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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past
« Reply #153 on: Friday 28 March 08 19:18 GMT (UK) »
Yes your probably right, we did have our suspicions at the time although it did tend to ease the tension after a three hour wait.
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Baker family. Surrey.

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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past
« Reply #154 on: Friday 28 March 08 19:27 GMT (UK) »

-  Death
-  Sheepwash

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ive just found recently i have a sheepwash !!
and i was one seen by a doctor D'ead  :o

makes u feel abit uneasy ill say !prounouced it dee add
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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past
« Reply #155 on: Friday 28 March 08 19:50 GMT (UK) »
Hi Jo New,
There's a village named Sheepwash in North Devon, possibly your relations came from that area originally.
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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past
« Reply #156 on: Friday 28 March 08 23:47 GMT (UK) »
Well this isn't an example of the past, but just in the past couple of months i had to do a refund for a person and their name was Helen Back (Hell and back) LOL

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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past
« Reply #157 on: Saturday 29 March 08 09:02 GMT (UK) »
Many years ago, I used to visit an Optician in Westcliffe On Sea called Mr C Wright, used to give me the giggles everytime I went
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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past
« Reply #158 on: Saturday 29 March 08 21:09 GMT (UK) »
In looking for my missing Carr's I found Henry Bunyon Carr.  As yet I can't lay clai to him, poor bloke!
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Carr - Barnsley, South yorkshire             Oates  - Sheffield
Burgoyne / Peat - Kilburn, Derbyshire    Burgoyne - Barnsley    
Boden - Bridge North, Shropshire           Bentley - Who knows?
Cheeseman - East Peckham, Kent
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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past
« Reply #159 on: Saturday 29 March 08 21:26 GMT (UK) »
I came across a Miss Potter who was a Potter & A Mr Hendon who came from Hendon, & I know someone called Cross & called their child Chris, you have to smile when you hear these names.

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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past
« Reply #160 on: Sunday 30 March 08 16:42 BST (UK) »
Hi all

Here's a one in a million combination.

During the war, my father and his mates worked as a team at Hawker's, building fighter planes. Their names were as follows:

George Nobbs,   Jack Lock,   Frank Bolt,   Harry Hinge.

Don't you a-door it.

Howard
Gill, Owen, Barter, Griffin, Arnison, Langley-Hansler Nobbs, Hunt, Angel,

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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past
« Reply #161 on: Monday 31 March 08 07:06 BST (UK) »
Hi all

Here's a one in a million combination.

During the war, my father and his mates worked as a team at Hawker's, building fighter planes. Their names were as follows:

George Nobbs,   Jack Lock,   Frank Bolt,   Harry Hinge.

Don't you a-door it.

Howard

Reminds me of the staff that were working in a department at Canterbury University (Christchurch, NZ) when i was doing my degree in 2001:

FUDGE; ORANGE and one other food group that slips my memory at the moment...was hilarious

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