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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past
« Reply #99 on: Monday 28 January 08 22:35 GMT (UK) »
Kill, Death, Emo
and a Phatuel Granger

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Bettington/Mattey (Herefordshire) Jones (Wales/Shropshire) Forsyth (Durham) Nicholls (Sedgeley) Wright (N Yorkshire) Hankinson (Lancashire) Wray (yorkshire) Gray (Alton Hampshire)
Rouse (Oxfordshire) Waterhouse (Leicestershire) Ironmonger (Leicestershire) Cruddace (Durham) Young (Durham/Northbld)
Price (Blackburn/Wales) Turnbull (Durham) Walker (Durham)
Williamson (Durham) Hughes (Wales Bangor) Wiseman (Suffolk)
Rawlings(Glos) Smart (Glos) Bettsworth (Hamps) Dalton(Yorks) Robinson (Yorks/Dur)

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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past
« Reply #100 on: Monday 28 January 08 22:42 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: nudge67 on Monday 28 January 08 22:07 GMT (UK)

(gosh, this is a fairly inauspicious first post on RootsChat)

Welcome to Rootschat nudge 67  ;D

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Inishowen: Meenamullaghan (Big Hill), Foffenagh (Rock), Illies and area...mainly McCallion, Doherty, Bradley, Grant, Devlin
Kilmacrenan: Gortnacorrib....Bonner
Scotland: Bonar, Boner Bonner etc
Conwal: Kirkstown.....Toner, Parke
Derry City: Bonner, McGowan, McGilloway, McElwee, Bradley
Omagh: Bradley
Fanad Penninsular, Donegal.....McBride, Friel, Fielty
Sligo: McGowan

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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past
« Reply #101 on: Tuesday 29 January 08 04:19 GMT (UK) »
Hi Nudge 67!

Welcome to Rootschat! Hope you have fun!

Judy  ;)
Best wishes, Judy :-))


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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past
« Reply #102 on: Tuesday 29 January 08 21:17 GMT (UK) »
Hello Nudge !

Welcome from me too.   At least you've started off well on here with the Lighter Side ... try the more serious threads too ...

Hope we can be useful to you.
Dorset/Wilts/Hants: Trowbridge Williams Sturney/Sturmey Prince Foyle/Foil Hoare Vincent Fripp/Frypp Triggle/Trygel Adams Hibige/Hibditch Riggs White Angel Cake 
C'wall/Devon/France/CANADA (Barkerville, B.C.): Pomeroy/Pomerai/Pomroy
Som'set: Clark(e) Fry
Durham: Law(e)
London: Hanham Poplett
Lancs/Cheshire/CANADA (Kelowna, B.C. & Sask): Stubbs Walmesley

WRITE LETTERS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO TREASURE ... EMAILS DISAPPEAR !

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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past
« Reply #103 on: Tuesday 29 January 08 21:46 GMT (UK) »
Earwaker
(I think my sister has some of this blood in her (don't tell her I said that!))  :D

Hello Nudge
Enjoy the mysteries of rootschat....
I haven't been here long either
Claire
Bettington/Mattey (Herefordshire) Jones (Wales/Shropshire) Forsyth (Durham) Nicholls (Sedgeley) Wright (N Yorkshire) Hankinson (Lancashire) Wray (yorkshire) Gray (Alton Hampshire)
Rouse (Oxfordshire) Waterhouse (Leicestershire) Ironmonger (Leicestershire) Cruddace (Durham) Young (Durham/Northbld)
Price (Blackburn/Wales) Turnbull (Durham) Walker (Durham)
Williamson (Durham) Hughes (Wales Bangor) Wiseman (Suffolk)
Rawlings(Glos) Smart (Glos) Bettsworth (Hamps) Dalton(Yorks) Robinson (Yorks/Dur)

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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past
« Reply #104 on: Wednesday 30 January 08 05:49 GMT (UK) »
Looking in my rellies patch found these (not mine)

Dorcy Parkin

Love Parken who married Charles Horsfall

Nans Swanson  (hope it wasnt her swansong when she married)

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Hibberd: Sheffield, Dronfield, Yorkshire; Barry: England, Echuca Victoria Australia; Reid: Dumbarton to Tasmania; Parkin: Leeds to Tasmania: Younie: Moray,Scotland to Tasmania:Horsham: England to Tasmania

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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past
« Reply #105 on: Wednesday 30 January 08 18:18 GMT (UK) »
Not the surname but the child's first name makes you wonder what his Mom's been up to!   :o :o :o

I was looking for someone elsewhere on the page when I noticed the Jones family's 4 year old

Piece RG10:3030:F112:P17

and just to be sure it wasn't a mistake, he's on FREEBMD too but spelt FELANDER.

Poor soul!  I wonder how he tuned out  ::)
McDonough, Oliver, McLoughlin, O'Brien, Cuthbert, Keegan, Quirk(e), O'Malley, McGuirk (Ireland)
Dudley, Winchurch, Wolverson, Brookes (Black Country)
Concannon, Moore, Markowski (Markesky), Mottram, Lawton (Black Country)

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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past
« Reply #106 on: Thursday 31 January 08 13:53 GMT (UK) »
I found a village on the IGI site today searching in the family.

I doubt it still exists but back in 1800 it did
Wet Wang with Fimber in Yorkshire.  Wonder what it actually was named for.

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Hibberd: Sheffield, Dronfield, Yorkshire; Barry: England, Echuca Victoria Australia; Reid: Dumbarton to Tasmania; Parkin: Leeds to Tasmania: Younie: Moray,Scotland to Tasmania:Horsham: England to Tasmania

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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past
« Reply #107 on: Thursday 31 January 08 16:27 GMT (UK) »
Yes, it still exists, spelt Wetwang.
     Slang words usually change quite quickly. Our ancestors would probably wonder why we were laughing, and as they couldn't read, it was only how the name was said that mattered, not how it looked.
     I did know someone called D. Day (but that person was born before 1944!)
Bridge: GT Catworth, Hunts, and surrounding area
French: Blisworth,  and W. Northants
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