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Re: How common is it for people to have a name such as Hugh Hughes?
« Reply #27 on: Wednesday 29 July 15 22:10 BST (UK) »
I like first names and surnames that are exactly the same, Edward Edwards, there is a 1 letter difference.

My great grandfather was an Edward Edwards  :)
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Re: How common is it for people to have a name such as Hugh Hughes?
« Reply #28 on: Thursday 30 July 15 19:11 BST (UK) »
My question is why do the parents do it ? I used to think it was a British habit until I grew up and found it to be a false notion.  I knew an adam adams and allan allen.     On a tangent here, but I knew a family where each and every male were named Robert,lol.

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Re: How common is it for people to have a name such as Hugh Hughes?
« Reply #29 on: Thursday 30 July 15 19:34 BST (UK) »
I too have a William Williams, and  John Jones

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Re: How common is it for people to have a name such as Hugh Hughes?
« Reply #30 on: Saturday 01 August 15 10:10 BST (UK) »
I once knew a Thomas Thomas.


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Re: How common is it for people to have a name such as Hugh Hughes?
« Reply #31 on: Monday 03 August 15 15:28 BST (UK) »
Lots of welsh forenames became surnames, because the usual convention was to refer to "x son of y", so "Richard ap Richard" was rewritten as "Richard Richards" or "Richard Pritchard".

In England we have a common situation where a surname is used as a given name, often because it was the maiden name of a grandmother. Thus I have a "Bullough Bullough", as well as a "Bella Bullough". Bella was short for Arabella, but in 1861 the enumerator wrote it down as "Bellow". I'm not sure if it matched her voice!
Looking at ALSTON in south Ribble area, ALSTEAD and DONBAVAND/DUNBABIN etc. everywhere, HOWCROFT and MARSH in Bolton and Westhoughton, PICKERING in the Whitehaven area.

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Re: How common is it for people to have a name such as Hugh Hughes?
« Reply #32 on: Tuesday 04 August 15 17:10 BST (UK) »
I was so surprised to learn that my 4th-great-grandfather wasn't the only man called Barnett Barnett; it seemed such an unusual name. I was even more surprised to learn that the others were all Jewish and -- bingo! -- so was he!

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Re: How common is it for people to have a name such as Hugh Hughes?
« Reply #33 on: Tuesday 04 August 15 17:40 BST (UK) »
My 2x great grandfather was William Williams, and so was his father.  However, William the younger then went on to join a number of related families who called their SON Allison  :o

My great grandfather is Allison Appleyard, who had a cousin called Allison Appleyard - I can possibly account for this as a variation on Allenson (the surname of their grandmother).  However, my great grandfather married Ann Williams (daughter of William) who had a brother called Allison, and they had an uncle called Allison Radcliffe.   ::)



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Re: How common is it for people to have a name such as Hugh Hughes?
« Reply #34 on: Wednesday 05 August 15 10:11 BST (UK) »
Has anyone got a Hugh Jarse?

Scouse on a similar theme. My dad went to school with one R. Sole. Ronald.

Back to original question. He also knew a Laurence Lawrence. His father before him was also Laurence.
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Re: How common is it for people to have a name such as Hugh Hughes?
« Reply #35 on: Friday 07 August 15 18:41 BST (UK) »
I see that news has been announced that Neville Neville, well known former professional footballer and father of a sporting family has died.

http://www.buryfc.co.uk/news/article/statement-neville-neville-2599406.aspx