Genealogy Chat

....And a little festive cheer, MERRY christmas. Bernadine Vodka Combs BIGGS, Whigmore Whiskey 1841 December Deaths Colchester Essex JOHN, Rum 1852 September Deaths Newmarket Cambridgeshire Suffolk MILLS, John Brandy 1862 September Births Ellesmere Flintshire Shropshire Allen, William Sherry 1852 September Births City of London London Middlesex Bell, Sarah Baileys 1854 June Marriages Lewisham Greater London AIREY, Margaret Wine 1907 December Births Guisborough

The government says 5 portions and fruit and veg a day are good for your digestive system. So............here's some to choose from: APPLE Bottomley abt 1844 Austonley, Yorkshire, England Brother Saddleworth Yorkshire BANANA Pointer abt 1855 Northrepps, Norfolk, England Daughter Northrepps Norfolk PEAR Cooke abt 1887 Oxfordshire, England Daughter Barnsley Yorkshire GRAPE J Burnell abt 1861 Liverpool, Lancashire, England Wife Southport Lancashire ORANGE LEMON abt 1791 Christchurch, Hampshire, England Head Hampton Wick Middlesex PEACH Yule abt 1833 East Indies Wife 30 Clanricarde Gdns, Kensington, London, England Then these things are not so good for you: FAT Boal abt 1820 Downpatrick, Lancashire, England Daughter Liverpool Lancashire LARD Robinson abt 1839 Lowth, Lincolnshire, England Private R M Vessels Devon GREASE Townly abt 1848 Stockport, Cheshire, England Daughter Stockport Cheshire OIL Barnett abt 1866 Head Pemberton Lancashire William CREAM Fenderson, abt 1822 Scotland Head Camberwell London BUTTER Nixon abt 1823 Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, England Head Ramsey Huntingdonshire Suppose you could keep all of them in the LARDER Lowe abt 1860 Wearhead, Durham, England Lodger Darlington Durham Merry

I have a serendipitous surname set in my tree... a CHRISTMAS/FROST marriage. There are also several with Mary as a first name - doesn't sound all that different from Merry! Christine

LOL and Brenda, this one's in MY family: Finnett, Merry Christmas Rose Record Type: Marriages Quarter: March Year: 1900 Then there are: Adamson, William New Years 1889 March Births Easington Troddan, Halloween Lucy 1899 March Births Lanchester (1875-38) Egg, Esther Mary 1908 March Deaths Wandsworth BUNNY, Esther 1842 September Deaths Keighley (1837-1946) and one who probab;y shared MY birthday (thank goodness my parents were more conservative!).... .Day, May Day 1889 December Deaths Strood . Thanks for the fun thread, Jess! Sue (in NZ)

Ok we may all have the Odd Black/ Brown/Green/White but... Penny, Red 1887 September Deaths Kensington Greater London London Middlesex RIDLEY, Blue 1861 June Births East Grinstead Surrey Sussex Barker, Eliza Yellow 1873 September Births Thirsk North Riding of Yorkshire ELLOTT, Purple Gilliant 1850 June Deaths Scarborough East Riding of Yorkshire North Riding of Yorkshire Branton, Orange Ingersent 1870 June Births Bideford Devon Swayne, Lillian Turquoise 1878 March Births Portsea Island Hampshire

One of my friends has a number of females called 'Shepherdess' in her tree. Don't know the references but they were mostly in Southampton. A Happy Christmas to everyone - Liz

very sense-ible people Pen, Martha Sight 1841 March Births Alderbury Wiltshire Ough, Samuel Smell 1842 September Births St Germans Cornwall Touch, Donovan Meredith 1892 March Births Hampstead Greater London London Middlesex De La Taste, Lawrence Urbin 1887 December Births Belper Derbyshire

Incidentally, it occurs to me that those number-names are really no different from the Roman names (some of which get used now) like: Octavius/a Septimus/a Sextus/a Quintus/a [Quartus/a] Tertius/a And I came across someone quite recently with the name (not sure how it's rendered in written English, I only heard it spoken) ''Wahid'' - it's the Arabic for 1. Christine

And I have just spent a couple of days trying to track down a man called Gandalfi, who turned out to be Randolph really! Olde Crone

Ermm... And what about some of the names given in the last few years by ''celebrities'' to their children? Romeo and Cruz are just the recent ones. Actually, my favourite historical name, so far, turned up when I was following up a query on this board... Rosie was the daughter of Julia LUSTY and Hugh TROLLOPE My husband said they should have hyphenated their surnames! Christine PS - I suspect that *dog in Wales was really something like Caradog? PPS - Great thread, Jess!

I have met real life people called Pearl Button Rose Bush (but they married the surname) Victoria Plum nell

Some are out of this world..... Oulton, Pluto 1871 June Births Manchester (1837-1924) Lancashire Burton, Joseph Jupiter 1896 September Births Wigan Greater Manchester Hanes, Lewis Earth 1900 June Marriages Holborn London Middlesex BLAKE, Andrew Mars 1877 March Births Pontypridd Glamorgan Mid Glamorgan Addy, Venus Ellen 1908 September Births Barnsley West Riding of Yorks WILSON, James Saturn 1843 March Deaths St George Hanover

hedging your bets Name: GREEN, Faith Hope Charity Record Type: Deaths Quarter: December Year: 1850 District: Barnet County: Greater London Hertfordshire Middlesex Volume: 6 Page: 315 Moon, Rose Moon 1892 June Births Merthyr Tydfil Breconshire Glamorgan Mid Glamorgan NEWSHAM, Day Star 1844 September Deaths Kings Lynn Norfolk View Record COX, Betsy Sky 1883 June Births Bath Avon Somerset HUGGINS, Sunshine 1907 December Births Bristol Avon Gloucestershire View Record Cornwall, Rain 1889 December Marriages Hailsham Sussex View Record Morgan, Cloud 1885 September Births Bedwelty Monmouthshire

These little mites don't seem to have been exactly welcomed into the bosom of the family: Lucifer Johnson Hell Foster Hades Graves Burden Smith Brat Desmond Stinker Finnis

LMAO at the names. I have an English Pilgrim in my tree and recently saw a birth registration for a Sparrow Biggs. Jo

Forgot the DVD... Name: Dvd Hemingway Birth: 1863 - Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Civil: Purston Jaglin Residence: 1891 - Yorkshire, England

Cd George Swinton Birth: 1837 - Bath, Somerset, England Civil: Bathwick Residence: 1891 - Somerset, England Disc Hy Wm W Raven abt 1870 Chislehurst, Kent, England Boarder Chelmsford Essex Tele Marks abt 1856 (B S), Poland Wife 22 Cheetwood St, Cheetham Radio Ashley abt 1796 Caldicot, Northamptonshire, England Head Rothwell Northamptonshire Joseph Ipod Jud abt 1861 Hackney, London, England Head Hornsey Middlesex Video Thompson abt 1872 Monte Video, South America Daughter Arden St 2 Court 5 House, Liverpool, Record S Dunscombe abt 1898 Nunhead, London, England Son Lewisham London Can't find a cassette :) Chris

I've got some wierd names in my tree, but I'm kind of glad of some of them. It makes them that bit easier to trace Do you think they will have had the mick taken out of them in those days, like they would today? Gem:)))

Oh, Jess!! What have you started now? I won't get any more work done this afternoon. Just five minutes on Ancestry and I came up with (I kid you not!!!): Stoat Garlick b Huddersfield 1867 Mary Stoat O Float in 1851 Devon Weasel Ayres Parrot Jackson Cattle Market (really!) 1891 London A. Pig Denler Rat Burde Fat Chave Vermin Smallwood and last but not least Thomas Spotty Jolly Fancy having to go through life with these handles!!!

COURT, Elizabeth Cat 1861 September Births Reigate Surrey View Record James, Joshua *dog 1859 September Births Llanelly Carmarthenshire Glamorgan EMERY, Lydia Rabbit_ 1845 March Births St George Hanover Square London Surrey Hornsby, Spider 1900 March Deaths Medway (1837-1941) Kent LAYTON, Louisa Worm 1888 September Marriages Pancras (1837-1901) London Middlesex BULL, Bastard 1839 March Deaths Plomesgate Suffolk How cruel is the last one ?