Names you just don't see anymore

[Sue in Aust]

A quick Ancestry census search tells Abednego was not such an uncommon name, glad it wasn't passed down my line though 

Sue

[KathMc]

It is amazing when you do a search on Ancestry of just a first name and find out names you thought were very unusual were very common. Had a relatives Ulysses Grant Channell, named after the president, and when you do a search for that name, many pop up for the time period he was born in.

But I dont' find too many Marzolfs.  My one really unusual first name.

Kath

[Old Bristolian]

I've just posted a message on Caernarvon enquiries re several females named Sydney - a variant on Sidonie? They go back til at least the early 1800s

Steve

[Gadget]

The mention of Welsh names, reminds me of one of my ancestors, Sina(h) Jones nee Sandland (b.c. 1708) There were quite a lot of Sina(h)s in  North Wales at one time.

Gadget

[osprey]

for Sue in Aust
I came across this family while searching recently, so if your Abednego came from Wales, you could have the full set
1841 Beaufort, Breconshire HO107/1366/14 folio 58 pg 7
Charles & Ann Davies with sons Shadrach 13, Mesach 9 and Abednego 7.
    

Can't see him after 1861, so perhaps he emigrated?
 

[Sue in Aust]

Thanks osprey

My Abednego was born in Cheshire in 1814 to parents with the very pedestrian names of William and Elizabeth Fenner and so far I have only found a baptisim for one sibling, Thomas born 1812.

I haven't looked for the family in a census yet, so who knows I may still get the full set. 

Cheers 
 

[chris_49]

I just found:

Garibaldi Beetlestone

Not a relative, but the father of the bride of one. Perhaps he was known as Gary?

Chris

[Cal241]

He did make nice biscuits though 

[Gadget]

I was thinking of those biscuits. We used to call them dead fly biscuits. Then I noticed his surname.