The significance of Middle names

[patrish]

Oh how I wish all registrars would use the middle names, it would make our searches so much easier. especially with very common surnames  one of mine is Stanley but some of them had the middle name Thurston, have not traced where that come from yet.

[yn9man]

Patrish -

Would be very nice indeed but then where would us Rootschatters spend our free time? 

Genealogy wouldn't be the hobby it is today if not for the thrill of the search.

yn9man

[patrish]

Hmmmmmmmm good point that  but sometimes it so frustrating. 

[yn9man]

Hmmmmmmmm good point that but sometimes it so frustrating.

Just sometimes? ... You must be a diplomat   

yn9man

[Bitza 5]

going back century's was the maiden names of stewart and Cameron so my mum and 2 sisters have Cameron as a middle names while 2 older brothers have stewart as a middle name. i now have 2 nephews with the first name of cameron. but no stewarts yet.  me however have my great gran mothers name for a middle name. my eldest daughter has the same name as me  and both her grans names as middle names and my eldest son has both his gran fathers names as middle names.

           Bitz

[MrsLizzy]

My great great grandfather was Charles Winchester Green Culling until his natural aunt and her husband adopted him, when he became Charles Winchester Giesen.   We thought the Winchester bit was terribly posh, Victorian flamboyance, until I finally tracked down his birth and discovered that he was born in Winchester Street.  It is fairly certain that Green was his natural father's surname, and his mother was Fanny Layton Culling.  He had two older brothers, Josiah Green Culling and James Green Culling, and a younger sister, Ada Anne Green Culling.  Little Ada was brought up by Ann Green, the widowed mother of Charles' adoptive mother, Mrs Martha Giesen, and Martha had a twin brother Walter J Green.  However, I believe it was Martha's and Walter's older brother Josiah Green who was the father of Charles, Ada and their two older brothers.  I think he didn't marry Fanny, in spite of having several children with her, because she was a servant and socially unacceptable as a spouse.

[monashee]

stonechat, i am new to rootschat and trying to send you a note but it won't let me, anyway, i am curious about your mention of bonds and chancery...i also have a similar story...though i am not sure if it is in my bond or irving family...my bonds were from manchester, early 1800's, but said to have welsh roots, and related to the bonds of bond street london. anyway there was said to be a great deal of money caught up in chancery that uncles had fought to their wit's end over. like i said not sure if this is the irving or bond side,...but i'll be keeping a look if our bonds connect...

Hmm it'd have to be in 1835. Though then lived in Denton nr Manchester,not sure hw widespread honeymoons weere, especially amond people who didn't have a lot of money, he was a warehuseman /overlooker at a cotton mill.

Her father was a hat manufacturer, but whether an employee or better I can't say

I have thought of this - even the Beckham theory (remember Brooklyn Beckham?).

There do seem to be a real shortage of people called Beamaris

However George Cock's son is Jame Beamaris Cocks, and a grandson is James Beaumaris KNowles.

I may find out one day

Bob

[wrjones]

In  my  main Jones family my generation is the  first one since before  1800 not to have the  middle name  Simon.

Regards
William Russell Jones.

[bykerlads]

Just taking advantage of the topic to again float the puzzle of my greatuncle's middle name:
Espar or Esper.
It means nothing to us at all. No other use of the name,not a place.
Noone to ask as that generation are all long gone.
Any ideas?