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Unusual middle names - laugh with me
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Unknown | Report | 29 May 2005 10:23 |
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Not a name, but on an enumerators image in the 'Disability' column - against a 16 year old daughter I saw ' Procrastinator' !!!! |
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Louise | Report | 29 May 2005 09:44 |
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I found a William Tell Chandler on the 61 the other day....he'd been blind for 2 years......I had a vision of apples and arrows!!! |
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♫♪ Yvonne from Oz ♫♪ | Report | 29 May 2005 09:03 |
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Just came across Major Bidwell married an ancestor and don't know if it was his real name or title! Anyone got a Minor or a Lieutenant? |
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Unknown | Report | 29 May 2005 08:38 |
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Not many unusual middle names so far but plenty of christian names! One of my gggrandfather's sisters married Ringrose Schofield which I thought was a bit, errr......unique! And on my Stuart line in Essex, every generation has a son called Stonehouse or with Stonehouse as their middle name. I have yet to find out why and where it comes from (it doesn't appear to be anyone's maiden name so far!) Another ancestor called his daughter Anapira! |
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Sylvie | Report | 29 May 2005 08:33 |
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Hi all I've just returned to see if anyone added anything and have realy enjoyed the responses. Started my day with a smile! I was in the local FHS record office recently and the man on the fiche reader next to me had just found an ancestor with the middle name of European. Keep adding! Sylvie |
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Mandy | Report | 29 May 2005 08:29 |
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just thought of another. I once looked after someone called George George! He said his mother had no imagination, LOL |
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Victoria | Report | 29 May 2005 05:15 |
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Hi Everyone, I'm researching the Barrys. I still can't get my head around......Harry Barry! Also Minnie Myrtle May Victoria |
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Lesley | Report | 29 May 2005 02:55 |
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dont know if you have hreard of it in england,but in australia about 10years ago there was a hairtransplant firm called ASHLEY and MARTIN,well when my son started pre school there were twin boys in his class,named ASHLEY and MARTIN ,poor kids they were to young to know but all the mums thought it was a horrible thing to do. |
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Irene | Report | 29 May 2005 00:49 |
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One of my rellie Jessie James Aust, they even put query Aust in the 1901 census. Irene |
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Sharron | Report | 28 May 2005 22:15 |
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I remember reading in 1977 that a family whose name was Lee had called their daughter Juby. |
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Dawnie | Report | 28 May 2005 20:17 |
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I have an ancestor with a middle name as Napolean (Nap) for short, he named his son Napolean. Very sad, very harmless though! |
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Rachel | Report | 28 May 2005 20:13 |
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In 100yrs? I wonder that now Tina! We have a teenager in our family now who's first name is the same as her dad's favourate foottie team. |
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TinaTheCheshirePussyCat | Report | 28 May 2005 20:09 |
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I suppose in 100 years time some future genealogist will find the birth of some poor child who has been named after a football team and wonder what on earth his parents were on! |
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Val wish I'd never started | Report | 28 May 2005 20:04 |
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there was a programme a few weeks ago and the Lady it was about had the middle name Moses I thought that very strange |
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Mandy | Report | 28 May 2005 19:40 |
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I saw one the other day where the childs first name was Julius and his middle name was Ceasar!!!!! I kid you not! LOL Can't remember his surname so it must have been 'normal'! |
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Rachel | Report | 28 May 2005 19:19 |
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Some of my lot have their mothers maiden name as a middle name so thet ended up as: Edward HUNTLEY King Edward TOURNAY King Edwin MARSHALL Tournay |
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TinaTheCheshirePussyCat | Report | 28 May 2005 18:29 |
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This is my favourite. Born 1897: Victoria Diamond Jubilee Jobling. To make matters worse, she married Albert Darling! |
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moe | Report | 28 May 2005 18:28 |
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Sylvie, can't laugh too loud i know a family of snowballs (seriously) MOE! |
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Sylvie | Report | 28 May 2005 18:25 |
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I thought it might be good to share some unusual names. I have just been transcibing for Free BMD and came across this one. Have you one to add? Sylvie Francis SNOWBALL Hales born Aylesbury 1876 |
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