Great names!

[Riddlebrick]

In my research I have come across Samuel Rainbow Girdlestone born in 1766 his father was called Zurishaddai. What wonderful names, sadly they do not appear to be related to me.

[trish1120]

Amongst most of my boring names, THEOPHILUS PRATT


Trish

[Pugwash34]

My most unusual is my 1st cousin twice removed Joseph Snowball Caswell named afetr his mother Elizabeth Ann Snowball but my true favourite is gt gran Christiana Sophia Amey.

Paul

I have Snowballs that married into my OH's tree.....I often wondered about the source/root of that particular surname. At present I have found a Jane Snowball Tate and a John Snowball Tate 

mab

you two may be interested in this article on the actor Jim Broadbent who has 'Snowballs' in his family

Link

[groom]

Found a Christmas Day Wagstaff  while I was looking up marriages. No prizes for guessing when he was born!

Jan

[Filiem]

I've just come across a LAVINIA RAVEN...step sister to my G Grandad.

But this gets better, she marries a Robert W CROW 

[Rewcastle]

Just been searching for John Donnelly in the Durham area and found a John Donnelly with his grandmother whose name was 'Ellen Fant' 

[angelfish58]

you two may be interested in this article on the actor Jim Broadbent who has 'Snowballs' in his family

Link

I'll have a look at that as my great grandma was a Snowball. Back on topic, my OH has a Zipperina as a distant marry-in. I have a possible Melchisedeck way back but that line needs more research.

[kizmiaz]

Before I found the correct line for my great grandfather I was mistakenly on the hunt for the family of a certain Fanny Tugnutt. Glad they weren't relatives!
And doing someone else's tree, I came across an Ethel Ingersoll Minge! 

[Glen in Tinsel Kni]

Before I found the correct line for my great grandfather I was mistakenly on the hunt for the family of a certain Fanny Tugnutt. Glad they weren't relatives!
And doing someone else's tree, I came across an Ethel Ingersoll Minge! 

  Absolute classics.

Wonder if they are distant rellies of Fanny Tutcher born Q2 1870???

I have a cousin who has a few folks with the name Daft as either a forename of surname in his direct line, none as yet recorded as imbecile or lunatic on the census though.