General Chat

I have a rellie called Friend. Sue

My maternal grandad was Harry GUSTAVUS Tivers, and his father was Charles RAFFLES Tivers. Gustavus and also Gideon seem to have come down the male line, but I have no idea where Raffles came from. My Gran used to tease us, saying she won him in a raffle! LOL My paternal great grandfather was George WASHINGTON Kilpatrick, and it's amazing how many Americans & Canadians with the surname Kilpatrick named their sons George Washington! But I can only claim one of them! Sue xx

Just transcribed one Emanuel Emanuel who married in 1856

linda,,,very nice billy or billie,,,,i have a cousin her name is billie,rae,,, and she called her girl billie rae,,,and now billie rae is expecting her first,,been told its a girl,,so what she calling her,,,,you guest,, jackie congrats to you both on baby due.....xx

i'm not to fond of the name clarence but i do like merlyn. i wanted to call our new baby merlyn if it a boy but OH said no way!! so we settled on Billy Merlyn if its a boy.(BIllie-Jo if Girl)

hi bev no can't say ive heard of them either except simeon,,, they are unusaul name thankx for sharing them jackiex

oh granny,,,,,,,sounds you put a damper on the fact you dicovered it was a double barrel name,,but now i have heard of it i bet that name crops up as time goes,,,,,,, good for you to discover that x jackiex

christine,,id say,i can't even say it,getting tongue tide trying,,,,, well i have never heard of that one before, thankx christine,,i'll keep trying to pronounce that,, jackiex

linda yes i have heard of merlyn,,,my son went to school with a lad called merlyn,-Lioyd, first and middle names,, clarence is becoming a poplar name it seems,, young girl across the way called her baby clarence owen,,his 3month old.. jackie x

seward farnham urbin Hurban ketura simeon Keziah Eula all bar one had the surname Rabbitts!!!! and i still cant find some of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol Bev

Yes Jackie B, I got the birth certificates to prove it. The family was so sure it was a double barrel name. Just trying to be posh, so I squashed that idea for them all.

I've also got a clarence his middle name was merlyn! his parents must have had a sense of humour! everyone knew him as bill though.

hi teresa,,thats unusal too, edward mary? mm wonder was that his parents names? jackiex

hi roxanne,,can't say i have heard of them,,only clarence. very unusal names,,, jackiex

granny,,,can't say i have heard of that name either,,how interesting to find it was all one name, jackiex

I have a couple of Shenton's in my tree, no idea where that came from. I come across some unusual ones when I'm transcribing for FreeBMD...including an Edward MARY!

catherine hi,,,never heard of that name,,,,but i like it, jackiex

norah,,,,,unusual name that is,,,have ti ask did he take after his name ,meaning name? jackie my oh has a ebinezer in his family,,tree,,and his family they are all tight with their money,,,we know now why when we discovered that, x

theophilus Clarence gustavus Theodore

King was his mothers maiden name - no royalty I'm afraid :-)