Genealogy Chat

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

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

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

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)

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

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

....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