Great names!

[AllStar]

My favourite one off the top of my head is a Loveday Toms. She is not a direct ancestor tho, (she's a sister of one of mine) but I would love to track where she went. Went onto the census thinking she would be easy to find... then found Loveday was quite a popular name in those days!

[7igerby7he7ail]

Just came acrooss the surname SNEEZUM, while looking at the ancestors of some marriages in the tree.
They seem to be around the Essex / London / Surrey area.

[LFS]

The name I always remember is someone my mother knew in Wirksworth in the 20s - she was called Caroline Augustine Arkwright Mossrose Spencer - none of the names is odd, but together a bit of a mouthful.
Regards
Derby Girl

[chirp]

Going through the PRs for Brierley Hill I came across the baptisms of Zebra Joy Zipporah Page in 1792 (sadly she was buried just three days later) and Gustavus Caractacus Russell in 1795. The female christian name Sobriesketh pops up a fair bit too.

[Wred]

Somewhere way back of my memory  I'm sure I read and article that said the name Sobieska was given as a first name  to show support for the disposed and exiled Stuart Family.

The wife of James Stuart ( the Old Pretender) and mother of Bonnie Prince Charlie being Maria Klementyna Sobieska or Sobieski.

[Siamese Girl]

Somewhere way back of my memory  I'm sure I read and article that said the name Sobieska was given as a first name  to show support for the disposed and exiled Stuart Family.

The wife of James Stuart ( the Old Pretender) and mother of Bonnie Prince Charlie being Maria Klementyna Sobieska or Sobieski.

The diarist James Woodforde's sister was baptised Sobieski but was always called Sophy.


I was visiting Holligbourne Church in Kent yesterday which is the resting place of the Duppa family,  an odd enough name which I had to google. The family ended up double barreled as Duppa-Crotch and eventually produced a William Duppa Duppa-Crotch.

Carole

[Trillium62]

Years ago I worked with a retired police officer from the "good old days" who worked at a station in the rough part of town.  There was one local family where the father and sons were always committing some petty crime and their last name was Duck.

Sure enough, one of the boys was named Donald.

Of course, any of the officers who had been working out of the station knew all about the Duck family, but every so often a new officer would come into the station and would inevitably arrest Donald.

The story goes like this:

Q.  What's your name, son?

A.  Donald Duck.

[Smack.]

Q.  What's your name, son?

A.  Donald Duck.

[Smack.]

Poor Donald is probably dead by now, and I'll bet he died in police custody.

[Annie65115]

Whilst searching the census for someone else entirely, I recently came across Donald's sister, Daisy Duck

[alyson123]

Absolutely loved kizmiaz, Trillium62 and saimese girl posts ...... LOL!!
and Maisie I am so envious of your Isabella Golightly!
I thought things were going well, when researching my Pyle/Pile family name,
then up pops Snowdon Pile!!.......great I thought easy to find more about him,
but not so, in Newcastle on Tyne they are plenty!
I also have a Robert Jones who married ...... wait for it,.........Ann Angel!
Oh yes and I've also got a German Bateman!
Love reading everyones posts on this topic.
Alyson