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Willsy once more

Willsy once more Report 7 Sep 2005 20:29

Have come across another unusal middle name, I already knew my grandad's middle name was Kirkman but it seems his uncles middle name was Hornon. The family surname is moore, anybody any ideas where these middle names could come from??? or even heard of them before? a puzzled Elaine

Janice

Janice Report 7 Sep 2005 20:37

Hi Elaine, Middle names are often maiden names of mums, grannies, etc which don't actually mean anything initally, but when you take the tree back a few generations it becomes clearer. On the other hand you may never find out lol!! Janice

Willsy once more

Willsy once more Report 7 Sep 2005 20:50

Thanks for that, haven't come across either name will keep looking!!! Elaine

BrianW

BrianW Report 7 Sep 2005 22:20

My grandfather's sister had the middle name of Elford. Couldn't work out where it came from until Crista found that her first husband had been a Thomas Halford. I recon she hadn't married great grandad by then and the child was named Emily Halford She.....d, but the registrar misheard and wrote Halford as Elford.

Researching:
Sherwood (Kent); Jesson (London); Worboys (Herts)

Willsy once more

Willsy once more Report 8 Sep 2005 08:54

Yes all makes sense even put the surname Hornan into ancestry, didn't dare try Kirkman, As I said earlier these names just don't appear again and it's not as if these 2 were the eldest HELP (LOL) Elaine

PennyDainty

PennyDainty Report 8 Sep 2005 09:13

hi Elaine, do you have any Scots in the family? Kirkman sounds like a Scottish name (meaning church man) so maybe there's a Scot lurking in there somewhere that the name came from! LOL Christine

Willsy once more

Willsy once more Report 8 Sep 2005 09:33

Hi Christine Was wondering that myself, generations back they lived in Thringstone, Leicester and apparently alot of Scots came down to work the pit as Thringstone is built on a fault. Have got them back to 1817 and English so far, need to get to the records office for anymore Elaine

Judith

Judith Report 8 Sep 2005 11:41

As they weren't then handed on they might also be the surnames of the children's godfathers. A lot of children were given their god parents' christian names but if two god parents had the same christian name perhaps they decided to use the surname of one instead.

Willsy once more

Willsy once more Report 8 Sep 2005 11:45

Thanks Judith I didn't know that Elaine

Willsy once more

Willsy once more Report 10 Sep 2005 10:31

Yippeeeeeeeee Certificate came today and you guessed it have found my Kirkman. My grandads middle name was his grandmother's maiden name. One down one to go !!! Elaine