Genealogy Chat

Thanks for the info on the Bowes-Lyon family. I will look into it sometime out of curiousity! Claire

The Bowes family came from Durham, and I think a female married into the Lyons family and became Bowes Lyon. The QM used to visit the Bowes museum at fariy regular intervals. I don't know how they became scottish dukes Anne

Hi all, just started reading everyones replys, fell asleep at about 11pm (over my puter) lol No stamner you see. Gill

We were in hysterics so much, I can't remember Queenie Elizabeth's surname! Also in the same cemetery was a 'Nerrisa Bowes-Lyon.' Now I thought that was the Queen Mother's maiden surname, but what would a relative be doing being buried in a cemetery in Surrey. I thought her family were brought up in Scotland? I've not had time to look the name up yet to see if it is connected. Claire

That's an unusual one.........Queenie Elizabeth.I always thought Queenie was a nickname for people called Elizabeth...

After Albert died in 1861, Queen Victoria went into mourning for several years and hid away from the public in Scotland with Mr Brown, I believe! She became unpopular to many people who wanted to be able to see their monarch in London. It took her many years to come out of her mourning and she had to be persuaded to do so. Perhaps her name was not used so much as people were disgruntled with her after 1861. My son thought he'd found Queen Elizabeth's grave last week in a Surrey cemetery, whilst we were searching for my mum's birth mother's grave. He got all excited and shouted out 'I've found Queen Elizabeth's grave!' but poor dyslexic lad was looking at Queenie Elizabeth's grave instead! I can't remember her surname now!

Sharon, thanks, there can't be many of them.........Mine was Victoria Jubilee Rose Jeary,born 1888.

Sharon, thanks, there can't be many of them.........Mine was Victoria Jubilee Rose Jeary,born 1888.

Sandra, I've got a Jubilee Albert to go with your Victoria Jubilee .

I have got a Victoria Jubilee !!!!!!!!!!

lol Paul

Zoe and David, we all win the prize for being the saddest people on this thread!

Although Victoria wasn't common, Queenie was later on and I always imagined that was a sort of tribute? Paul, I have a Tracey born in 1780 Oxfordshire who was still alive in 1851. What do I win:? ))

1851 census Samuel Wayne Cooper abt 1840 Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England Son Chesterfield Derbyshire Wayne O Dale abt 1844 Willenhall, Staffordshire, England Daughter Willenhall Staffordshire Wayne Schlott abt 1841 Walworth Daughter Lambeth Surrey John Wayne Weatherspoon abt 1849 Liverpool Grandson Toxteth John Wayne Wood abt 1827 West Yorkshire, Lepton Son Lepton Yorkshire 1861 census Kevin C Allen abt 1828 Westminster, St Mary le Strand Wife Paddington Middlesex Kevin Bosings abt 1843 Stepney, Middlesex, England Servant Poplar Middlesex Kevin Cross abt 1793 Marylebone Lodger St Luke Middlesex Kevin Ekers abt 1815 Hampshire, England Wife Holborn St Andrew Middlesex Kevin H Gray abt 1824 Stanstead, Essex, England Wife Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire Kevin Hobbs abt 1788 Rudge, Wiltshire, England Wife Froxfield Wiltshire Kevin Percy abt 1834 Wootton, Northamptonshire, England Laundry Maid Northampton St Andrew Northamptonshire far too many Tracey/Tracy to put up in all the census **just notcied - most of the Kevin's appear to be women***

I think GR should offer a prize to the first member to find a Tracey, Kevin or Wayne on a Victorian census.

I've got one poor lass connected to my tree who was christened Victoria Diamond Jubilee Jobling. Guess what year she was born! Not content with that, she married a man named Albert! I did consider calling my own children Victoria and Albert - but then I went and married a man with the surname Hall. Tina

Phoeenix and Helen is Albert English or German. I know Albert was German (her husband) but again Albert seems such an English name. Gill

Helen, you'v told me something i didn't know, i know she had a German father but for some reason i always thought Victoria was English.( the name i mean). Gill

All the Carolines, Amelias, Fredericks etc are named after her aunts, uncles & earlier members of her family, but you are right. Very few Victorias. Certainly none in my family. But my Edmund Albert Skillings was born in 1840, so his mother was clearly being ultra fashionable.

I've mentioned this on the boards before. I was told it was a 'foreign' name, Gemanic, and was therefore disliked. But there were loads of Alberts and Berties?