What is your most uncommon name ? #2

[Bill749]

Not one of mine, but the licensee of the Napier Tavern in Beach Street, Deal, in the 1850s was one Onesiphorous Sneller.

Bill

[aspin]

Come on Bill that must have been his nick name

Elizabeth

[Ecneps]

Just looking at Scott surname in Leeds, Dewsbury areas and found -
Kerrenhappuch Scott - wife - born Whitley - but not your usual Yorkshire name, ........... or is it?  Think it may be biblical, one of the 3 daughters of Job - (yes, I looked that up)

[Ecneps]

Was he a publican too, Gadget?  One sip and .......

[Bill749]

Apparently it's another biblical name Elizabeth.

The scriptural name of Onesiphorous was given to the sixth son of Israel and Millie Long. He was called Owan for a shorter name.

Found this on the Edinburgh University site Gadget:

Onesiphorous Tyndall-Bruce
1790 - 1855

English barrister who became, through marriage, a noted figure in the history of Falkland. Born Onesiphorous Tyndall in Bristol, his family had been merchants and slave-traders who had opened Bristol's first bank in 1750. Tyndall-Bruce was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. After marrying heiress Margaret Stuart Hamilton Bruce in 1828, he became Hereditary Keeper of Falkland Palace. He was also permitted, by Royal licence, to add the name 'Bruce' after his own. Tyndall-Bruce was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1831.

He died at his home, the House of Falkland, and lies buried beside the parish church, which he built. He also constructed the Bruce Fountain in Falkland is commemorated by a large statue in the village.

Bill

[Cybermouse]

G Grandmother Minnie Denial. My husband wants to open a pie shop and call it "Minnie Denial's Famous Pies". Dont know if she could actually cook, thought.LOLOL

[Alan b]

I have some Thing and even a few Doomesday in my tree but they are way back and the details on them are few and far between.

[aspin]

G Grandmother Minnie Denial. My husband wants to open a pie shop and call it "Minnie Denial's Famous Pies". Dont know if she could actually cook, thought.LOLOL

Its better than the name I see every fortnight Pukka pies

My friend next to me said this and for one moment I thought she had said something else as I looked at her funny  she said there and pointed to the advert PUKKA  PIES

Elizabeth

[jericho]

I've found a couple of forenames that I haven't seen before Cleave, Alpha (male) Melanethan who also called himself George in a couple of census and Beddelia (female).