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Re: Super fun name game
« Reply #45 on: Friday 24 February 12 23:33 GMT (UK) »
funnily enough fenifur i thought about a couple i've found who could be interesting enough to look into. you've certainly started something here  :D

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« Reply #46 on: Friday 24 February 12 23:38 GMT (UK) »
 Been trying to make a fruit salad.... (all births)

Orange Lemmon
Orange Gardener
Orange Petter....
Lemon Vodderaper
Apple Jordan
Apple D Plunkett
Persimon A Couzens
Limey Tyrer
Hutchinson - Nottingham.
Rowland - Nottingham.
Parkin - Co Durham/Nottingham.
Gardiner/Gardner/Gardener - Co Durham.
Drake - Derbyshire/Lincolnshire/Sussex/London?
Leighton - Derbyshire.

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« Reply #47 on: Saturday 25 February 12 00:05 GMT (UK) »
And for the gardeners....

Lilac Rosetta Figg
Blossom Blight Hoare
Petal J Snow
Twigg Keal
Thorne Fawcette
Thornely Knott
Budd Rose
Stalk Guy
Ribena Leaf
Urban Marfleet leaf
Hutchinson - Nottingham.
Rowland - Nottingham.
Parkin - Co Durham/Nottingham.
Gardiner/Gardner/Gardener - Co Durham.
Drake - Derbyshire/Lincolnshire/Sussex/London?
Leighton - Derbyshire.

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« Reply #48 on: Saturday 25 February 12 00:11 GMT (UK) »
regularly seen from my kitchen window.
fox box
badger walter allin
deer charles g wedlake
horsey george blackman
birdie m dunnet
sparrow harling

in the river down the valley
fish fish   (common name in the 1800's)
fish fish fish  (plenty for everyone)

in the sky
moon moon
starchy lightfoot

and after a beer or two
angel waters


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« Reply #49 on: Saturday 25 February 12 00:59 GMT (UK) »
And finally tonight - for the medics...

Henrietta Bone
Charles Elbow
Ebednego Knee
Rhoda Knee
Mary E Thigh
Alford Arm
Norah Shoulder
and brothers.... Phanix & Truelove Toe
Woolf Finger
Frank Bigerstaff Wrist
Wing Y Chin,

 and finally Ann Eye!
Hutchinson - Nottingham.
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Leighton - Derbyshire.

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« Reply #50 on: Saturday 25 February 12 09:52 GMT (UK) »
Mornin' all,

All FreeBMD -

Morning Dew
Blinkin Eccles
Ima Proffitt
Nutty Haddock
Windy Knight
Number Seven Fell   ???
Farewell Crapper

Norris, London 1800's
Bird, Gt Yarmouth 1800's
Smowton, Yarmouth/Norwich 1770
Dublack, Yarmouth
Binks, Essex
Wilcock, Lancashire
Kettlewell, Yorkshire

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« Reply #51 on: Saturday 25 February 12 10:04 GMT (UK) »
funnily enough fenifur i thought about a couple i've found who could be interesting enough to look into. you've certainly started something here  :D

I've started a blog last night :)
Unfortunately most of them turn out to be children who de before they reach the age of 5 :( But I have a few so far, I'm currently working on Golden Key, who had 4 wives!

http://bigharryunknown.wordpress.com/

If you have any particular requests, inbox me and I'll put them nearer the top of the list!
Vanderkist; London and beyond!
Doe; Suffolk
Hunt; Surrey, London
Reeves; Croydon, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire
Porrett: England, Yorkshire, London
Ward; Croydon, Wiltshire
Batchelor; Croydon, Brighton
Ellis; Croydon, Dorset, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire
MacPherson; Scotland
Wills; Cornwall
Taylor; Suffolk
Aldous; Suffolk
Poll; Suffolk
Gathercoal; Suffolk

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« Reply #52 on: Saturday 25 February 12 11:56 GMT (UK) »
morning fenifur; i think fish fish fish could be from a school of fish fish's.
b. dec qtr 1864, blackburn
there is also a marriage for a fish fish, same place, same qtr of that year. it also looks like a few other fish fish's were swimming in the same pond a few years later.
there have been so many interesting names on here its hard to know where to start  :)
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« Reply #53 on: Saturday 25 February 12 12:23 GMT (UK) »
In 1871 there were 6 people called Fish Fish all living in Lancashire.  ;D
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