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My mums family emigrated from Cornwall and had two daughters and a son who died in infancy. Both the daughters married and changed their names.

No one to carry on the name at all and it's an unusual name, it's a shame as I'm thinking about doing a one name study and only 0.13% of the UK population still carries so not too many around!

My gran had 5 sisters and 3 brothers.
Her father had 5 sisters and 1 brother, who died in infancy.

Of my gran's 3 brothers...
One never married and had no children.
One married and had no children.
One married and had 1 boy and 1 girl.

The boy had 2 boys.

The name will be carried on???
.....not so.
One died and the other is ummm, unlikely to have children!

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As for my Mum's side?
Mum has 1 brother. He has 2 girls, who have a total of 5 boys.
Mum's 2 sisters had 3 boys each!!
How unfair to Mum's family name is THAT?!!

K

My gran had 4 sisters and 5 brothers - her father had 1 sister.
One brother died in infancy.
One brother was 'special needs'
One brother died in the war - and his pregnant wife gave birth to a sttillborn daughter.
One brother had daughters
Her last brother had one child - a boy!!!
Unfortunately for genealogy - he's doesn't want children, besides which - he's gay!
So - no-one to carry on her branch of the family name

My Dad had one brother, and between them they had 5 girls! Paternal grandfather had only sisters. Thus we are the 'last' of our family name although we undoubtedly have relations from other, more distant, branches. Sister and I have kept our surname after marriage but neither of us have offspring.

Hi Beverley,

I have found the same thing on my dad's side he is a Harris, & I was hoping to find some more out there but as my dad was technically an only child ( 2 step siblings with a different father) it looks hopeless, it is sad as I have a sister we are both Harris's but my 2 children are both girls with their Father's last name & my sister has a boy & girl both with their father's last name. I will keep looking though!

Regards

Kim

Oh Daff - that's wonderful.

That's what a call natural justice.

That will teach him to state facts when he doesn't know them.

Beverley

My brother rather pompously stated, a number of years ago, that he was the only one with a son to pass on the family name.... well, actually, two of my sisters had boys and the 3 of them carry the family name... no no no, said bro... that doesn't count. They are not entitled to carry the name as they are illigitimate..... he did get short shrift by the way... you can't have 5 sisters and get away with that sort of comment.

So... three years ago, (and about 15 years later) I proudly gave him the family tree branch he requested.

A week or so after that, he came back and informed me that I had it all wrong. Well, I knew I hadn't..... I have all the certificates etc. *Where* says I.... *Here* says he, pointing to our 3xgt Grannie Mary.... I was a bit confused, until he said... so who is her husband? Which of the family is he? I looked, and laughed.

Yep... he thought one of her brothers had to be her hubbie... and was devastated to learn that she wasn't married. So he has the family name by default. Just like he said my sister's boys have...... He still can't accept it, and my dad is only just coming around to it, lol ;¬)) And the tree is no longer on display ;¬))

Love

Daff xxxxx

Or in my case - 'just going to have a chat with xxx - you pay the bill' is the one I'm always hearing.

Bless 'em

How true Beverley.
Usually in the direction of the loo when the dinner is ready or the pub when a chore is mentioned.
Marion

Marion - a couple of the men were killed during WW1 but I haven't found any evidence of any in WW2 - just a general disappearing act by the men (no change there :-) )

I. have found the same thing Beverley. From my paternal side there is one cousin in New Zealand who has a son to carry on the family name, after 4or5 generations of huge families.
I wonder how much is due to the two World wars wiping out so many men. I know that several of my family died in WW1 although the sisters survived of course. I presume the same would have been true of WW2
Marion

Beverley, what I find equally amazing is that my 4 x gt grandmother had twelve children. I have all of them and their marriages, and all the next two generations, at least. But I am the only person from the direct line that is doing any research on them
Truely amazing.
Julia in Derbyshire

Does anyone else find this?

I am mainly researching the male line in my family i.e ignoring the females once they married. This is mostly because of my twisted logic and could change at a later date.

It now appears that there are very few of my namesakes remaining which I find really sad. I think it stands at about 3 or possibly 5 (two nephews may have changed their names to their step-fathers names).

Considering one ancestor had 16 children and one of thiose had 16 children, it seems amazing,.