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Daft names
« on: Wednesday 25 March 09 12:45 GMT (UK) »
Whilst trawling through census and parish records I found the following:

Jam Curry - Married Tiverton, Devon 1854
Fanny Crease - Born Reading, Berkshire c1878 (From 1901 census)
Nimrod Buckett - Born Portsmouth, Hampshire 1820

 ;D
Northants - Stevenson, Smith, Spriggs, Hight, Dodson, Coleman
Swansea - Thomas, Williams, Howell, David, Rees, Griffiths, Jenkins, Bevan
Rutland - Hales
Derbyshire - Harlow, Riley, Pemberton, Aldred
Yorkshire - Stamper, Boyes, Duke
London - Harper, Wallis
Essex - Shelford, Wallis, Read, Stanes
Hertfordshire - Bishop
Cornwall - Johns, Soper, Rowe, Ball, Webb, Dunn, Quintrell, Hain, Oliver
Gloucestershire - Harper, Ash, Gregory, Denman
County Durham - Proud, Duke
Yorkshire - Stamper, Pickering

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Re: Daft names
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 25 March 09 12:54 GMT (UK) »
 ;D

That is just child cruelty...

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Re: Daft names
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 25 March 09 12:57 GMT (UK) »
Worst bit is that they are real! Heres another:

S. Hit - Born London 1862 (1871 census, Kensington).

Northants - Stevenson, Smith, Spriggs, Hight, Dodson, Coleman
Swansea - Thomas, Williams, Howell, David, Rees, Griffiths, Jenkins, Bevan
Rutland - Hales
Derbyshire - Harlow, Riley, Pemberton, Aldred
Yorkshire - Stamper, Boyes, Duke
London - Harper, Wallis
Essex - Shelford, Wallis, Read, Stanes
Hertfordshire - Bishop
Cornwall - Johns, Soper, Rowe, Ball, Webb, Dunn, Quintrell, Hain, Oliver
Gloucestershire - Harper, Ash, Gregory, Denman
County Durham - Proud, Duke
Yorkshire - Stamper, Pickering

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Re: Daft names
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 25 March 09 12:59 GMT (UK) »
Having said that my brother was saying yesterday that his friend applied for university under the name "Meanrock Distructicon"  ;D

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Re: Daft names
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 25 March 09 13:00 GMT (UK) »
Bet they laughed at him did they?
Northants - Stevenson, Smith, Spriggs, Hight, Dodson, Coleman
Swansea - Thomas, Williams, Howell, David, Rees, Griffiths, Jenkins, Bevan
Rutland - Hales
Derbyshire - Harlow, Riley, Pemberton, Aldred
Yorkshire - Stamper, Boyes, Duke
London - Harper, Wallis
Essex - Shelford, Wallis, Read, Stanes
Hertfordshire - Bishop
Cornwall - Johns, Soper, Rowe, Ball, Webb, Dunn, Quintrell, Hain, Oliver
Gloucestershire - Harper, Ash, Gregory, Denman
County Durham - Proud, Duke
Yorkshire - Stamper, Pickering

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Re: Daft names
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 25 March 09 13:11 GMT (UK) »
No, he got accepted, rofl. He didn't go, but he got the letter framed  :D

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« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 25 March 09 13:18 GMT (UK) »
So when ancestry publish university applicants in 300 years time, people will find it hilarious!
Northants - Stevenson, Smith, Spriggs, Hight, Dodson, Coleman
Swansea - Thomas, Williams, Howell, David, Rees, Griffiths, Jenkins, Bevan
Rutland - Hales
Derbyshire - Harlow, Riley, Pemberton, Aldred
Yorkshire - Stamper, Boyes, Duke
London - Harper, Wallis
Essex - Shelford, Wallis, Read, Stanes
Hertfordshire - Bishop
Cornwall - Johns, Soper, Rowe, Ball, Webb, Dunn, Quintrell, Hain, Oliver
Gloucestershire - Harper, Ash, Gregory, Denman
County Durham - Proud, Duke
Yorkshire - Stamper, Pickering

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Re: Daft names
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 25 March 09 14:50 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Ayashi Foxtail on Wednesday 25 March 09 12:59 GMT (UK)
"Meanrock Distructicon"
Typo or Transformers fan?
WIMBUSH - Everywhere :: MARLOW/JECOCK/JUSTICE - Northamptonshire/Warwickshire/Oxfordshire :: SCALES/BRIDGES/ENGLISH/SPINK/PETCH/GOOCH/COCKSEDGE - Suffolk :: GARRETT/GIBBS/FEARN - Warwickshire :: DEVOS - Scotland (Aberdeen)/France(Dunkerque) :: MURRAY - Ireland(Down)/Scotland(Lochs) :: TIGHE/TREACY - Cork

Stanley Charles SCALES b.1899 - Where are you?    ***   

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Re: Daft names
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 25 March 09 14:53 GMT (UK) »
 :P I don't know how you spell it... but probably Transformers fan :D
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