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Offline Elliebob

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Re: Names you just don't see anymore
« Reply #234 on: Wednesday 30 May 07 13:35 BST (UK) »
Researching my son in law's tree found a Sidonia.  I'd not come across that one before.

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Re: Names you just don't see anymore
« Reply #235 on: Wednesday 30 May 07 13:57 BST (UK) »
Quote from: fizzybubble on Wednesday 30 May 07 13:10 BST (UK)
Basil primrose -- do you think that was being used for a boy or a girl ?

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Basil Primrose was a boy!
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Re: Names you just don't see anymore
« Reply #236 on: Wednesday 30 May 07 14:25 BST (UK) »
Galielmus

  'Gulielmus' is Latin for 'William'

 I bet poor Basil had to keep quiet about the 'Primrose' bit at school
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Re: Names you just don't see anymore
« Reply #237 on: Wednesday 30 May 07 15:00 BST (UK) »
We had WARDROBE as a Christian name, couldn't believe it but it's in two census years.

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Tyas - South Kirkby, Hooton Pagnell, Conisbrough.
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Lowe - Chesterfield
Chaney - Middlesbrough
Barker - Middlesbrough

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Re: Names you just don't see anymore
« Reply #238 on: Wednesday 30 May 07 17:13 BST (UK) »
Angusina, Colina, Alickina.
We have a William Primrose Henderson!
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Re: Names you just don't see anymore
« Reply #239 on: Wednesday 30 May 07 22:12 BST (UK) »
My ggggAunt was named Sebarah
I have not seen another yet
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Re: Names you just don't see anymore
« Reply #240 on: Thursday 31 May 07 14:27 BST (UK) »
Fascinating topic!!

Names in my tree that seem to be unused now:

Female:  Parthena, Keziah, Mehitable, Electa, Leaffie, Celestia, Freelove, Damaris, Azubah, and Jerusha.

Male:  Hopestill, Zaccheus, Ebenezer, Philo, Pliny, Truman, and Nathan

It seemed to be common for two sons in a family to name their sons for their father.  The many Ebenezers are examples of that.   I really like the name Parthena, maybe because she was my first 'find' in the old tree.

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England and Belfast - GOFF, GOUGH, MATHERS, MOXHAM/MOXAM,  OSMOND, PHILLIPS, WINDER, WYKES

Scotland - JOHNSTON, DORWARD, KIDD, KYD, RAMSAY, RAE

Canada - DeWOLFE, HALLADAY, HASKINS, HICOCK, JOHNSTON, OLD/OLDS

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Re: Names you just don't see anymore
« Reply #241 on: Sunday 10 June 07 09:26 BST (UK) »
Hosea

Not certain that he's actually in my tree, but in the course of my research I have come across not one, but TWO of them!

      Easington near/in Patrington, from the International Genealogical Index
    [li]1735 22 Jun Hosea Bird **ADULT CHRISTENING**, so born some years earlier[/li]
    [li]1773 19 Sep Hosea Bird, son of Elizabeth Bird[/li]
    [/list]

    Never come across it before, and wondered if it might be a corruption of Joseph?

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    PASHBY in Scarborough, Levisham, and outlying area
    SEDMAN in Scarborough, Scalby, Everley and Hackness
    BIRD in Easington, Patrington, Sculcoates and Hull
    DOBSON in Edinburgh, Wakefield, York and Scarborough
    SUTTON in Wintringham and Scarborough
    ROSS in Edinburgh and outlying districts

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    Re: Names you just don't see anymore
    « Reply #242 on: Sunday 10 June 07 09:33 BST (UK) »
    Quote from: MansfieldTerrier on Sunday 10 June 07 09:26 BST (UK)
    Hosea

    Not certain that he's actually in my tree, but in the course of my research I have come across not one, but TWO of them!

          Easington near/in Patrington, from the International Genealogical Index
      [li]1735 22 Jun Hosea Bird **ADULT CHRISTENING**, so born some years earlier[/li]
      [li]1773 19 Sep Hosea Bird, son of Elizabeth Bird[/li]
      [/list]

      Never come across it before, and wondered if it might be a corruption of Joseph?

      Roger ;)

      Hosea is a name in it's own right. He was a minor prophet and it is the name of one of the books of the Old Testament in the Bible. If you go to Google and just type in the word 'Hosea' lots of information comes up.
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