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Offline adee7

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Re: Names you just don't see anymore
« Reply #252 on: Sunday 10 June 07 22:02 BST (UK) »
There are two men with the name of Experience in my list.

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Re: Names you just don't see anymore
« Reply #253 on: Monday 11 June 07 10:47 BST (UK) »
Adding to the virtue names - one of my ggg grandmothers was Mercy and her sister was Truth.  Think I'd rather be saddled with Mercy - fancy having to live up to Truth  ;D Temperance is another name I keep coming across too.....

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Especially looking for - Sealey, Rogers, Cannings, Box, Sheppard in Wiltshire; Virgin, Slade, Abbott, Saint, Harper, Silverthorn in Somerset; and Virgin, Tarr, Beer in Devon

And most especially the origins of William Cannings,  a Baptist, born abt 1791 in Broughton Gifford, Wiltshire

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Re: Names you just don't see anymore
« Reply #254 on: Monday 11 June 07 12:46 BST (UK) »
Angela  :)

I see your counties are the same as OH's - he had a Temperance Knight.

Only one though  ::) ::) ::)

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Re: Names you just don't see anymore
« Reply #255 on: Monday 11 June 07 18:42 BST (UK) »
Gadget

Just saw your post and happened to have a large glass of chilled wine in my hand at the time. Failed completely on the Temperance front.........  ;D

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Especially looking for - Sealey, Rogers, Cannings, Box, Sheppard in Wiltshire; Virgin, Slade, Abbott, Saint, Harper, Silverthorn in Somerset; and Virgin, Tarr, Beer in Devon

And most especially the origins of William Cannings,  a Baptist, born abt 1791 in Broughton Gifford, Wiltshire

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Re: Names you just don't see anymore
« Reply #256 on: Friday 15 June 07 22:27 BST (UK) »
I don't think I will see a 'Temperance' either as a loy of mine where Wine merchants (oh how much money that woud save me today  ;D )
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Re: Names you just don't see anymore
« Reply #257 on: Friday 15 June 07 22:42 BST (UK) »
A name I came across this week  in one of my families was Shammuah.  Apparently it was a biblical name which would explain why it occured three times in the family, they were dissenters.

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Re: Names you just don't see anymore
« Reply #258 on: Saturday 16 June 07 01:53 BST (UK) »
Two Generations ago a favourite name for ladies was Phoebe
I have not seen many of that name lately
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Re: Names you just don't see anymore
« Reply #259 on: Saturday 16 June 07 01:55 BST (UK) »
I guess my mother's name would have to be included in this

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Re: Names you just don't see anymore
« Reply #260 on: Saturday 16 June 07 04:58 BST (UK) »
Quote from: adee7 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


Lots of Nathans in my son's school and even a Nathaniel. Lots of Zacks - not usually short for Zaccheus though.

Everything old is new again.
GRACE, HADLEY, ION,MURFET(T), SIZER, WALTERS, WISE - Tasmania,

BATTY, COLE,  GIBBS, GIBBINS/GIBBONS, GODDARD, GURNEY, HUGHES, JONES, LEE, PENNY, TROWER, WHALE, WILSHAW, WOODCOCK
New Zealand,

LEONARD, ROLLINGS, SIZER/SIZAR and many others - Cambridgeshire


BLACKBURN, CUNNINGHAM, DEAN, DOWGILL, GILL,HAINSWORTH, HUSBANDS, LOWE,  MABBLE, MARSHALL, MOORHOUSE, MYERS, PEARSON,PRESTON,  RAYNER, RILEY, SHOESMITH, SIGSTON, SKINN, TURNER, WARD, WILDMAN, WRIGHT

Yorkshire
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