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Researching my husband's tree, I came across a relative who rejoiced in the name of Duke Shrapnel, and another by the name Bishop Ford. ;D
What colourful and interesting names have others found among their ancestors?
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Hi
Golden Jeffels is my all time fave up to now
Jane ;D
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Poor old Golden must have come in for some ribbing in his life! We were surprised to find that Duke Shrapnel was his real name - we thought the Duke part must have been a nickname at least, but no!
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Riverina Emma Simpson, named after the Riverina area in NSW, Australia.
but she called herself Emma in later years, what a waste of what I think is a beautiful name.
Margaret
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Heh, I was very impressed to find a Hugh Willoughby Hawarden, only to have that at least met (if not entriely trumped) by going back a generation and finding Reuben Hawarden. How far up the most popular boy's name list "Reuben" was in the mid-19th Century I have yet to fathom.... ;D
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I've a Prince Snow in my tree.
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I like the Prince Snow, so far Redvers Buller Herod is the most unusual I've found.
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Roberts Marmaduke Demain, or perhaps Deidamia Parker.
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While looking for possible children of the Aunts of my Grandmother I found
Willoughby Hooley Allcock
Urban Francis Allcock
Royal Iving Allcock
I also found Urban Richards so was this a common name in 1890's or just a Nottingham thing ;D
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Richard George Davis Frampton Frampton. Why did his parents feel the need to add an extra 'Frampton' ? He also had a nephew named simply Frampton Frampton.
Not in my tree, but a name on a gravestone I used to walk past in Preston cemetery has always fascinated me: Xenophon Moscrop. I've looked it up on Ancestry and IGI, and there were several of them.
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I have "Treasure" for a boy and "Albion" for a girl in mine.
Of course for us Grace family members, there always the risk of a Grace Grace.
Normal names can be colourful too. I was confused for years by a Frances marrying an Eli - could never find a marriage, until I realised it was a Francis marrying an Elly or Ellie.
Mark
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Nothing as exotic as others, but my gt gt grandfather's middle name was Perfect. Don't know why, and all his siblings had 'normal' names. Must have been a beautiful baby I suppose!
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Looking for my Henry Greenwood ancestor, I found a possible candidate staying with his sister Hannah, whose married name was Pickles.
One of her children was Greenwood Pickles and her mother was Lettice Greenwood!
Think they must have been trying for a salad ;D
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How's about this one?
Bedilia Veronica Saultry!!
Emma in Spain
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A distant cousin of my mother had the given names of Algernon Excelsis Francis. In the 1950s he was a long-distance lorry driver. He was once stopped for speeding and the constable asked him for his name, this he duly gave. The Officer said “No, your real name.” To which he responded “It is my real name,” and handed over his driving licence. This was studied and, as he handed it back, the Officer said “On your way, mate. With a name like that you’ve suffered enough already.”
John
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I have a Kezia Pittard and Keren Happuck Pittard, biblical names, however all the other children have normal common names, go figure!
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in my line of family my 6th grandmother is sarah stonebridge
in the cambridgeshire records i saw a thurlbourn marring a miss Ann Halfhead
debra
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There's one in my tree called Feathery Burke!
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Kickweed Jennings Glasscock ...
You couldn't make them up....
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These were sent to me on an e-mail. I don't know how correct they are
SOME parents can be cruel – or down right stupid – when naming their kids.
Other people are just born with a surname that makes you titter.
Now the funniest have been collected from British records of births, marriages and deaths dating back centuries.
SUE AGE
Born Glasgow, 1849.
PETER PIDDLE
Baptised Fowey, Cornwall, 1649.
ENEMA BOTTOMLEY WOOD
Died Huddersfield, 1904.
SEYMOUR BUST
Born Halstead, Essex, 1841.
PLEASANT TITTY
Baptised Margate, Kent, 1768.
(She was named after her mum — so the family had a pair of Pleasant Tittys.)
SEXEY BUTT
Born Dundry, Somerset, 1803.
EFFING DICK
Born Glasgow, 1848.
WILLY MUSCLE
Born Holme, Huntingdonshire, 1685.
GOLDEN BALLS
Baptised Aylsham, Norfolk, 1813.
KENNETH McSHAGGER
Born Scotland, 1841.
WILLIE STRETCH
Born Winsford, Cheshire, 1894.
NANCY BOYS
Born Brighton, 1842.
MAD LOONEY
Died Warwicks, 1894.
CONSTANT PAIN
Born Hackney, London, 1901.
MINNIE BAR
Baptised Galston, Ayr, 1761.
AL DENTE
Born Whitechapel, London, 1900.
POSTHUMOUS MINCE
Died Greenwich, Kent, 1839.
AGNES ETTA PEPPER
Born Ipswich, 1881.
EASTER BUNNY
Born Yorkshire, 1851.
KITTY LITTER
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Born Marston, Cheshire, 1839.
HOLLY BERRY
Born Barnsley, 1880.
PEARLY GATES
Married Westminster, 1996.
RICK O’SHEA
Married Kennington, London, 1864.
SENSITIVE REDHEAD
Born Bridlington, E Yorks, 1873.
JIMMY RIDDLE
Born Melrose, Midlothian, 1648
PETE SAKE
Born Cheshire, 1840.
PECULIAR BUTTERY
Married Wolverhampton, 1871.
ALICE MAY FALL
Born Shoreditch, London, 1894.
NICHOLAS STREAKER
Born Durham, 1747.
LETTICE SPRAY
Baptised Greasley, Notts, 1633.
IRIS TEW
Died Chester, 1985.
DICK BRAIN
Born Stoke-on-Trent, 1871.
TURD COLLAR
Born Ireland, 1821.
TERESA FARTWANGLER
Born Usk, Monmouth, 1828.
PHILIP PLONKER
Baptised Shalford, Surrey, 1632.
WILLY LEAK
Born Poplar, London, 1886.
ANICE BOTTOM
Baptised Dewsbury, W Yorks, 1837.
IVA LONGBOTTOM
Born Balby, S Yorks, 1899.
TRANNIE PICKUP
Born Portsmouth, 1853.
SILLY TROLLOPE
Born Doncaster, 1894.
DICK HANDLER
Baptised Earls Colne, Essex, 1585.
JOYCE MOODY NUTTER
Died Braintree, Essex, 2001.
HUGH SWELLING
Born Ireland, 1811.
PHIL GRAVES
Died Rotherham 1879.
DEMOSTHENES CUPPA
Married London, 1886.
BASIL LEAF
Born York, 1895.
LARGE BEE
Born Notts, 1829.
LOW FEE
Married Chorlton, Cheshire, 1908.
COLLY FLOWER
Father of girl married in Soho, London, 1797.
MAUD STALE BUN
Born Sunderland, 1851.
LOW FAT
Married Cardiff, 1905.
FAY KING
Died Bromley, Kent, 1998.
SANDY BEACH
Born East London, 1899.
DAILY BONER
Born Hernhill, Kent, 1898
Willow x
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I don't have any weird any wonderful names in my tree but my favourite is Jemima Peebles, I just like the sound of it.
Out of curiosity I had a look at the 1851 census and there are:
9 BUMs
6 BUMBs
6 BUMMs Then they go into BUMPs
1 TITTY (Not even a pair!)
12 TITTEYs
12 PIDDLEs
Couldn't find any PETE SAKES. What a shame, I wanted to say 'There are 4 Pete Sakes'!!!
I feel like I'm back at school, looking up rude words in the dictionary!
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Isn't it fun though! (http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Happy/happy-032.gif)