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Offline Andrew Tarr

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Re: What's the oddest name you've found?
« Reply #90 on: Thursday 31 March 16 14:55 BST (UK) »
American composer Adolphus Hailstork must be fairly unusual?
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Re: What's the oddest name you've found?
« Reply #91 on: Thursday 31 March 16 20:38 BST (UK) »
Not sure how unusual these count as but for my family and my area the following are unusual names.

My 2 X great grandfather was called Randle.  The name continued for some time and apparently still continues with some distant relatives in America.

 Randle had a son called Septimus, also a unusual name for my area.

Also on my other side we had a Rinean, this name didn't continue though.

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Re: What's the oddest name you've found?
« Reply #92 on: Saturday 02 April 16 06:50 BST (UK) »
slightly of topic, but years ago, at secondary school I had a friend called Reginald Baker. He always appeared to be aloof, far better than the rest of us. We left school and lost touch. The last I heard was that he had changed his name and become an officer in the army. His new name? Reginald Gordon Leslie William Baker De Sugg. I often wondered how his service career went!
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Re: What's the oddest name you've found?
« Reply #93 on: Saturday 02 April 16 18:14 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Yonks Ago on Thursday 31 March 16 14:00 BST (UK)
From Texas US...parents James and Sarah [nee.. Stinson] named their daughter Ima HOGG

Better known by her stage name - Miss Piggy?

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Re: What's the oddest name you've found?
« Reply #94 on: Sunday 03 April 16 03:46 BST (UK) »
  ;D ;D ;D ;D yes very definitely very famous!
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Re: What's the oddest name you've found?
« Reply #95 on: Sunday 03 April 16 19:05 BST (UK) »
I even found a tree on Anc had a distant relative by marriage, James Lee, whose mother was listed as Helen Wepperton. No such surname exists though, Wepperton lol.
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Re: What's the oddest name you've found?
« Reply #96 on: Monday 04 April 16 17:36 BST (UK) »
Hi johncrowner,

Reggie von Zugbach de Sugg  (Reginald Baker)

author, a former Army major (RAOC) and a lecturer in management studies at Paisley university.
http://jennyrad.blogspot.de/2007/02/professor-reggie-von-zurbach.html

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Re: What's the oddest name you've found?
« Reply #97 on: Tuesday 19 April 16 17:07 BST (UK) »
Whilst hunting in vain (as usual) for a 1871 census entry for direct ancestor called Ann Newbold (orBrailsford!) b 1855 in Derby, (who was remarkably consistent about her age and place of birth throughout her life on every other census 1861 - 1911,) I came upon one with the wonderfully named - deep breath:
Onesiphorous Coltman (60) in 1871 Loughborough!!!
It almost made up for never having being able to track down Ann in 1871!
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Re: What's the oddest name you've found?
« Reply #98 on: Tuesday 19 April 16 18:25 BST (UK) »
Admonition Drew,  baptized 9 October 1768, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England

Admonition: a piece of ​advice that is also a ​warning to someone about ​their ​behaviour.
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