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Offline PaulaToo

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Re: Names you just don't see anymore
« Reply #288 on: Sunday 15 July 07 15:25 BST (UK) »
I have two Mahalas and two Thirzas both around the early 1800s.

I also have several ladies called Frances...one got me into trouble on another site...
She is entered on the 1851 census by the friendly version of her name...
I copied off...
Fanny Bartlett...etc...
When I tried to post the message I was told I could not, because there was a word in the message that could give offence... :o

You've got to laugh, haven't you...... ;D

Um, haven't you? :-\
Bartlett/Henley on Thames
Caponhurst/Buckinghamshire and?
Denchfield/North Marston/Bucks
Webb/Winchester
Mathias/Pembroke/Pembroke Dock
John/Pembroke/Pembroke Dock
Smith/Portsmouth/Portsea
Purchas/Bucks and?
Olliffe/Bucks

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Re: Names you just don't see anymore
« Reply #289 on: Sunday 15 July 07 18:06 BST (UK) »
Quote from: PaulaToo on Sunday 15 July 07 15:25 BST (UK)
I have two Mahalas and two Thirzas both around the early 1800s.

I also have several ladies called Frances...one got me into trouble on another site...
She is entered on the 1851 census by the friendly version of her name...
I copied off...
Fanny Bartlett...etc...
When I tried to post the message I was told I could not, because there was a word in the message that could give offence... :o

You've got to laugh, haven't you...... ;D

Um, haven't you? :-\

Yes, Paula, you have to laugh.  It's quite f*nny, really.
ESSEX  Carter, Enever, Jeffrey, Mason, Middleditch, Pond, Poole, Rose, Sorrell, Staines, Stephens, Surry, Theobald HUNTS  Danns KENT  Luetchford, Wood NOTTINGHAMSHIRE  Baker, Dunks, Kemp, Price, Priestley, Swain, Woodward SUFFOLK  Rose SURREY  Bedel, Bransden, Bysh, Coleman, Gibbs, Quinton SUSSEX Gibbs, Langridge, Pilbeam, Spencer WILTSHIRE  Brice, Rumble
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Re: Names you just don't see anymore
« Reply #290 on: Sunday 15 July 07 18:22 BST (UK) »
I have an 1845 Mahala Green and two Thirza's.

My most recent joy was a Hephzibah (with a 'ph').

My favourite was the discovery of three children in baptism records whose father was Humphrey. The entries for his name read:

Humphrey
Umphrey
Oomfry

Just read those with a 'Darzet' accent and you'll see why it made me smile.

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Caswell - Durham(Jarrow), Northumberland(Berwick), Dorset(Netherbury)
Drury - Middlesex(Kensington), Shropshire(Oswestry/Selattyn)
Turner - Dorset(Parkstone)
Speight - Essex(Braintree), Kent(Gravesend), Westmorland(Kendal)
Stockley - Dorset(Corfe Castle)
Amey - Suffolk(Haverhill)
Cousins - Norfolk(Ketteringham)
Sears - Bedfordshire(Potton), Cambridgeshire(Gamlingay)
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Re: Names you just don't see anymore
« Reply #291 on: Sunday 15 July 07 18:31 BST (UK) »
I have an Athaliah, Aramantha, Adelina, and three Berthas
Best wishes, Judy :-))


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Re: Names you just don't see anymore
« Reply #292 on: Sunday 15 July 07 18:33 BST (UK) »
Forgot Zephia, Zillah, Dorcas, Lettice and, wait for it .....Custard!! (A derivation of Constance, I think!)
Best wishes, Judy :-))


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Re: Names you just don't see anymore
« Reply #293 on: Sunday 15 July 07 18:51 BST (UK) »
Talking of Fannys - my great grandfather's second wife was named Fanny Tufft!!!
Best wishes, Judy :-))


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Re: Names you just don't see anymore
« Reply #294 on: Sunday 15 July 07 20:02 BST (UK) »
Now if I tried to tell them about that on the other side, I think I would be banned for life, oldtimer...
What a name to conjure with... :D
Bartlett/Henley on Thames
Caponhurst/Buckinghamshire and?
Denchfield/North Marston/Bucks
Webb/Winchester
Mathias/Pembroke/Pembroke Dock
John/Pembroke/Pembroke Dock
Smith/Portsmouth/Portsea
Purchas/Bucks and?
Olliffe/Bucks

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Re: Names you just don't see anymore
« Reply #295 on: Monday 16 July 07 00:51 BST (UK) »
my gggrandmother was named Frances and named her daughter Florence Fanny.

 

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Cole London
Crossman Tavistock
Earle Hull Yorkshire
HANNS Tavistock       
MARTIN London         
VIGERS   London       
VIGURES Tavistock      
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Peele England/New zealand
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Re: Names you just don't see anymore
« Reply #296 on: Monday 16 July 07 01:00 BST (UK) »
A bit off topic but isn't it annoying when a father names his son after himself, and then, to make things worse, this son carries on the tradition so that there are over 5 people with the same name?
Cole/Hayden - Chilbolton, Hampshire, England
Higgins - Pembrokeshire, Wales
Popham - Bideford, Devonshire, England
Burness - Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Troy - Ireland
Christie - Scotland
Campbell - Scotland
Ross - Scotland
Brand - Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Watson - Scotland
Rundmann - Taschendorf, Prussia, Germany
Schonfeldt - Prussia
Gurowski - Prussia
Martin - Cork, Ireland
Roberts - Yorkshire, England
Kemp - England
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