Ive got a James in both the Horstead and Hanson lines from 1764 on Horsteads up to the last birth in my line in 1925 and from 1710 on the Hansons up to the last one in my line born 1890.

Hi Everyone I have an Ellen born 1785 and in every generation since, in my direct line, there has been an Ellen up to and including the present day – I’ve not traced further back on that line yet so it could go further back. That’s 8 generations of one Christian name. How far back can you go? Direct line and sidelines? Snowdrops

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