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Fitting Name!
« on: Monday 20 February 06 13:05 GMT (UK) »
I have an ancestor called RICHARD KNIFE.

Unusual name! Just discovered from his will that he was a surgeon! How appropriate!

Any other fitting surnames?   ;D

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 BATHSHEBA BOOTHROYD bn c. 1802 W. Yorks.

Baptism nowhere to be found. Possibly in a nonconformist church near ALMONDBURY or HUDDERSFIELD.

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Re: Fitting Name!
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 22 February 06 14:43 GMT (UK) »
My grandfather was a seaman called Shipp.
Kent - Piper, Longley, Colvin,Parks,Baker,Saitt
Essex - Wade, Shipp, Warren, Davies, Walford

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Re: Fitting Name!
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 23 February 06 11:20 GMT (UK) »
Three brothers,two ,my Uncles,one my Dad,all named Kay,all worked on the docks,docks=quay,pronounced Kay.
Old maps of Liverpool show miles of riverside land as Kay,sadly.not ours!!
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Re: Fitting Name!
« Reply #3 on: Friday 24 February 06 23:48 GMT (UK) »
A whole family of carpenters called..... wait for it..... Carpenter (and one of them married a Miss Wood which is why I'm here today)......

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Re: Fitting Name!
« Reply #4 on: Friday 24 February 06 23:53 GMT (UK) »
Well I've got Smarts and Brights so obviously they fit ;D, but I've also Stiffs and Crumps... ??? ;D, no comments please! ;D

I've got a Smith called Smith ::) ;D...at least I think he's mine :-\
Stiff - Monmouthshire & Glos, Parry - Monmouthshire
Stafford - Glos, Liles - Glos, Bright- Glos, Webb - Monmouthshire & Glos, Smart - Glos, Smith - Glos
Sullivan - Ireland, Jones (oh dear! Almost as bad as Smith), Walker - Somerset, Llewellyn
And, no don't laugh...Crump...I think it's great!

And of course, if I ever do manage to do a successful look up it is crown copyright and all that legal stuff!

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Re: Fitting Name!
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 25 February 06 05:22 GMT (UK) »
Found an interesting piece of info.in a St Clare/Clair/Sinclair history.
Smith's,from Egypt,many moon's ago,very much respected by the Nobility.
Nowaday's called Gypsie's!
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Re: Fitting Name!
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 25 February 06 05:42 GMT (UK) »





Cooper's too Goggy!!  ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)
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Re: Fitting Name!
« Reply #7 on: Friday 03 March 06 22:58 GMT (UK) »
Not my family, but I know the estimator for a local company is a Mr. Price

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Re: Fitting Name!
« Reply #8 on: Friday 03 March 06 23:06 GMT (UK) »
I used to drive for a living and on my travels to county Durham in the North of England I came across a butchers van with the proprietors name address & business emblazoned on the side.

A. Thief,
Butcher,
Crook.

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