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Well, I think it's super fun, but don't hold me to it! :P
Basically, after coming across some unusual, and often brilliant, names (such as swan Whiffin) I decided to deliberately seek them out by typing random words in the free BMD database. I've always loved different names (hence my resentment at being called Jennifer, the most popular name in england/America for the years surrounding my birth!) and often use them for characters in novels, or just as ideas for any future babies I may have ;D
I know there is already a thread about people most uncommon name, but this is a little different as it's borne from deliberately searching, plus the other one is very long so it's always nice to section threads like this up so none are missed :)
So here are a few of my faves so far:
Flowers Flowers
Princesse Blanche Marie Amelie Caroline Louise Victoria Princess D'Orleans Orleans (Duc de Nemours)
Flowerday Peggs < I absolutely love this name!
Rocky Loveridge
Roman Jug
Pebbles Stanton.
Christmas Breeze
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I once found a Westminister [sic] Abbey in the US census.
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Brilliant :)
I just found:
Leaf Leavesley
Leaf Plant
and - Leafey Daisy Carey. That last one I'm thinking 'named for where they were conceived' might possibly apply? :P
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I found one in census some years ago - Peachey Oke - which I thought was a lovely name for a girl, then realised he was a bloke! ;D
Suey
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How about:
Spider Hornsby
Ladybird Bingley
Hornett Mann
Cornet Cross
Vanilla Kettle
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Happy Huggins
Jolly Pickup
Sunny Orchard
Uncle Hetty Thornton
Auntie Matilda Munroe
all on FreeBMD
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Salmon Fish
Fish Fish
Fish Pool Neville
Trout Holdsworth
Mackerel Charles Jackson
Duck Tunnacliffe
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Hehe these are great, poor old Peachy! - Happy and Sunny made me think of Honey - so:
Honey Cakebread
Honey Brown (Made me giggle as is the colour of my sisters hair dye :p)
Honey Coombe
Sweet Hart - if you're on ancestry do search for Sweet, HIS(!) signature is on a lovely freedom of the city contract thingy to let him take on apprentices I think.
Sweet sweetwater
I also found a sunshine Huggins, perhaps the same family? :p
Windy Charlish
Winderler Loose - surely a mistranscription? Winderleler?!
Forkinatus Webb - would so love to know how they came up with that one!
Rainbird Brothers
Rat Canterbery
Mice Partridge
I like that everyone goes on about celebritiesa and their weird baby names, when people have been thinking outside the box for hundreds of years. :)
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Fish Fish
:o
And I thought my brother in law's parents were cruel, calling him 'Duncan Driver!'
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Great game!
All from freebmd:
ivy sprout
flowers allpress
flowers woodland
hall rain
robert bell rain rain
moses sprout
violet basket
swift truelove
swallow plumb
sparrow sparrow
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Ladybird Bingley
Perhaps the name Jane in Pride and Prejudice gave a future daughter? :p
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Superetty Kinnee
Superior Cohen
Superflunce Emmanuel Hallsworth
Funney Dufty
Funywell Frances Pocklington
Funrose Randall
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my work mate has a "fanny hawker" in his family :o
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Extravaganza Muriel M Tomkyns-Grafton :o
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Fox Fox
Fox Box
Dizdemoney Deamer
Dizzy Daffen
Daft Pogson
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silver shilling
swan ogle
swan holder
easter card
happy olive bacon (reg W.Ham!)
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Brave Savage
Viridure Littleproud
Pride Careless
Stout Garlick
Panty Lusinski
Corsette Newman
Sightly Christopher Hernage
Beauty Adolphus Lewinton
Wonderfull Counseller Harriss
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Grime Parkinson
Gruby Caygill
Dirty King
Blott Peake Sly
Grots A Horrex
Slym Castell
Thin Wavey Line Hudson :o
Fattis Sophia Berksy
Chubb Chubb
Fatal Frederick Grucutt
Death Peter P C B Proudfoot [named Death, but lived to age 46]
Deaden Duke
Posthumous Mince
Fatherly Bell
Mother Balmforth [birth reg, so not a nun]
Sister Feather [birth]
Brother Lammas [birth]
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Silly Lusty
Silly Darling H Going
Darling Heaviside
Heavy Wickens
Heaven Peachey :)
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Here's the whole family (all births so their real names)
Father Skitter
Mother Lena Seste
Brother Herbert Hughes
Sister Cockshott
Auntie Matilda Munro
Uncle Hetty Thornton
Cousin Fanny Webb
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a slightly different theme. surnames of couples on the marriage index post 1915
good lord
house martin
fry day
head case
moon light
cherry cake
flower potts
bacon rolls
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About a month ago on Chaser ITV 5 PM Bradley Walsh had a job getting the name out through laughing
Fanny Smelling.
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Oh yes, it was "Fanny Schmeller" I think they replayed it on Scott mill's radio show!
I'm loving extravaganza!! And The surnames of the couples :)
I have to include:
Wolf Bear Frenckel - just because I cant imagine the pressure on him to be a *real* man! :o
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just couldn't stop laghing at some names, poor people
in the "awwwwww nice" catagory,
pink day
lettuce fry
poppy jellyman
poppy purple
8)
in the "strange people" catagory
apple plunkett
applelonia jumbloot
cockey smith
peter physick carrott
:D
in the "what were they thinking" catagory
ruby cockhead
boner jones
:o
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Dirty King
Thin Wavey Line Hudson :o
Chubb Chubb
Fatal Frederick Grucutt
Death Peter P C B Proudfoot [named Death, but lived to age 46]
Posthumous Mince
I think you officially win at findest the weirdest avm22 - Posthumous Mince made me laugh out loud in my office - hehe! Thin Wavey Line has GOT to be someone not being able to read handwriting, I can just imagine a weary clerk in his 60's 'What the heck does that say? Stuff it, I'm writing what I see' :p
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All on FreeBMD:
Admonition Carpenter Brock
Bright Green
Epiphany Moon
Pleasant Raspberry
Lovely Annie Laurie Langridge
Lovelyest John Moorcraft
Wonderful Counsellor Whitaker
Sexey Ann Luton
Diamond Jubilee Roo
(not the only Diamond Jubilee born in 1897 - I wonder if any one will give their child that name this year)
And, I'm sorry to say,
Ophelia Fanny Hole
In 1844 Comfort Gibbins married Frederick Paine - becoming Comfort Paine.
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All on FreeBMD:
And, I'm sorry to say,
Ophelia Fanny Hole
She was born in Bristol - and this becomes even worse in a Bristolian accent! "O feel yer fanny 'ole!"
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Ooh, can I play?
Pickles Utley Bland
Letitia Lemon Flower
Lucy Mysterious Trigg
Thomas Barnacle Measures
Epiphany Bullock Cock :o
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Sucker Litman Pregaman
Hot Mary Worth
Testus Robinson
Holey Green Bowker
Porkey Henry Hoy
This is surprisingly fun...however I do have slightly more useful things to do, so had better go now before I look for any more. ;D
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treasure chestney
treasure case
bendy reginald corner
bendier allen
husband peacock
fanny annie urin
urinal bray
urinah currant pinnel
ugh!!! :-X
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This is surprisingly fun...however I do have slightly more useful things to do, so had better go now before I look for any more. ;D
Haha, yes this is the perfect procrastination game isn't it!
Ok, I almost don't believe this one myself, but:
Easy Pease. ::)
Strangely not the only 'Easy' as a first name though!
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Carrot Harsnip :o
cruel cruel Parents!
And: Wonderful Ramsbottom.
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Marvellous Claud Macauley
Snowball Botterill
Snowdrop Shoesmith
Haddock Hutchinson
Golden Key
Market Gaze
and for fans of Benedict Cumberbatch:
Sherlock Buff :-* :-*
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While looking for someone else I found the surname AFRICAN and the forename JUMBO in the BMD Death for 1850 in Sheffield
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just a few more.............
lucky nobbs
happy mann
happy bird
prince percy peck
queen victoria castle
king baker line
england wales
jonah glut
plenty light
money butters
peerless olive prior
and imagine introducing yourself as...........hopeless evans ::)
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and imagine introducing yourself as...........hopeless evans ::)
In that theme...
Hapless Greenaway
Blight Burgess
Despair Smith
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and for fans of Benedict Cumberbatch:
Sherlock Buff :-* :-*
Teehee!
I came across a death for
"Big Harry Unknown"
which is a bit sad really!
Also,
Poppie Seeds
Pope Love (HA!)
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i wonder what day these were born?
monday wood
tuesday wilfred turner
wednesday mycock
thursday butler
friday last fish
saturday merchant
sunday walker
hate susan pate
wanton wenworth thurston
needy i cruddas
single arnold
like stoves
love stainer (lol)
yearly sparkhall waterer
hours hardwick
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hours hardwick
This might've gotten a guffaw or two in the olden days.. ;D
Just found
Fisher Fanny :o
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Murder Smith (Jun qtr 1878)
Arson Monks (Jun qtr 1851)
Pincher Lovering (Dec qtr 1908)
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could be related to one i found last night
fanny bone
and i just found
tenbald suxpitch stogden
wonder what their lives were like with names like that ???
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Many counties are represented:
Cornwall Baton
Devon Thynne
Avon Westwood
Hereford Horridge
Worcester Morris
Gloucester Williams
Derby Baker
Suffolk Clarke
Norfolk Jackson
Essex Harris
Glamorgan Hall
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Beer Berg
Lager Jeffcoat
Wine Allison
Tea Bolton
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goblin reeves
fairy linnett
spirit povah stocker
elves perks
pixie cross
wanklin deiton :o (oooh errr) :o
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tenbald suxpitch stogden
Tenbald was a farmer who left £4000 on his death in 1935 - not too much but not a pittance either!
this one is so ridiculous, that I was surprised it wasnt a typo! I may have to research the origins of this one :p
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funnily enough fenifur i thought about a couple i've found who could be interesting enough to look into. you've certainly started something here :D
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Been trying to make a fruit salad.... (all births)
Orange Lemmon
Orange Gardener
Orange Petter....
Lemon Vodderaper
Apple Jordan
Apple D Plunkett
Persimon A Couzens
Limey Tyrer
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And for the gardeners....
Lilac Rosetta Figg
Blossom Blight Hoare
Petal J Snow
Twigg Keal
Thorne Fawcette
Thornely Knott
Budd Rose
Stalk Guy
Ribena Leaf
Urban Marfleet leaf
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regularly seen from my kitchen window.
fox box
badger walter allin
deer charles g wedlake
horsey george blackman
birdie m dunnet
sparrow harling
in the river down the valley
fish fish (common name in the 1800's)
fish fish fish (plenty for everyone)
in the sky
moon moon
starchy lightfoot
and after a beer or two
angel waters
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And finally tonight - for the medics...
Henrietta Bone
Charles Elbow
Ebednego Knee
Rhoda Knee
Mary E Thigh
Alford Arm
Norah Shoulder
and brothers.... Phanix & Truelove Toe
Woolf Finger
Frank Bigerstaff Wrist
Wing Y Chin,
and finally Ann Eye!
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Mornin' all,
All FreeBMD -
Morning Dew
Blinkin Eccles
Ima Proffitt
Nutty Haddock
Windy Knight
Number Seven Fell ???
Farewell Crapper
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funnily enough fenifur i thought about a couple i've found who could be interesting enough to look into. you've certainly started something here :D
I've started a blog last night :)
Unfortunately most of them turn out to be children who de before they reach the age of 5 :( But I have a few so far, I'm currently working on Golden Key, who had 4 wives!
http://bigharryunknown.wordpress.com/
If you have any particular requests, inbox me and I'll put them nearer the top of the list!
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morning fenifur; i think fish fish fish could be from a school of fish fish's.
b. dec qtr 1864, blackburn
there is also a marriage for a fish fish, same place, same qtr of that year. it also looks like a few other fish fish's were swimming in the same pond a few years later.
there have been so many interesting names on here its hard to know where to start :)
griff
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In 1871 there were 6 people called Fish Fish all living in Lancashire. ;D
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With the rugby about to start, thought I'd have a look:
Hooker Clarke
Hooker Rose
Fly Burt
Fly Thornham
Halfyard Halfyard
Half Howcutt
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I have two (real, though deceased) distant cousins called
Lyle Brackenridge Tonks
and
James Brackenridge Tonks.
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Apparently Ottawa has a competition known as CORA Skating.
I've always wanted to write a humorous bagatelle featuring a heroine named Cora Skeating-Witte.
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Random words, you say?
There's a
Random L Greenway (birth 1954)
Word Berg (marriage 1959)
Let's try some farm animals:
Cow Dow (marriage 1858)
Piggy Hart (birth 1852)
Pigbone Woodbridge (birth 1855)
Goat Barrett (birth 1838)
Cattle Kirby (death 1871)
Donkey Calder (birth 1926)
Horse Trist (death 1877)
Pony Aston (birth 1896)
Ass Gill (marriage 1871)
Mule Pember (birth 1837)
;D
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Mule Pember (birth 1837)
That's some reputation to live up to?! :o ;D
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Searching woldwide collections, can't believe theres so many people called Donkey !
my favorite,
Donkey Curry born 1865 south carolina
back in the uk,
Sugar Bird 1928-2002
Sugar Block 1928-2005
Butter Adams 1838
Bread Smith 1847
Flour Alley married 1860
Minnie Mouse Mollinson 1859
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Donkey Curry born 1865 south carolina
;D ;D ;D
For the mathematicians:
Circle Lazarus
Oval Henry Winterflood
Square Hemingway
and the astronomers:
Orbit Osborne
Jupiter Pilgrim
Venus Venables
Neptune Pike
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A FEW ODDS AND BODS
sucker litman pregaman
kissey inwards
smiles roche
grindle ragg
gentle fox millhouse
honest bardoe ::) (yeah right)
nightly stanley r loosemore
day porter
fire broadhead rollinson
water bush batt
water spittle danks
airs annbirch chegwidden
earthly emma bailey
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A couple more odds and bods.
Comfort Chitty
Darttrue Holland
Hempseed Barrass
Footit Evison
Legenaral Harry Martin
Mountstuart Elphinstone McDonell
Moulds Popple Curtis
Candler Candler
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Water E Dykes
Skye Saverson
Earth Sheffield
Earthy Turner
Moon Moon
Mooney Mooney
Moonette Louisa Lickfield
Moon Eden Parrott
Sea Moorhouse
Starletta Goshawk Hind
Starchy Lightfoot
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cornwall cook
devon gush
devonport norbury
somerset graves
dorset d codd
hampshire butcher
surrey bumstead
avon castle
essex cunnick
kent porteous sumby
sussex cock
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On h-g's theme..
Leicester Colville Shirley
Derbyshire Millner
Derby Burk
Nottingham Wyke Wickham
Sheffield Strangeways Roberts Rogers
Manchester Siddall
York Edward Alfred John Asker Stanley Retallick West...
Do I get the prize for longest name?! Oooh, I feel another game coming on!! ;D
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Do I get the prize for longest name?! Oooh, I feel another game coming on!! ;D
This might be cheating, but... ;)
The Guinness World Record for the longest name was a German, born in 1904:
Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenberdorft Sr.
...but he used the name "Mr Wolfe Plus 585 Sr." ;D
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Thanks Freckneale, well it's back to searching for me then!!
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twigg keal
bush bush
trees webster
forest wood
wood fanner
wood wood
plant lowther blades
grass crane
weedi wernham
thistle never-no-more t goldsmith
morning dew
evening dew
ramsbottom ramsbottom (poor chap)
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Ludlow Gorham Orpen
Ludlow Essex
Mansfield Douglas English
Lincoln Entwhistle Shipperbottom
Newark Ovington Donkin
Barrow Mimmack Preston
England Ireland
England Wales
Mary Scotland Scotland
Ireland Sophia Du Chateau
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missing elizabeth taylor
missel vanwetter
miss benjamin
mister smith
master taylor
sir frank g.h.b.j.c.t.f.norris
long frank watts
longbottom cowling
short taylor
shorter gill
tall briton howard
little fair march
tiny belcher ;D
one too many gouldstone
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First Son Jones
Second Richard Rixon
Thirde Watson
Fourth George Kitchener
Fifth M Seymour
Seventh Palmer
Tenth Cowling
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corporal james godbold
harry private
sargeant suckling
sargeant grimwood
colonel constable
major crook
major birtwhistle
captain pickles
captain cook
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I satrted looking up Army titles as first names last night - but I missed Major Crook! Ha! :P
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I followed up Tenth Cowling - he was the twelfth child of George and Elizabeth, but the tenth son. Obviously they had run out of boys' names by the time they got to him.
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hi fenifer. i looked up a few things last night or should i say this morning but a certain person (groom) :P beat me to the numbers ::) my searches are getting more perverse it seems.
best lyth
bossy sheppard
boss hopkins
bustin bustin
busty white
duke scutt
earl standing
lord maria skipper
ladyman milligan
nelson nelson
admiral nelson
darwin horatio scott
cook pitchfork
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I started on sports:
Bat Ashton
Ball Brimson
Bail Gee
Hockey Nicholls
Rugby Cale
Swim A Roys
Archer Abbey
Arrow Livine
Bow Clisby
Shot Lewes
Kick O'Leary
Try Clayton
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Bastard Bull
Bruiser DT mfrey
Shiner Hind
Phoney Kingdom
Floosy Taylor
Floosy Thyer
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Surrey Bumstead
Sussex Holland Bevan
Kent Porteous Sumby
Somerset Snowden
Devon Augustus Thynne
Cornwall Cooke
Hampshire Walker
Oxford Popham Pitt
England Fry Andrews
Wales Gathercole
Ireland Sophia Du Chateau
No Scotlands though ;D
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No worries Groom, I found a Scotland yesterday on births!
From todays stationary drawer....
Henrietta Glue
Meta Olive Stick
Tripherna A Tape
Isidore L Tack
Rigas Constantine Pin
Worthy James Gale Glue
Rodney C Rubber
Martha Light Pen
Thomas Pencil
Treofila Paper
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finch e cackett
linnet tamar latcham
wren avery
sparrow harling
starling manning warner
swan swift
swift walker
swallow jubb :o
swallow moreman :o :o :o
dove crisp
eagle rutter
hawk brook
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From BMD's
Scarry Willie
HOLE Richard (Dick)
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For the pet owners...
Cat Luke
Dogdo Jilla :-\
Mousey Clarence Vincent
Terence M Budgie
Kitty Litler
Not to mention... Kitty Fidler ;D
Edward Spider
Peter Rabbit
Bunny C Nick
Frederick Horn Tortoise
Lilly Beetle
May Bugg
Sextus Bethall Chicken
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and for the exotic pet owners...
Panda Wasley
Rhino Wilson
Gazelle George
Ostrich Frank Arthurs
Parrot Johnson
Squirrel Edward Gillings
Hyena Cousens
Zebra Lynes ;D
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For the Butchers & Carnivores.....
Terephena Brisket
Rib De Leon
Ribbe Bennett
Thurstan Liver
Frank Shoulder
Golda M Chop
Hilda Chard Joint
Walter Lovel Rump
Silly Adelaide Kidney
Rhoda Rump
Ednar Leg
James Weakleg Mutton
Thomas Pork
Harriet Venison
Henrietta Lamb
Faithfull Veal
( Who says I should get out more?? ;D)
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one for the traveller
australia george a tyler
america rushbrook de la coze
canada katie e wardle
france zumps
germany bacon
iceland gertrude parrott
greenland fox
chile saek
china elizabeth burkinshaw
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I wish I'd had ancestors with some of these names - much easier to find than John Smith. ;D
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i've got a john smith in mine too, and the worst welsh name too thomas davies. drives me cRaCkErS :'(
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For those with a sweet tooth....
Fairy Cook
Cherry Baker
John William Flan
John William Biscuit
Nelly Lavedag Sponge
Roger A Sponge :-X
Zipporah Eccles
Eccles Eccles
Dora A Battenburg
Francis Puddin
And a selection of ...
Ambrose Tart
Patience Tart
Clement Tart
Comfort Tart
Gerlinde A K Filo
Blanche Puff
Richard Dough
Nora M Crumble.
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I've got some
sauceparel pitcher
salty law
&
pepper crab
to go with that
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;D
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fruit and veg anyone?
tomato may
fanny onion :o
leaning raddish
leek alderson burn
lettuce pomfrit
apple jordan
peach field
lemon buckle :D
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and all washed down with a nice glass of
claret bedford ;D
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Spring Dear
Summer Stunt
Autumn Say
Winter Hooker
John Idiot
Nutty Edith Brown
Silly Susannan Carruthers
Isabella Pig ...........or a
Beever Roll.............or possibly a
Nightingale Cuckoo
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Imagine being called:-
Peter Poop
Crapper Bird
Poo Out
Fritzi Bum
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bacon james williamson
rasher campin
porkey henry hoy
mary pork
lamb shepherd
mutton william fielding
loin beeson
silversides john shaw
veal gillieatt
charles steak
marks chop
clara mince
mince emma tongue
consill tongue :o :o :o (i resisted fanny) :o :o :o
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To carry on h-g's list of alcohol...
Errol A Brandy
James Hennessy Rasin
Olain Wine
Rosa Wine
Augustin Sherry
Temperance Hannah C Sherry
John James Gin
Dila Prudence Port
Rhoda Mixer
Mary Dorcas Champagne
Drinkwater Perkes ;D
ps h-g, I am impressed by you resisting temptation!!
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August Edward Bitter
Henriette Margurite Martini
Sarah Flower Ale
Marie Cecile Larger
Stout Marsden
Barley Mead
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thank you cb. what a numbskull i am, got a few sherry's in my family. doh! ::)
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You are in good company h-g ... I have various Beers!
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thats funny, my sherry's sold beer. they were publicans :D
toffee ruby p turner
fudge fudge
candy isaac
sweet rosina saintey
gum yan low-tee
margaret m peppermint
spearmint hardy
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Weird eh?!!
Dinah Whitesmith
Blackie E Smith
Nechame Fisherman
Urban Judge
Beeswing Chester Judge
John Cobler
Ida Teacher
Job Carpenter
Loveday Painter
William Washer Washer
John Thomas Painter - (sorry couldn't resist!) ;D
Flossie Daisy Printer
Mary Priscilla King Guard
Noah Boatman
Barley Muller..... does that count?
Any more professions??
PS h-g, I've found you a Minty Teresa Nute - any good for your collection?!
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Just thought I'd pop back to say that Golden Key is up on the blog :) http://bigharryunknown.wordpress.com/2012/02/29/golden-key-b-1837/
someone on ancestry has a photo of him, but it's 'private' :( I've sent a polite message asking if it may be used in the blog, so fingers crossed.
Also, this is terrible, and sorry if I offend anyone, but when researching the names, I looked up
Carrot Harsnip.
He'd died at the age of 5 - and my boyfriend asked, completely innocently - "What of? Consumption?"
::)
I felt so bad for laughing, but we def had a giggle!
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fenifer you're B A D ::)
kept your blog in my favourites so i'll have a look
griff ;D
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cb, minty teresa nute is my favourite tipple :P
so, back to marriages and names that should definately have been hyphonated.........
mr & mrs tart-base
tart-topping
little-willey
cook-roast
little-mann
faithful-pidgeon
death-letter
death-jelly (i hate to think)
rabbitt-legg
love-boat
french-kiss
dingle-berry (ooooh errrr)
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death-jelly (i hate to think)
dingle-berry (ooooh errrr)
Hehe, you just made me laugh loudly in my office again!
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made me laugh too, :)
i like the latest addition to the blog. very interesting ;D
btw, what are you doing on here while you're working? ::)
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Hehe, it's an internship - I'm working for free so I can go on the internet all I like *pokes out tongue at office - then feels a bit bad because they're all very nice* ;D
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Now here's a chap with a few problems! ;D
Willie HISCOCK.
From the London Gazette 2 Jan 1920.
http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/issues/31715/pages/62/page.pdf
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Brilliant marriages h-g!!
I am delighted to have found your tipple too (not!)
I wasn't sure if Nute were a drink or if it should have been classified under the animal section!!
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thank you cb.
if i had one too many i'd be as drunk as a nute
had a go at marriages near the start of this thread. made me smile ;D
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just a few more marriages that made me smile ;D
hate-sevenoakes
love-pratt
young-love
want-ginn
curry-sauce
brown-sauce
snow-white (and there are lots of them)
buttery-fish
jelly-butt
mayeo-sandwich
spring-rolls
swan-lake
green-gilbert
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Finally, back to the game!!
Yes a few marriages from me too...
Wiggly - Peak
Sweet - Maiden
Puddy - Stabber ???
Green - White
Cox - Pippin
Cock - Roach
Still - Waters
Bigg - Day
King - Edward
Jolly - Dainty
Flower - Crapper :P
Manlove - Allcock
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oh, competition eh?
moon-light
honey-bunn
fish-pye
lamb-pye
house-painter
hobbs-nobb
proudman-cumming
:o ;D
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Well that takes the biscuit!! ;D
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nice for dunking in coffee ;D
final one tonight,
love-child :)
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a marriage:
lemon-candy (sweet n sour ;D)
Florita Flower
Florila Flower
Floretta Flower (probably all the same person)
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Actual name of one of my superior officers (don't laugh,it was real)
Richard Woodcock ;D ;D ;D
You can guess the nicknames :o :o :o
A Chesters
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I feel ill!
Richard Mumps
Grace Measles
Emely Cough
Henry Pox
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so do i now :'(
a few more marriages that amused me
tick-quick
tock-cronk
crisp- sparrow (nice with noodles) :D
humble-head
waddle-riddle
pheasant-funge
pleasant-lay (oh really)?
futcher-stainer
brush-futcher
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and now for the weather........
snow little
snowdon foggan orange
rosina shower
rainy seller
fanny windy
mary bails rain
dorcas sleet
hail harriot mawby wells
martha kitchen sunshine
henry urbane thunder
charity lightning
james foggy
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Veg box...
Ida Marion Sprout
Herbert Cabbage
June Greens
Henrietta Roots
Walter Elphicke Root
Needham Carrot
John Gaingee Spud
Alfred Littlewood Tattie
Desmond K Neeps
Brenda D Pea
Michael Caully
Hyla Cope Onions
Kezia Beans
Major Bean
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mary christmas
christmas slap
amass easter
easter balls
holiday levy
willie nelson lent
donald duck
joseph blogg
john doe
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Good evening h-g! I've almost finished the shift now!!
Gone fishing....
Tobias Cod
Polly Pollock
William Kipper
Esther Mackerill
Hannah Main Sprat
Mary Ann Segar Bream
William George Rowe Pike
Mary Addy Salmon
Charles Whippie Salmon
William Dab
Mary Ann Plaice Flatt Plaice
Hercules Sole
Absolam Hake
Hariette Turbot
Gladys Tuna
Arthur Goodbut Mullet
Jolanta Pilchard
Dennis Christmas Herring
Mary Jane Gill Trout
George Bywater Trout
Gienia Minow
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hello cb. good eavens, working at this time of the morning? :P
more marriages
jex-slegg
seaman-salt
pert-longman
graves-stone
suckling-grinyer
tinkler-guy
tinker-bell
dunger-trotman
virgin-crease :o
wild-virgin
royal-wink
but not a good idea to hyphenate mr suckling and miss cocks
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I can't compete with the lists the experts keep coming up with - have you two been doing anything else this week?! ;D ...
...but I did find on FreeBMD:
Hagar the Sidebothom
Ned the Welshman
Faster Hides
Lost Thomas Gingell
...and my favorite:
Time Of Day (there were several people of this name)
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Hi h-g, I think you handled your last find very diplomatically - well done!
Hi Freckneale, I fear you might have hit the nail on the head.... all to easily distracted - that's me ;D
Off to bed - Goodnight all.
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good morning cb and thank you. i do have standards, although not very high at times ;D
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hi freckneale, too much spare time on my hands and a warped sense of humour is my excuse. ::)
griff
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for the dog lovers amoungst us
sarah dog
martha poodle
fred bassett
bertie bassett (well there had to be one) :D
mary hound
kitty springer
ezra hudders cocker
king charles carter
collie hatchett
jack russell
harry doberman
albert terrier
john kairn
nelly huskie
ben beagle
and what every good dog owner should have
james robert poop
henry scoop
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Oh my god, my blog will be going for years!
My favourites always seem to be 'Fanny's', like Fanny Windy, hehe! Maybe I should have a seperate one just for them!
The Time of day's sound brilliant too! I'm having trouble finding new ones now, as we seem to have covered everything! Perhaps I might have a look for people named after counties...
I'll do it now! :P
Australia Hilton (4 stars on trip advisor)
British Pensom (definitely Pensom not Person!)
Irish Ben
Irish Micke
Ireland Sophia Du Chateau
Ireland Tory
Wales Walker
Welsh Craggs :P
Welsh Hollows
Welsh Cliff (died at one month :( maybe named after where he was found?)
Germany Bacon
German Bridges
German Walker
German Hunt
German Lamb
German Hill
German Waterfall (I'm only on 1846 - so many Germans!)
German Woodhead
German Rutter :o
German Ambrose (Beer?)
German Blood (Oo err)
German Husband (A birth record..)
Frenchard Edmund Pickard Image ::)
French Hems (always up to date on the latest fashions)
French Ramsbottom
Africa B@st@rd (named a son the same thing too :o )
American Vel AmerickanKelly
Peru Clayton
Swiss Cook
Swissie Barker
Russia Loveday
Poland Steptoe
Poland Calcutt
China Riddle
China Goldstone
Korean Hicks
Kenyan Winterbottom (rather warm still, I'd say)
Egyptian R Pharo ;D
Egyptess Esymaliah Curtis (quite like this one!)
Argentina Bull
Canada Miles
Mongolia Bell
Greece Quick
Cyprus Cocks
Malta Speed
Libya Draper
Tunis Air
Tunisia Brown (From all that sun)
Sahara Skingle
Belgian Hobbs
Belgium Bullock
Belgian Mason
And I'm all out of countries/continents! (India and Indiana were very common, so I didn't include any of those!)
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Manlove - Allcock
I properly 'lol'd' at this one! ;D
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i'll have to look harder then and find a few funnies ;D
fanny fright
john twopenny fright
emma scare
william james shiver
mary cower
mary sweat ::)
shaker cordluck
fret sharles steel
worry charles potter
sarah strife
troublesome john english
and another for the list of dogs
boxer love
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Just realised a few of my countries had been done already! Had a look for colours, hopefully I'm not repeating any again :)
Green Gray
Green Armour (early camouflage?)
Green Greentree
Green Willows
Green Wood
Green Field
Green Hill
Green Veal (prob best not to eat that)
Green Garlick
Green Mountain
One after the other in the index are: Green Tinker, Green Tailor :D No soldier after, unfortunately.
There really were a lot of Green's!
Orange Lemon
Orange White
Orange Gardner
White Betty
White Rose
White Woolcock
White Buzzard
Blue Peter ;D
Red Penny
Mauve Fox
Grey Swan :)
Gray Cross
Creamaleanouss Thompson :o
Black Jack (Unfortunately died in 1839 - would have loved to have looked him up!)
Brown Woodhouse
Brown Leek
Brown speck (someone keen on cleaning perhaps)
Brown stout
Brown Sides
Brown Bordycoat
Brown Spray :-X
Brown Bacon (left it under the grill too long)
and, last but not least, Puce Harris
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For the musicians...
Alfred Shrubsole Horn
Hubert Gale Horn
Female Tuba
Fortuna Piano
Hannah Christina Susanna Base Base.. ( a think you will find that is a double base!) ;D
Divia Viola
Una Flute
Eli Harp
Daniel Choles Violin
mary Ann Trumpet
Tom Bone ( Well nearly!!)
Tudor Joseph J E Lute
Abraham Puddicombe Lute
Annette B Drum
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evening cb.
tom bone lol ::)
one for your drinks cabinet
booze berry
and a little footware
boot chapman
slipper fincham
mark shoe
wellington peel pitt
wellington boot
john cobbler
betsy shoemaker
mary clog
george clapp plimsole
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Really scrapping the barrel now.
Fronaca Pus
Bridget Phlegm
Barthol Blackhead
Magdelone Saliva
Thomas Spit
Quite a few Dung's, Puke's and Poo's, and finally
2 Farts - namely Eleanor and Susannah
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Evening all.
h-g, now you have found my favorite tipple!
For the Countryside brigade.....
Ann Elizabeth Pleasant Pond
Wyndham Puddle
William Swisler Lake
Charles Demander Lake
Absolom Porter Creek
Zipporah Clara Spring
Eliza River
Alma P Stream... :P
John Bogge
Ida Squelch
Hectoria Clara Squelch
Thirzza Phill Pond
Rosa lily Pond
Rushforth Pool
Emma Gatehouse Dyke
Dorcus Wanklin Dyke
Henry Eatwell Dyke
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something we all need more of
cash freeman
edward duro dosh
amelia wad
alfred august bung
hostilina iphigenia maria hypsihill wadge
urania pound
sovereign rosina emily brixey
lydia buck groat
fanny crown
septimus guinea
jules florin
florins porteus sweetlove
john goldsack shilling
honora sixpence
henry halfpenny
penny slinger
golding farthing
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hi cb, thought it might be ;D
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A few more marriages....
Cow - Halfhide
Kitten - Tucker ???
Lax - Crapper ::)
Longbottom - Crapper
Toogood - Hart
Toogood - Hunnybun
Toogood - Willey
Tanner - Skinner
Custard - Hunt
Coffin - Fidler :-X
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custard hunt and coffin fidler ;D very funny
for the followers of the game
clara footy
reff potter
bell corner
william goal
seah strip
sadie shorts
boot chapman
balls garrett
may keeper
hannah winger
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Nice shot h-g!!
For the fashion conscious....
Gwendoline M Swadel Coat
George Jumper
Thomas Levi Jeans
Verily Scarf
Ann Blouse
Hireman Vest
Eric E Tie
Thomas Cypren Hat
Richard Titbal Clogg ???
Sarah Jane Slacks
Joseph Sock
John Cowbrick Undy ;D
Er Shirt
Henry Needham Shirt
Edmund Dingle Jacket
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nice outfit cb ;D
cap'n birdseye would be proud
rosie fisherman
gertrude fanny angler
mary hock hook
hooker dagwell
line fermidge
frances sinker
shailar float
fred floater ;D not sure that has anything to do with fishing
bridget reel
mary fox rod
isabell maggott
ebenezer fly
martha matilda worm
nettie nett
richard caster
leadbitter knott
kitty bait
james hamlyn tackle
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Nice catch!!
Two more for the keep net....
Prissie O Weight
Gotleib Lure
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a few of the family have come to stay
father skitter
mother lena seste
brother lammas
sister cockshott
sister casualty m roberts
auntie matilda munro
aunt archbold
uncle hetty thornton
cousin fanny webb
charles mum
alice dad
lotty daddy
catherine mummy
nephew belcher
gerald arthur neice
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Oh, I've struggled on this one...
From the toy box...
Flossie Golly
Mable Primrose Doll
Leo Dolly
Predido Bear
Elizabeth Mooseberry Bear
not forgetting... Edward Bear
Peternalla Woodcock Bear
Harold Liver Toy
Spencer Garfield Toy
Nellie Caroline Cards
Temperance Games
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me too. running out of steam :P
just need to tidy the garden
charles isaac george keys brush
broom freegard
thomas spade
thomas jasper shovel
mariana fork
mary forkin
ellen forking
mercy trowel
sally shears shears
william (bill) hook (i know ::) )
richard rake
dorcus mower
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Yes, last lot tonight...
From the automobile world....
Philadelphia Bently
Lucretia Edith R Rolls
Obed Frank G Hillman
Austin Leonard Morris
Samuel Vauxhall
Maurice Austin
Margaret Minnie Beetle
Percy Riley
Garnet Wolseley
Angela E Ford ::)
Martin Aston
Good night!
PS, h-g, you forgot Gertrude Hope Dibber & Arthur Stepnok Hoe!
Dorcus Mower ;D
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same here, good night :)
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i'm not feeling so good :(
mary pimple
spot chamberlain
sarah ann puss
duglas george gordon sore
arthur plaster
william scabby
arthur jb stitch
mahala stitch
fanny sling
scar moss
ill giffen
louis a sick
hepsiba ailing
william dead
grave ellen pitts
joseph headsone
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From the tool box....
Lot Hammer
Mary Almond Hammer
Reginald Bigwood Hammer
Linda Pincers
Urena Punch
Ellen Screw
Harry Batty Saw
Mico Livingstone Spanner
Handley Spanner
Ethel Maude Bit
William Hawksbee Brace
Anita Square
Ben Chisel
Melbourne Sidney Harriss Gouge
Frank Measure
Roy Knife
fred Nail
Fanny Filler
Winnie Level
Any more anybody??
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hello cb. i've got a jessy mallet and james chissel for your toolbox
and a few body parts
head stead
hand campion
handel tongue martin
fanny tongue
benjamin body
oscar maximilion kidney
kate goss lung
heart thomas hutchings
marks finger
annie thumb
ann eye
amelia mouth
elizabeth badcock kneebone
george feet
nailey scurrett
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Hi h-g,
Nailey Scurrett?? Poor chap!
Thank you for the extra tools, great additions!
A few bad words.... Forgiveness sought....
Bummer - Lichtman
Alice Ellen Bugger
James Sod
Edward Buffney Drat
James Piss
Jane Ann Crikey
Waltrant Struth
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A few more body parts for your collection...
Robert Manley Hair
Fred Skin
Charles Elbow
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ok forgiven, just.
i have a marriage for your tool box too
handy-mann, now you can get a few jobs done.
i was off to hospital till i saw this lot
eleazer bed
porter peckett
thomas hospital
ward peacock
patient pease
patient love
doctor hook
doctor fish
doctor proctor
matron louisa carter
vincent leo matron
sister feather
moses head nurse
i think i just got better ;D
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Very impressive h-g!
A late addition,
Trolley - Fidler ;D
PS Very happy with the Handy - Mann, thank you!
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A few more stray marriages....
Price - Less
Monday - Gurr
Cake - Lush
Cake - O'Breading
Wildgoose - Kneebone
Puffer - Pratt
Mouldy - Kite
And, I think that is me signing out! Good night.
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trolley fidler. now i knew someone was up to no good
my last go tonight
emma vessel
ship mcintire potts
boatman king haward
nellie dredger
barnet tanker
eric anthony sailor
sailor george street
mate seccull
george fireman
isabella stoker
stoker woolhouse english
ellen j oarsman
caroline mary seagull
george redman seagull
susan elizabeth seagull
well you always sea seagulls following a boat ;D ;D ;D
thats my lot for tonight, brain ache ::)
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How many normal men would go to
doctor proctor :o :o :P :P
The mere thought :-X :-X :-X :'( :'(
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a bit of a mouthful
arcott cobbledick
grandison charles lauriston hillyams kneller
barford john biggadike
preston dorcus elizabeth pridham
wickerman robinson cleavin
wickliff whitford wesley john pinches
garland william golly teague
jasper capper badcock
jasper lambshead patten
thomas archels ball lambshead
nimrod nelson kneebone
emmet feargus o'connor pilling
isherwood fallows sutcliffe
freeman scrutton driver
haggar ions higginbotham
hagar cier hagaba dawney
:P :P :P :P :P
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Hi h-g,
I'm back, but I don't know for how long....!
A day at the seaside
Alexander (Sandy - I believe...!) Beach
Alma Sea
Blanche Sand
Walter Rufus Bucket
Sarah Bella Spade
Love Rake ???
Sandra Castle
Ann Anette
Bartholomew Flag
Ruby Violet Bunting
Emilius Devadder Crab
Ann Wild Barnacle
STAR = FISH (marriage)
George Withers Winkle
Henrietta Winkle
Redvers Stanley Ball
Willow E Batt
Harris Picnic
Kate Elizabeth Bun
Emma Sandwich
Grimshaw Jelly
Nellie Jelly
Douglas Salad
Frederick James Pop
Lucy Tea
Edith Mary Larger
Gerald P Rug
Hetta Blanket
Etty Rock
Norah Rock.
ps - excellent "mouthful" collection!
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hi cb. thats very impressive. poor old george withers winkle, wonder if he ever lived in winkle street, southampton.
some you would love........
kitchen nutter
fanny darling
daisy may sucker
john thomas poke :o
henry poker
fidler harrington
henry muckling fiddler
fanny fiddler
helen horny
john thomas fiddler
some you would hate.....
nanny hardman :'(
grimmer fares
margaret smack
coldcall wigglesworth
isabella heartless
rainy seller
horn belch
rainnie mutch dow
minnie sore
broke whybrow
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I thought seeing as you guys are so good at looking for puns, you might be able to help me with my dilemma - naming a Bakery Business!
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=586958.new#new
It's also why I've been neglecting this lovely thread for so long :(
Thanks!
Jenny
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Hi Jenny,
I've added one -
sorry I hadn't see the Bakery thread, and h-g has kept it all to himself!! (not really!)
Best wishes,
Copperbeech5
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hello cb, i resemble that remark ::)
double chrismas lol
gaylord beebe
lord hightimes coulsey
boocock fort
forbes mcbean chevers
forbes willie burbush
servetous hundey
kitchenman sugden :D
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Hello h-g,
Well I am still reeling from
Henry Muckling Fidler (not easy to say)
and
Horn belch....
I will pm you with a bakery thought....!
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there are a few fidlers but not so many mucklings ;D
geronimo donato joaquin antonio montes
standish william prendergast vereker
standley arminious murton
vicarous jane gilbert
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oh and i nearly forgot
happy staines langford
cupid rash
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Steady on h-g, what a haul!!
Very impressive..... I think I struggling at the moment :(
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hello cb. me too but here's a few to keep you going
falconer le strange lister
thomas crosthwaite carruthers
harker peacock birkby
harkless charles gard bole
northangel john william bird mason
northcote hugh-de-vyon vinen
pelling hugh gough pigott
sherrif william bracher warrell
wilberforce pallmerine blundell
wilberforce longfellow bullivent
fortescue emlyn trosse dalgety
peregrine mulrogue feeney
peregrine albermarle bertie
goldsmith waghorn booker
sir aelies willim owen pughe
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Well, tonights efforts really are for the Twitchers....
Eramus Bond Buzzard
Herbert Leighton Buzzard
William Thomas Eider
William George See Dwelly Diver
Josiah James Doctor Diver
Luke Wandless Blackbird ???
Verdun G Starling
Kitty Wake ;D (Mothers maiden name... Salmon!)
Alice Virtue Lark
Headen Kaven Swallow
Annie Owl
William Heron Pigeon
Matilda Pigeon Pigeon.... a double cous!!
To be continued.....
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william george see dwelly diver? lol. you win with that one ;D
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one addition for your bird collection
crapper bird :o
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Love it - a splatty ending!! ;D
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Evening,
Just a few to be going on with....
Maggy M Might
Dinah May
Daniel Did
Frances Elizabeth Waite Would
Dudley Would
William Henry Have
But....... Molly Dont
A late entry...
George Maybe
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molly isn't any fun then ::)
just in case you need one
priesthood hitchings
vicar felbigg leach
pope love
pope talbot morecroft
bishop pope
bishop william tipple :o
cardinal alfred woolsey priestly
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I do wonder if Bishop William Tipple was the purveyor of the beer by the same Bishops Tipple name??!
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thats something to look into, if i ever get the time ::)
legendre charles johnstone bourchier
stirling begbie hood robinson there's a long line of these with other surnames too
silvery latter
silversides john shaw
golden nelson sullinge
goldsworth huntsman mayne
golding soppy spencer
pewter clarkson
ironoeus burfield c mayhew
steel pitts
steel turner
brassington henry brind
brasse rowe bolland
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Astonishing!
Cornelius Poke
Richard Slugget Pinch
Albert E Probe
Urena Punch
Obedience Dingle
George Dangle
Joseph Bitt
Rhoda V Bobb
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you missed .........
banger young
rosie touch
&
easy peter speller :P
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Well, silly me - Well done you! ;D
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2 more then i'm off for today
copper horsey
beech wood
;D :P ;D
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Celtic Smith
Roman Caesar
Anglo Saxon Joy
Viking Kirkbride
Norman Conquest 8)
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Hi Fn, Great effort, and nice to have another player back to help us out!!
Continuing the Twitchers findings.....
Dolly Chick
Margaret Birdie
Robin Charlie Wren
Jenny Wren
Eva Grouse
Henry Thomas Daniel Gardner Goldfinch
Rifle Siskin ???
Ruben Linnet
Abigal Owlet
Nora Partridge
James Pegg Pheasant Pheasant (Is that a brace??!)
Loveday R M Rook
George F Chough ;D
Hesta A Nest
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Hi cb, here's a few more continuing my theme...
Greek Spencer
Persian Baker
Mediterranean Caroline Boyce
Corsica Maude Collard
Egyptian Rhoda Pharo :o ;D
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A book called"Potty,Fartwell and Knobs"is devoted to strange names .There are pages and pages all of different categories.Good for a laugh.
Ringrose
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Well done Fn, keep up the good work!
Thanks for that Ringrose, I had heard of it - so now that is my holiday reading matter sorted!
Happy Rachel Frostick
Happy Guest
Happy Aggis (A Burns night treat!!)
Happy Bee 8)
Roeloff Manhood
Bob Giggle
Sidney Arthur Smilie
Funny Burnard
Silly Ann Robbins Lusty
Fancy Jane Hurll :P
Fancy Savoury
Fancy Crapper
Fancy Carpenter
Willie Godsave
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Hi h-g, it's no good hiding.... I can see your light is on!!
Had a bit of a run on Crapper's (and things related...) sorry, I think I am scraping the bottom....
George Africanus Crapper
Horsefall Crapper
Farewell Crapper
William Downend Crapper
Elizabeth Eagars Crapper
Ellis Poo Poo
Anus Lane
Anus Bibby May
Miles Spruce Bogg
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hello cb. the light was on but no-one home ::)
yes the bottom has been well and truely scaped
paddy flynn
taffy giles
jock weight
jockey frost
frenchy matthews
german hunt
german bacon
welsh craggs
irish levy
scott alonzo pinhorn
english came goodman did he really?
cissie itallian
pole carew veal
ruskie jordanka bray
russian freemantle
dutch parmitter
swissie nelly barker
dane shoosmith
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A refreshing few....
Benjamin Teapot
Frederick Cup
Henrietta Mug
Anthony Seymour Saucer
Ethel Beta Plate
Beauchamp Edward Bowl
Marianna Fork
Grace Knife
Norma J Spoon
Alan Tongs
Ambrosine Napkin
Olive Cake
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now thats a good idea, time to put the cornelius kettle on and make the jessie tea
2 spoons of mary ann sugar please
;D
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What a good way to end the evening! ;D
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indeed. thats it from me tonight, good night ;)
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Good Kiwi ad with lots of good names
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIkjNj-FfA4
Suzy W
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With the feeling of spring, here is one for the gardeners.....
Buttercup Wood
Bluebell Button
Daffodill Hibbert
Dafodill M Cotton Minchin
Daisy Lawn
Chrysanthamum Sheppard
Rose E Bush
Rose Pink
Lilac Rosetta Figg
Carnation Buckley
Fresia Price
Snowdrop Berry
Fern Leaf
Dahlia Daisy croaker
Dahlia Feast
Magnolia Duckles
Jasmine McBean
Honeysuckle Naomi L Ince
Tulip Edward W J Trice ???
Narcisus Popplewell (Marriage)
Hyacinth Green
Cosmos Lester Archer
Speedwell Jasper
Clover C Bliss
Miles Spruce Bogg
Cherrylene J Bunn
Holly Albert Gay
Holly Grime Baugh
Hollyberry Pharo
Marigold Gardiner
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pretty nice garden you have there cb :P
boot chapman
shoesmith barraclough
sandall green
plimsoll gallon
slipper fincham
wellington belcher ;D
soles partington
heely hill
lace eleanor hearfield
tongue jones
louise instep
george f tread
tapster morley
james cobbler
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Hello h-g,
Nice haul! I love Wellington Belcher!!
Found you another....
Ellen Seggs ;D
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all's fair in.............
love woodcock
war daulman
hate wood
rememberance stride
reminda coleman
forget-me-not geeves
gone m codd
goner evans
findlater emery
found-ella a disley
lost thomas gingell
missing elizabeth baker
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For-get-me-not Geeves & Found-Ella A Disley... ???
I never cease to be amazed!!
10/10 good haul h-g!
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for those of us that don't want to grow old (meeeeeeee)
alfred trumpton
aaran flack
pugh pugh
tom barney
beryl mcgrew
john cuthbert
betty dibble
mary grub
septimus mayor
edwin troop
constable-potter (marriage)
;D ;D ;D
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Going to do a bit more of the blog now, after a very hectic few weeks!
Going to look at Fern Leaf - already I've found he had siblings named; Daisy, violet, Vine, Ivy... and Adonis.
;D
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I have posted this on another thread in the past, but for those of you who have not seen it............
My great grandmother on my mother's side was G G Horsey ;D ;D I cannot remember what her christian names were now ???
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hi snaphappytoo.
did she nag your g granddad a lot?
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Hello h-g,
just a brief visit for me tonight...
A Crumble recipe....(ish!)
Sugar Nutter
Sugar Collever Veever
Butter Smith
Buttery Buttery
Floury Peppin
Edward Egg
Oats Brown
Livia Fruit.
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hi cb
i found an apple d plunkett for you so you can make an apple crumble
;D ;D ;D
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where do i know these people from?
guy fawkes joseph sansom
cripin arthur harbord
jekiel forbes norton blackstone
hyde henry ebenezer padnick
watson horsley bousfield
watson cocker chadwick chadwick
holmes edwind cornelius winter
sherlock joslin humphries
william hart ripper :o
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Ooooh, it's a mystery????!
Hey, for your crumble fruit, I can offer...
Plum Elizabeth Hollins
Apple D plunkett
Damson Edwards
Raspberry Tuffs
Peach Meadow
Any good?
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To go with the Crumble, you have a choice...
Cicely Custard or Faithful Christian cream??
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faithful christian cream? the less said about her? the better but with cicely custard that gives me an idea for a biscuit ;D ;D ;D
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hi snaphappytoo.
did she nag your g granddad a lot?
;D ;D ;D
Not in my tree, but we used to have a shop in town by the name of J E Weller - can you guess what sort of shop it was ??? ??? ;D ;D
snaptoo
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Just thought I'd add a marriage, sorry if it's already been done!
BUM - WEINER :o
Also, a blog post about Fern Leaf is finished :) http://bigharryunknown.wordpress.com/2012/04/09/a-leafy-family-tree-2/
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Couple of odd names I've come across today :
Preserve Gay (b 1740 in Bethnal Green)
Revolution Sixsmith (m 1690 in London)
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Have to say I do enjoy an odd or funny name ... sadly most of the ones I think are hilarious are due to the fact I seem I have the humour of a 10 year old schoolboy as 90% have the first name Fanny .. in the last week alone my favs have been
Charity Ball
Charity Bastard
Charity Case
Angel Heavens
and one for my own family tree - Fanny Jelly
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Some piscatorial specimens:
White Bate
Fishey Bates
White Carp
Precious Carp
Cod Fish
Mack Rawls
Solomon Roe
Shad Rowe
Schmeka Herring
Sturgeon Boulware
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A few botanicals:
Pansy Flowers
Daisy Alberta Flower
Pansy Meadows
Rose Meadows
Daisy Green
Rosebud Meadows
Virginia Honeysuckle
Rose Lilac
Rhoda Dendron
Rosie Greenleaf
Flouor O Meadow
Mayflower Green
Daisy Honeysuckle
Flowery Green
Flower Field
Rose Bonnet
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These names struck a chord:
Mary Whistler
Macello Baschez
Will Playfer (how much?)
Florence Picolo
Bass Horn
Viola Gombo
Artie Harper
Viola Lesan
Bass Drummer
Harry Longhair
Viola Tuner
and not tuneful but priceless!-
Missisippi Stripling
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and another one to add to your list tropiconsul;
a marriage between french & horn
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For someone like me who has an interest in Bomber Command, it has always made me smile that two members of one Dambusters crew were called CLAY & PIGEON!!
Steve.
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Fanny Chambers married my 2xGreat Uncle 13 May 1893 at St Saviour. Brixton Hill, London and became.... Fanny Hoare :o
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lol timasina, that reminds me of a work colleague who i once looked at his family tree for him and found a great aunt called fanny hawker ::)
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From Australia : Dick Boyle .................... oh painfull
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OUCH :'( :-X :-X
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In need of one of the many who have this listed as occupation-"trouser hand"
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i wonder if hugh j cock has that occupation?
who in their right mind would name their child hugh j? :o
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Or the Taylors who name their daughter Jenny?
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lol thats funny, i came across quite a few when i was having a go earlier on the thread that were just toooo naughty to put on. most had the christian name fanny :)))
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lol thats funny, i came across quite a few when i was having a go earlier on the thread that were just toooo naughty to put on. most had the christian name fanny :)))
I've just transcribed a Miss Barber with first name Fanny :o
She married Mr Shadwell, I suppose it could have been worse..
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hello barbara, yes i can see where you are going with that one :)
I came across lots including
blood, hole, bacon and boyle, those were the (sort of) more acceptable but some were and still are not suitable for public display lol :)))) how times have changed
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I've just come across an ancestor of mine marrying a Thomas Levi Jeans in 1867. 6 years it seems before Levi Jeans were invented. Shame he didn't trademark his own name...
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In the township of Purchase, New York you will find a Quaker congregation known as Purchase Friends Meeting.
I have at least one relative from the 1700's who is buried at their Purchase Friends Meeting Cemetery. Unfortunately for genealogists, the Quakers so valued modesty that the majority of the grave markers provide only the initials and date of interment for the deceased. Not much help for the genealogist!
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Whilst searching for someones baptism I came across a Crotchrode Whiffin, To me sounds like the aroma when you've been riding on a Horse for too long!
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Hi
For the road users amongst us I've found:
Ford Ford
Minnie Spokes
Roads Hogg
Hellin Panniers
Rhoda Verge
Wheeler Booty
Rover Rolls
Mooney Mooney
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Oh dear.
This is bad.
Just spotted someone with the first name Fanny. I won't tell you what the surname appears to be (and indeed has been transcribed as) but you can find her in A******y in the 1891 census, in District 15 of St Mary Magdalene, Sussex, no 205 on the schedule. You have been warned... ;)
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That one would certainly be a case of not using your married name. ;D ;D ;D ;D
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A grave disservice to the lady - her surname was Court (1901 Census)
I would have said it was a bit of an anti-climax but the Moderators probably wouldn't allow it
John
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Teehee!
Carrying on in that vein, I came across "Eagle Glasscock" yesterday. Replace glass with Wood and I think that's a name any man would be proud of! Although strangely he didn't use it much in the censuses...
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With Christmas looming, here are a few suggestions for nibbles
Nora V crisp
Blanche Puff
Rosemary Olive
Isabella Cracker
Ann Nibble
Guy Quiche
Clara Nut
Enrique C Samosa
Theodore John Wiffin Pate
Olive Pate
a selection of cheeses....
Urban Cheese
Minnie Cheese
Fanny Cheese
Clement Marmichael Cheese
Freda Cheese
Ambrose Tart
Comfort Tart
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A few more festive offerings!
Rose Ann Tinsel
Harry George Lights
Rebecca Santa
Norah Tree
Ivy Rosina Trimmings
George Frederick Turkey
James Pudd
Nora A Star
Walter Sprout
Alfreda Burkett Cake
Claude Trimming Christmas
Christmas Slap
Christmas Pratt
Christmas Caroll
Christmas Moon
Christmas Beard
Christmas T Devine
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I once had a neighbour called Carol Christmas .... Christmas being her maiden name ;D ;D ;D
Diane
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Rudeness in the extreme
The "F word" family appear in many census records. Also several "C words"
Best I dont quote them here.
Mike - surname "Beard" but not too funny
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One of the "F" girls married Alfred May - perhaps they had children?
Emma Penis
Lets even the score for men
Ophelia Ball
Emily Titty
Cuthbert Buttock
Fanny Lager the new alchopop
Henrietta Duck
Harriett Lettie Fart
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So festive!! ;D
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Henrietta went to a party and:
Henrietta Bunn,
Henrietta Cheese,
Henrietta Cake,
Henrietta Burger,
Henrietta Fish
and Henrietta Lamb.
This is addictive .............. I need rehab.
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Birth found for Ada WINDASS..........A Windass.
One I had to look twice at was a Birth for Violet De'ath. I thought it said Violent!
:-[
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There is a stone with the name "A Cock" not far from where I live. I wonder if he was stiff :o when they buried him?
Regards
Malky
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Fanny Tickle and Martha Scratchard
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There was once a firm of solicitors in Sligo, Ireland named ARGUE & PHIBBS
Article (http://www.sligotown.net/argueandphibbs.shtml) with a little history and reference a newspaper report that in the 1920's "Argue & Phibbs" were actively considering taking on a third member of staff, a solicitor from England by the name of CHEETAM!!
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Births Jun 1865
LAMB Thomas Chicken Newcastle T 10b 74
I have checked the original index and this is typed and correct.
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1875 has a death recorded for a Willie STROKER. ;)
I bet he had a hard life! :-\
His mate Nanno KoK had problems to, and lived in Southampton.
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A bit shellfish of me but I love this game..
Theodosia Winkle
John Thomas Winkle
Eva may Clam
Eliza Razor
Bertha Cockle
Ernest mussel
Lancelot Buckie
Ammery Piddock
Hannah Tellin
Ellen Venus Venus
Matilda Cowrie
Reufrozinia Cornelia Oyster.
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I couldn't believe that last one, Reufrozinia Cornelia so had to check it - born 1897 in South Shields. Appears in 1901 as Afrozina C Oyster with parents Andrew and Cornelia. Andrew was a German subject and Cornelia was Dutch, so I suppose that is where it came from.
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I know Groom, I think that is half the fun of the game for me - finding such funny genuine names!!
Best wishes,
Copperbeech5
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hello CB5. you mean funny like........
wildish moreton woodhouse,
wildsmith badger holloway,
wildboar golding hiblin,
cracknell cracknell,
fanny sellers ::)
nottage nottage
nothing henry white
not wanted james culvill...... (know the feeling)
daft robert morley
first son jones
fourth george c kitchener
geronimo donato joaquin antonio montes,,,,,,,,,,(bet he called himself jerry)
annie grunt :D
HG. ;)
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Hello Hg,
Strangely, that is just what I mean!!
Blimey what a haul of names - nothing for it, I shall have to work harder!!
Best wishes,
Copperbeech5
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You may stumble upon it one day>
but
there is a chap called Curry Goat, now before u ask he probably had a Nanny and a Billy in the family.
Now ol Curry did get into some grief cos he broke into a house and the window broke.
The next I heard of ol Curry is that he had a son, who he promptly named Curry.
Well Curry junior he got into grief as one would with a name like that, cos the poor blighter got sent to India to do some fighting for the British Army.
Now before u ask did Curry Goat actually try some curried goat or curried anything in India , well that is a question we may all ponder.
So if you go to family search, the census and the freebmduk u will see a lot of goats, and curry may come your way.....
:)
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Nice find FF!
How very unfortunate!! Parents eh? :o
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"A bit shellfish of me but I love this game.. Theodosia Winkle John Thomas Winkle"
And there several Perry Winkles.
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Ooh, we are gathering quite a family of Winkles then!!
For the animal lovers... and a few strays..
Arthur Cat
Louisa Dog
Fennel Parrot
Ruth Evelyn Hamster
Pater Rabbit
Sarah Jane Brown Rabbit
Frank R Newt
Ann frog
Lily Beetle
Ewart Alfred Mouse
Lamb Shepherd
Er M Robin
....and a few really "unusual" ones
Happylonia Hawley
Titsey Caractacus P Allen
Knob Hill Palmer
Stickney Hoe
Happy Butcher
Happy Guest.
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sparrow harling
sidney sparrowhawk
larkey chatters
starling butcher
rook couzens chidley
wren rumney
finch messer
blackbird baggott
thrush story forster
bunting green
seagully lane
eagle rutter
albatross louisa kingston
owley kate jackson
heron isle hudson
parrot johnson
cuckoo hope shipperson
falcon furguson
dove crisp (prefer cheese & onion)
linnet tamar latcham
nightingale ryme lightfoot
too much spare time on my hands i think ::)
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Well, it's hard to believe isn't it?
Salt and vinegar for me - by the way!!
Too much time on your hands..... never! ;)
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With the impending advance if Valentines day.... a few appropriate names ;D
Valentine Fleay Lovibond
Rose meadows
Flossie Champagne
Clara Rose Treats
Love Beatrice Wally
Love Crabb ???
Love Victoria de la Coze
Love Rose
John Valentine Flowers
Virtue Matilda Flowers
Lily Florence Bouquet
Earnest William Sweety
Edith Patience Card
Rosie Mayday Card
Ivor Card
Ok, the gauntlet is down, what other valentine treats can you find??!
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very topical cb.
I thought about going down the other topical route
isabella burger
fanny burger
dora minnie burger (made in shetland perhaps) ::)
horse dennis
horses harris
horses plant
horsey george blackman.
but thought better of it :D
I found one birth, early 1800's for a "doubtful gender cowlen". transcribed on free bmd the index actually said "epicene or doubtful gender" and her name underneath, louisa everett cowlen.
what a shock if it turned out to be one of the family :o
singler shrubsole
singular onion gallehawk
singleton scott bean
singleton dela mare
singleton cockin :o
double christmas
double morphew
treble clark
quadruna fanny fewster
sextus bethel chicken
sextus phillip montmorenzie adams
just a few to keep you smiling ;)
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and in reply to the "gauntlet" well, almost
ellen date
bouquet james riddle
kissey inwards
sexy elizabeth brodribb
baby berry
diamond mount
amelia marriage
olive goldring
baby boyd
baby lumley
baby day
baby hunt
argument small
part kilgallern
court kingsland
leo c nisi
sidney singleton
sally singleton
;D
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On the "flavour" of the month....
Amelia Nackers
Neddy Haywood
Leonora Hay Dobbin
Rudolph Burger :P (Run......!)
Rhoda Handcock Farrier
Charity Bones
Albert F Meat
Gooddy R Hoof
Freda Hoof
Horsefall Hamer
Pony Mills
Ass Levy
And on Valentine's thoughts...
Ida Ring
Ruby Ring
Diamond Isabelle Purr
Emerald Daft
Topaz Cook
Garnet Stalker
Garnet Dearlove
Oh joy - to be called Kissey Inwards ;D
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just a few to make you smile :D
wentworth bartin sweet simpson
sweetenbirth irenne cox
sweetie winifred futter
lovely budge
lovely annie laurie langridge
lovelyest john moorcraft
tinker barber
smiles gray coulson
smily sophia arkwright
cheery jacobs
nice arthur blake
but on the other hand.........
nasty elizabeth halsey
horrison maddog bassett
maddog ambrose evans
martha naughty
grimmer holmes
and did anyone find them?
lost thomas gingell
missing elizabeth baker
gone m codd
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On the Valentine's Day theme, I will repeat a previous submission from one of my ancestors.
Trulove Davenport
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Running up to Easter, and an "eggtravaganza" a few new names....
Easter Jane Day
Bunny Frost
Minnie Bunny
Cissi Bunny
Daffodil M Cotton Minchin
Lily Flower
Ann Egg
Rhyvannah Chick
Tamer Sweets
Ann Simnel
Hester Ann Nest
Birdie Shotter :(
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Wanda Upthegrove.
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Fantastic!
Ophelia Esther Wright Byetheway....
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road in Brisbane called Waterworks Road...........
so when u ask where the suburb is , called "The Gap"....
some smartie might reply : "Shes got legs as long as Waterworks Road, they lead all the way to the gap...."
but not only are they trying to discribe a tall lass when long legs they is unfortunately trying to give directions.................
:)
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funnily enough, I've been tracing a line in my family and found several generations with the surname Eggs. lots of interesting things have come to light about them including one who broke into a house near Southampton and stole some bacon, George Eggs stealing bacon? must have been breakfast time. Another "bad Eggs" (William) was quite violent by the sound of it but the two I found relating to easter perhaps, Minnie Eggs and a later generation Minnie E Eggs. ;D ;D ;D
Griff
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just as long as one of the cousins of the eggs aint toast
:)
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He wasn't a soldier was he by any chance?! ;)
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William Eggs, b 1827 was a cabman, that's when he wasn't fighing or stealing. He sounds like a real thug :( luckily it seem most of the rest were good Eggs :D
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Ha ha, glad to see you are on your usual form h-g!!
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Thank you CB,
just to add a little story I found about John Eggs who I have been looking into.
I found an article written by a jp about Christchurch in the early 1800's where John was born and it made me laugh somewhat. about a shop keeper named Cusse who sent a man he employed named John Eggs to get some goods from the store with a candle to light his way. when he returned he was asked where the candle was, "stuck it into a cask of rape seed" he repied. Cusse left the buidling and ran a long way away in a hurry as he knew the barrel actually contained gunpowder. John Eggs just went and retrieved the candle, safely.
Phew!!! scambled eggs came to mind. a true story by the looks of it ;D
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I know this is an old thread, but I just came across a 1722 marriage in the Quaker registers for a lady with the delightful moniker of Comfort Pigg.
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I have just found a wonderful name
Bocking Froggatt :o
Fancy going through life with a name like that.
Rishile
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Some time ago I found a Night Soil Collector living in Sewer Lane ;D
Carol
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Randy Duck
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Annie Dora Dirty
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A good partner for Randy Carter.
Carol
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Philadelphia Sparrow Hawke
Midiam Cavalier Cavalier (so good they named him/her twice..)
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troublesome john sims
troublesome john english
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Patience Tart
Floosie Taylor
PS Hello HG!
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Longbottom Cowling
Longcake Costin
Longhorn Bell
Longtime No hear CB5 :D
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Him Mark Cat
Louisa Dog
Ewart Alfred Mouse
Mylene Hen
Marie Ann Pig
Thomas Hatfull Cow
James Chick Chick
Iris George Heffer ( yes really!)
Dearman Duck
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Mother Goose.
Several in the United States in recent times - Massachusetts, Nevada, Texas, Idaho, Arizona, Missouri.
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Bathroom connections!
Ivy May Bath
Elizabeth Flannel
Nelly Lavedag Sponge
Adam Sink
Lou(isa) Farr
Lou(isa) Brush
Charity Towel
Joe Soap
Alexander Bog
John E piddle
Artimus Duck
Violet Duck
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other rooms..............
Isabella Wardrobe
John Table
Fanny Chair
Yetta Sofa
Fred Settee
Alexandra Maud C Ottoman
Eleazer Bed
Maria Cabinet
Walter Bureau
Eliza Shelf
Albina Dresser
Robert Stool
Lucy Chest
Anne Oven
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Nice show h-g!
A few bits and pieces....
Frank F Fork
Norma J Spoon
Bertie Knife
Frank Mixer
Doris Peeler
Winsing Pan
Robert Glendenning Cooker
Magnus Dare Stove
Amelia Basin
Amos Tap
Annie Fanny Bowl
Minnie Bowl
Lotta Dresser (sorry on the duplication but couldn't resist!)
Vanilla Ann Kettle
Renne E Shelf
William Joseph Poof
Kitty Door
Rosie Fire
Violet Lamp
Dennis P China
Seeward Curtain
Samuel Emperor Cushion
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a few clothes etc for the wardrobe.
Sophia Clothes
Eva Kathleen Dress
William Sock
Daniel Shoe
Robert Christmas Slipper
Zacharias Boot
Sarah Jane Slacks
Ashby Belt
Thomas Garter
Thomas Levi Jeans
Faith Vest
Hugh Shirt
Charles Henry Cravat
Emma Tie
Horace Blouse
Clarissa Anne Jersey
Jacob Coat
Walter Jacket
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Leather Lobster
Clarabell Crab
Florida M. Shrimp
Waddy S. Prawn
Nellie Shell
Marcella Clam
Recka Snail
Orpha Cockle
Claretta Oyster
Eula Mussel
Guslop Whelk
Zelina Periwinkle
Vivian Conch
Hester Squid
Olga Slug
Violet Chiton
Gregory Nautilus
Debra D. Starfish
Oral Urchin
Rocco Sponge
Concetto Gorgonia
Simonella Medusa
Roosevelt Worm
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Well done HG, - back to the home work for me then!
Great list Erato!!
love Olga Slug - poor lass!
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Douglas R rug
Mable Primrose Doll
Edward Bassett Bear
Frusannah Valance
Ann Divan
Eva A Sheet
Hokestill Harland Pillow
Willie Pillow (well you need at least 2 pillows!)
Ida Down
Rosa Blanket
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Marks Finger
Nanny Head
Betsy Body
Montague Neck
Elizabeth Badcock Kneebone
Harmer Arm
Paul Leg
Charles Elbow
Phanix Toe
Nelly Lips
Prudence Tongue
Hawley Shin
Mahala Ears
Septimus Eyes
Isaac Dumvile Hand
Susan Lard Hands
John Parsons Bottom
Hope I haven't repeated any from earlier,
Titus Blood
Mary Sweat
Solomon Tears
Gerty Urin
Fanny Annie Urin
Minnie Urine
thought that might be a good place to stop ::)
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John T Wiff
Uriel Wong Pong
Isabella Smellie
Eileen Niff
Cornelius Humm
Ada Honk
Beatrice Lillian Sniff
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Fanny Feely (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FT88-GZ8)!
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Olympic Bell
Martha Tennis
Olive May Downhill
Fanny May Chess
Temperance Games
John Squash
Rowdice Bowls
Frederick HH Snooker
Vernon Pool
Ophelia Ball
Herbert Rugby
Nun Hockey ???
Anna Polo
Daniel Angling
Henry Rea Card
Roger J Rounder
Jane Domino
Edward Shot
John Gun
Willie Shooter
Hyman Rifle
Foster Cricket
Sylvia Skater
Mary Marbles
Luke Curling
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And from the bakers....
Olive Bloomer
Alfred Cob Cob
Louisa Loaf
Mercy Collar Rye
Esther Bun
Percy Giblin Cottage
Leone Croissant
Florie Jane Spelt
Alberto David Pita
Sop Muffin
Douglas Bannock
Laurence Sophia Ciabatta
Syrenius Bap
Hannah Sandwich
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One from the plumbing department
Chinery Plumb
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A few more for the plumbing dept...
An assortment of pipes...
Rhoda Pipe
William Churchyard Pipe
Job Pipe
Ann Solder
Harry Nut
Ida Washer
Tryphosa Tape
Fanny Hannah Spanner
John Tibballs Cutter
Copper Horsey
Leadbeater Hiam
Bendix B Tank
Kerry N Fitting
Isabella Tube
Ernest Wrench
Victor Joint
Harris Putty
Circassian Olive
Thomas Tap
Alice basin
Zipporah Bath
Blanche Sink
Rosina Shower
Smalley Bogg
Ethel Fanny Heater
Peter SJ Heater
Walter Flux
Flo Mat
Alfred Stilson
Charlotte Elizabeth Balcock
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Out of this world
Chugh Sun
Mary Mercury
Mary Venus
George Earth
Henry Mars
Charles Jupiter
Clifford Saturn
Ann Uranus
Murry R Neptune
Mildred Pluto
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From the scrap yard....
Ethel Overall Pewter
June M Zinc
Othnial Arthur Copper
Verner Iron
Amy I Bronze
Fanny Brass
John Love Silver
Tin TT Tin
Senior Steel
Bessie Walworthia Lead
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one of my shergolds in london marries one Sapiens Upright.......... I ask u is that trying to disguise ones name at marriage or a humerous rector..... after 300 years I guess none of us will know
:)
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John Long-son of Jeremiah
John Tinkler
William Chivers Properjohn
Winifred Staples
G. Salter
Yvette Wino na Raath
Eric Starr Long
Athole Lake Hall
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From Cornwall PRs
Aradice Johns to Thomas Vosper
John Chubb to Loyaltie Courtier
Argent Austen to Alnet Prin
Henry Coffin to Elizabeth Notwell
Dolly
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The forecast for the weekend.....
Rainbird Brothers
Rainbow Rose E Birch
Windy Brisefert
Gale Gale
Misty Ayres
Alfred Augustus Cloudy
Colin Driech
Colde Abbott
Snowball Botterill
Snow Snow
Snow E Lee
Snowflake Celia Rivett
Snowey Lebbell Eke
Snowy Myrtle L Earwicker ???
Dorcus Sleet
Nahum Thunder
Sunny Shepherd
Sunshine Huggins
Muggy Todd
George Hazey
James Foggy
Japheth James Lightning
Stormy Thompson
Storm Robertson
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In the Norfolk BTs on familysearch, I just found a baptism for "Emma Happy Durrent Bunn".
I feel they missed a trick with that second middle name...