General Chat

Morning all. I'm being nosy and would like to know what is:

(a) the longest full name you have in your tree?
(b) the oddest name you have in your tree?

For me it has to be:

(a) Elizabeth Agnes Theophilea Glandfield Abel
(b) Pansy Virginia Upsdell

Matthew :-D

Sorry Matthew I havent got any mine are all Mary Hannah James & Michael

I do have a Sylvester :-D

I have a couple that always make me smile because they are unusual (to me).

Melchisedeck Warnet
Theophillus Luff

Neither actually in my direct line. The first off to the side in my tree and the second off to the side in OH's tree. Otherwise mine are fairly ordinary.

Without looking. My illiterate great- grandparents were Edward and Emily.

They had something like, Ezra,Edward, Eli, Elisha,Emily, Ezekiel,Elizabeth and................Elbert!

Morning Matthew and Everyone
I have a gt.gt. Aunt who had the name
Margaret Eliza Wells Webster Turner

I know where all the names came from, with the exception of Wells. That one is a real stickler for me.

Each generation was named after the one before, so when finding someone, I have to really look for the birth date, to know which generation they belong to.

Through marriage, I have the surname Kitchen, in my tree. Glad is wasn't Toilet.

Take Care

Julia in Derbyshire

MY GGGGRANDADS FIRST WIFE WAS
ELIZABETH RAINBIRD I THINK ITS A BEAUTIFUL NAME

I have an Angel Penny and a Bowley Ball in my tree.....

Jules x

Sparkling Ann, I think you've trumped us all - Melchisedeck Warnet?
:-S :-S :-S

Matthew

DOING A TREE FOR FRIENDS ONE OF THEIRS IS
MARY ANN HARRISON FOX MILES

When researching my Howlett line I found Clarettina Crumpthorne.
She´s not from my line I´m happy to say.

Marion

I have a Mary Christmas and the one I like best is Freegift Langridge

Phyll

Or how about Easter Chicken found in the PRs for Cumberland

I forgot one who is in my direct line:

Aquila Clapshoe

And
Melchisedeck Warnet should be Warner.

Ahh to have unusual names like that in your tree!! :)

This weekend I've been wondering where to start looking for a connection to John Jones who has appeared as a witness on one my ancestor's weddings, witness to a will and I think the reason why another ancestor has Jones as her middle name.

Not only do a lot of my ancestors have common surnames but they have been given common forenames to match lol

I suppose that my given name,Annina is unusual as I am,as far as I have found out,English, I also have on grandad's line,lots of Mordecai's,and the nicest surname is Waterfall,an old Derbyshire name.

I have sisters Tryphosa and Tryphena Balsdon in my tree! :-D

I have sisters Tryphosa and Tryphena Balsdon in my tree! :-D

I have a Great Aunt in my tree who was called Andalinda Lynes.

a while back we had a long running thread on odd names - unfortunately, although they were all genuine from the census, some of them were pretty disgusting - Brummiejean and I found most of them - GR whooshed the thread!!! that was before the site changed hands - perhaps we shold give it another go!!!

Charity Box was a favourite along with Cherry Tree and Christmas Day - there were rather a lot of Fanny's and I think that was what cooked the thread!!!

for example


12. Fanny L. HAIR - 1881 British Census / Leicester
Daur Gender: Female Birth: Barrow On Trent, Derby, England


shall I go on? :-D :-D