Unfortunate surnames of the past #1

[Matt R]

Lol made me chuckle!

Someone's parents had a sense of humour!

[LoneyBones]

I had a school friend whos surname was Baker, she had some remarks about that and was always keen to get married and change her name. She met and married a Mr Butcher.
I also had a school friend whos name was Winterbottom, my uncle called him Summerbum.
Leonie.

[nudge67]

Had a customer recently (I own a furniture & flooring store) who went to great lengths with the staff to point out that the 'ck' in her exquisitely painful surname of 'Cockburn' was silent.

[ice maiden]

My Oh has an Eleanor Shufflebottom in his tree brn 1835 and married John Abraham brn 1816. She was from Liverpool bet she was glad to marry ( I know i would ). Not come across to many that stand out as yet. Lynette

[nudge67]

one of the Hadlands (not a bad name in itself) in my tree was unfortunate enough to work in real estate with that name. She claimed she only married her husband for his much more pedestrian surname.

[Willow 4873]

Had a customer recently (I own a furniture & flooring store) who went to great lengths with the staff to point out that the 'ck' in her exquisitely painful surname of 'Cockburn' was silent.

Her first name wasn't Hyacinth was it? 

Willow x

[littlefishlock]

Oh dear....  how sad am I?

1841 and some of the Fanny's  in Middlesex gave me more than a chuckle....

These sound like they need immediate medical attention!

Fanny Burns, Fanny Clapp, Fanny Cramp, Fanny Hert,   Fanny Gore, 
Fanny Hyman, Fanny Crabb, Fanny Crawley Fanny Leach

[howdee]

My family's from Middlesex but I personally hav'nt come across a Fanny Nobbs. Shame!

Howard Nobbs.

[nudge67]

I've had another customer this week whose name we've all been struggling with - a Mrs Glasscock