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Offline jericho

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Re: What is your most uncommon name?
« Reply #90 on: Wednesday 20 April 05 20:28 BST (UK) »
There certainly are some uncommon names, so here's a couple I've come across in my tree.
Luke Maggs and his wife Jemima Pead.And another Constance Comfort Andrews. And one of my children's middle names is Nivek, because I wanted something that was a little different.
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Re: What is your most uncommon name?
« Reply #91 on: Sunday 24 April 05 13:57 BST (UK) »
This morning on the 1841 Cheshire I found a Gulmi Yarwood don't know if he is one of mine or not.   ???  Hope so, what a super name  ;D

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Barnett Altrincham/Manchester
Bates Hindley Lancs
Bowyer Altrincham Cheshire
Cunliffe Hindley
Hollingworth Hale Barnes/Mobberley Ches
Jones Salford/Altrincham
Ramsdale Hindley Lancs
Timperley Warburton/Dunham Massey
Yarwood Great Budworth,Lymm,Dumham Massey

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Re: What is your most uncommon name?
« Reply #92 on: Sunday 24 April 05 17:16 BST (UK) »

Heres a few more Puritanical names ...from a little book called Silly Sussex.

Fly Fornication Richardson from Waldron -
Performe thy Vowes Seers from Maresfield
More Fruits Fowler a young lady from East Hoathley, there was also a Master More Fruits Fowler
Stand Fast on High Stringer - Crowhurst
Kill Sin Pimple - Warbleton
Small Hope Biggs - Rye and...
The Northiam rector John Frewen baptised his sons Accepted and Thankful, Accepted Frewen became Archbishop of York in 1660!
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Sussex - Knapp. Nailard. Potten. Coleman. Pomfrey. Carter. Picknell
Greenwich/Woolwich. - Clowting. Davis. Kitts. Ferguson. Lowther. Carvalho. Pressman. Redknap. Argent.
Hertfordshire - Sturgeon. Bird. Rule. Claxton. Taylor. Braggins

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Re: What is your most uncommon name?
« Reply #93 on: Tuesday 26 April 05 22:00 BST (UK) »
I thought mine were really strange until now....

I have:
Thompson (male)
Featherston (male)
Jabez (male)
Enos (male)
Currell (male)
Berenard (not Bernard!) (male)
Allis (female)
Melva (no idea what sex!)

the latest one is Manasseh (male) - I'm not even sure how to say that!

They are all 1st names!
Oh an not forgetting Winn Wynn!! (female)

I'm sure there are more but I can't think now!

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DUR-Bainbridge,Hodgson,Richardson,Walker,Thompson,Armory,Wynn,Humble,Dunn,Chapman,Herin
YKS-Bradley,Hellawell,Dransfield,Sanderson,Gledhill,Mallinson,Tyas,Thornton,Nobel,Brook,Senior,Bower,Kay,Hirst,Smith,Lockwood, Clayton,Rollinson,Swallow
NTHNTS-Hubbard,Line,Goate,Tyler,Weed,Warren,Brown,Hollowell,Bird,Kirby,Dolby,Gilbert,Wootton
NFK-Burton,Myhill,Fisher,Thompson
LNRK-Neilson,Dudson,Forrest,McNight,Paterson
WL-Williams

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Re: What is your most uncommon name?
« Reply #94 on: Wednesday 27 April 05 08:11 BST (UK) »
Quote from: alllegs on Tuesday 26 April 05 22:00 BST (UK)
Oh an not forgetting Winn Wynn!! (female)

I love it!  Its a 'winn wynn' situation!


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Re: What is your most uncommon name?
« Reply #95 on: Wednesday 27 April 05 20:13 BST (UK) »
I found a BARNET WOODGATES in the 1871 & 1881 censuses for Tiverton and if the census record is to be believed, he fathered his last child at the age of 81!

Still trying to link him to my Woodgates ancestors but without success :(.  I'd just love to have this character in my tree ;D
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Re: What is your most uncommon name?
« Reply #96 on: Thursday 28 April 05 03:49 BST (UK) »
Well,posted a Uniacke forename,12/4/05,found one other since.Over to Nova Scotia way,1800,s,not much help but was a nice feeling.
The name seems to have been adopted at sometime as a surname,so maybe they are rellies!!
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Re: What is your most uncommon name?
« Reply #97 on: Friday 29 April 05 01:34 BST (UK) »
I worked with a Richard Head who shortened his name to "Dickie Head".  If I had been him, I wouldn't have shortened my name - it drew attention to the connotations.  Unfortunately, he lived up to his name.

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Re: What is your most uncommon name?
« Reply #98 on: Friday 29 April 05 01:54 BST (UK) »
I have an ancestor  Lydia Snowhouse of Britwell Salome, while I think it's a lovely name I have yet to come across any more Snowhouses,does anybody have a clue?
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