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Offline macphail

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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past
« Reply #9 on: Friday 16 May 08 11:19 BST (UK) »
I have Cockshoot's Cockshott's & Cockshaw's in my tree and I saw the name of Fanny Hunter Sampson during my research and knowing my lot, wondered if this was a name or a description
Gedmatch A337659 FTDNA B123808

Sampson - Norfolk, Suffolk London, Uttoxeter, Stoke, Salford
Cockshaw + var; (Mc)Cawley - Swinton, Lancashire
Buckley - Manchester, Dublin, Pendleton (Salford)
Hogarth - Liverpool, Birkenhead
Parton/Pardon - Salop, Swinton, Lancs
Johnson & Rimmer - North Meols, Lancs
Hodson - Lancs

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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past
« Reply #10 on: Friday 16 May 08 11:26 BST (UK) »
Quote from: macphail on Friday 16 May 08 11:19 BST (UK)
I saw the name of Fanny Hunter Sampson during my research and knowing my lot, wondered if this was a name or a description

LMAO  ;D

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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past
« Reply #11 on: Friday 16 May 08 16:57 BST (UK) »
i found Miss Fanny Bottoms the other week in a census record
most of weardale!

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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past
« Reply #12 on: Wednesday 21 May 08 16:42 BST (UK) »
 ;D I've just found a Mary Hairy (1861 Yorkshire)

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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past
« Reply #13 on: Thursday 22 May 08 18:11 BST (UK) »
WOW! Love it!
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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past
« Reply #14 on: Thursday 22 May 08 21:05 BST (UK) »
Mary A Piddler   (well it made me laugh)  ;D

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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past
« Reply #15 on: Tuesday 12 August 08 13:21 BST (UK) »
A Kent marriage in 1793:

Stephen PRICK and Sarah BAWLS
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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past
« Reply #16 on: Tuesday 12 August 08 14:03 BST (UK) »
This young Thomas went on to have good future,  most of you ( well the blokes more so )  :) :)  will use his name every day

Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 2349; Folio: 303; Page: 19;



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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past
« Reply #17 on: Tuesday 12 August 08 14:37 BST (UK) »
It would have been even more odd had they lived in Hanger Lane. ::)
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Baker family. Surrey.
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