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One of my grand fathers was called Hugh Hughes, and when I googled that name on Findmypast it came up with about 13,000 names since records began.
Are there similar examples such as John Johnson?
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I have a Richard Richardson.
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Well I know a certain David Davies. :)
Trystan
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In Wales my rellie William Williams :)
Keyboard86
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At school we had a Patrick Fitzpatrick?! ;D
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At school we had a Patrick Fitzpatrick?! ;D
KG an old one ;D
Keyboard
Or is it Patrick Fitzjohn?!
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At school we had a Patrick Fitzpatrick?! ;D
KG an old one ;D
Keyboard
Of course! That was 50 years ago! ;D :o
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My guess is that we will find combination "forename = surname" for almost all common forenames. That plus the "suffix" variations ( O'..., Mc...., Mac..., Fitz...., etc)
Bob
added: and the ...son, ...sen variations too :)
and added again: does Joan Jones count ? ;D
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Has anyone got a Hugh Jarse?
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Without naming people who I went to school with and are still alive all I will say is Very Common
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Hugh Jarse - not one born, married or died England and Wales. Free BMD.
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Has anyone got a Hugh Jarse?
My mate sitting next to me ;D
Keyboard86
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The first Australian Born - ie not some poncy English Toff- Governor General of Australia was Sir Isaac Isaacs
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Has anyone got a Hugh Jarse?
;D ;D ;D
Sure made me laugh ::)
Annie
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Scouseboy.... Hugh Arse Born St Mary Steps Exeter Devon 1701 and
Mary Zarse b Cornwall 1811 - found in 1841 Census Mevagissey.
The surname Arse was uncommon but not unknown until the latter part of the 19thC.
(Ref Potty, Fartwell and Knob - Russell Ash - Headline Books)
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Swear we had a student at college from Austria/Sweden cannot recall, but his full name sounded like Orson Kaart, last name was spelt like or similar?
Keyboard86
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IGI has 700,896 results for Name: Hugh Hughes.
Regards
Malky
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Or what about Hugh Janus :o :o :o
Slightly more serious ( :D) my headmaster was William Williams, and the father of the footballers Phil and Gary is Neville Neville! There's loads of other combinations - George George, James James etc.
Seems to be a boy thing, and also there's a bit of a Welsh theme too?
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:) I seem as a young child recalling a Mary Mary quite contrary?
Keyboard86
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Seems to be a boy thing, and also there's a bit of a Welsh theme too?
Not quite!
Plenty of Joan Jones out there! ;D
And a Leslie Leslie (1882)
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A family friend with Christian name Joyce married a man whose Surname was Joyce
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I have a Ralph Ralph.
Linda
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My grandfather was James James. He was mostly known by his middle name of Arthur.
Although born in Australia, his parents were from Somerset. His grandfather and an uncle were also called James. At some stage the surname was changed to Janes in the UK, but one family changed it back to James, just to make tracing them difficult.
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You can trace the origins back to Wales. Hugh ap (son of) Hugh.When surnames became commonplace the middle bit was dropped.So names like Hugh Hughes, Evan Evans, William Williams are quite normal if your Welsh.
I went to school with a John John.
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My wife's g-g-grandfather was a Walter Walter and Somerset through and through.
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I have a William Williams :)
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I like first names and surnames that are exactly the same, Edward Edwards, there is a 1 letter difference. I have found a George George and even a Thomas Thomas Thomas baptised when looking at a London church register once. I found his death years later and it said Thomas Thomas Thomas.
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I like first names and surnames that are exactly the same, Edward Edwards, there is a 1 letter difference.
My great grandfather was an Edward Edwards :)
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My question is why do the parents do it ? I used to think it was a British habit until I grew up and found it to be a false notion. I knew an adam adams and allan allen. On a tangent here, but I knew a family where each and every male were named Robert,lol.
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I too have a William Williams, and John Jones
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I once knew a Thomas Thomas.
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Lots of welsh forenames became surnames, because the usual convention was to refer to "x son of y", so "Richard ap Richard" was rewritten as "Richard Richards" or "Richard Pritchard".
In England we have a common situation where a surname is used as a given name, often because it was the maiden name of a grandmother. Thus I have a "Bullough Bullough", as well as a "Bella Bullough". Bella was short for Arabella, but in 1861 the enumerator wrote it down as "Bellow". I'm not sure if it matched her voice!
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I was so surprised to learn that my 4th-great-grandfather wasn't the only man called Barnett Barnett; it seemed such an unusual name. I was even more surprised to learn that the others were all Jewish and -- bingo! -- so was he!
Regards,
Josephine
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My 2x great grandfather was William Williams, and so was his father. However, William the younger then went on to join a number of related families who called their SON Allison :o
My great grandfather is Allison Appleyard, who had a cousin called Allison Appleyard - I can possibly account for this as a variation on Allenson (the surname of their grandmother). However, my great grandfather married Ann Williams (daughter of William) who had a brother called Allison, and they had an uncle called Allison Radcliffe. ::)
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Has anyone got a Hugh Jarse?
Scouse on a similar theme. My dad went to school with one R. Sole. Ronald.
Back to original question. He also knew a Laurence Lawrence. His father before him was also Laurence.
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I see that news has been announced that Neville Neville, well known former professional footballer and father of a sporting family has died.
http://www.buryfc.co.uk/news/article/statement-neville-neville-2599406.aspx (http://www.buryfc.co.uk/news/article/statement-neville-neville-2599406.aspx)
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I wonder how many people are called "Matt White"
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I wonder how many people are called "Matt White"
I have no idea and am perplexed by the comment about Matt White which seems unconnected with went went before.
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I wonder how many people are called "Matt White"
I have no idea and am perplexed by the comment about Matt White which seems unconnected with went went before.
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Thank you Mike.. I always have a chuckle when I see the funny names people have.
Such as Albert Hall.
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And it still seems completely unconnected with the topic under discussion? ;D
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And it still seems completely unconnected with the topic under discussion? ;D
Quite true, but Scouseboy did start the thread so is probably entitled to take it off in new directions (as is his habit ;D )
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I wonder how many people are called "Matt White"
I have no idea and am perplexed by the comment about Matt White which seems unconnected with went went before.
Quite often the threads go off on a tangent, it happens a lot. It's all good fun. I like the change of direction in this one! I like the way Scouseboy thinks!
My tangent now. Quite often I make up amusing names and then look them up on ancestry, there are dozens. Here is a clean one Mary Elizabeth Grate = M.E Grate, she did exist.
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Oi scouseboy. Can I call you cuz? ;D
Ann GIBBINS. ~ Hugh HUGHES.
Groom of the Parish of
Llaniki Merionethshire.
14th. June.
By Licence.
Apparently Ann is related to me from Leicestershire as noted on this thread
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=384880.0