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Parents with a sense of humour??

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Hilary

Hilary Report 28 Apr 2012 13:45

I've just come across a 6 year old child in the 1841 census with the name Cardinal Woolsey. I wonder if he went by his middle name of John!!

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 28 Apr 2012 14:19

cruel - I have an ancestor - Prince Breakspear - they were poor as churchmice - all ag labs

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

Phyll

Phyll Report 28 Apr 2012 14:27

I have an ancestor - Prince Albert Edward - really royal - not!

Researching:
Newman, Pavey, Sinden from Sussex. Latham from Bucks & Herts

Janet

Janet Report 28 Apr 2012 15:02

...I've found a Royal Seal...jl

Researching:
Mellors of Fulstone- Haighs of Fulstone- Haighs of Horbury -Fowlers of Sheffield -Ashton/Acomb of Keighley-Broadheads of Mearhouse-Nixons of Bradfield- Hopwood of Dewsbury and Elland-Procter/Proctors of Malham

Julia

Julia Report 28 Apr 2012 15:17

The other day, I came across a girl called Hopestill. Poor S*D, imagine being labelled with that all her life. Needless to say, it was in America.

Julia in Derbyshire

Researching:
Turner Cambs/.Northants, Singapore and Penang,Trengrove Singapore and Penang, Arnull (Champion Race Horse Breeders & Trainers 'Oleander')Germany and Denmark

Mary

Mary Report 28 Apr 2012 15:43

Trawling through Roach message boards on ancestry USA, we found George Washington Roach, Ben Franklin Roach, Christopher Columbus Roach and Napoleon Boneparte Roach, the Irish lot all seem to stick with William, Michael ,James, and John !!!!

Researching:
Roach, Abbott, Smith, Rutherford, Galway, Preston, Rhode Island, photo of Me , April 1949 .

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 28 Apr 2012 22:56

Births Jun 1855
Lemmon Orange .. Hailsham 2b 50

Another Orange LEMON is recorded in 1871

Gwyn

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 28 Apr 2012 23:08

There's also an Obadiah Orange Lemon!!!

I found (amongst my Cornish Gays) ,in 1881, a Brighton Gay :-D

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

Annina

Annina Report 29 Apr 2012 14:28

Well I wish that my rellies had more imagination. My lot ie had 5 or 6 brothers getting wed within a few years,and calling their offspring by the same family names.

It is a nightmare sorting out which Hannah or William belonged to which brother,and costs a fortune in certs!!

Wend

Wend Report 29 Apr 2012 14:50

Maggie, I have quite a few Gays in my tree from Devon, including John Gay, the dramatist and poet who wrote 'The Beggar's Opera. Apparently, he was a homosexual and rumour has it that the word 'gay', to describe homosexuals, originated from his surname. One of descendant female Gays ended up in Brighton!

Researching:

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 29 Apr 2012 19:54

Lots of Rose TREEs registered on freebmd

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 30 Apr 2012 00:11

I know a Rose Thorn (wasn't her parents' fault, Rose married Mr Thorn)

Berona

Berona Report 30 Apr 2012 00:45

I transcribe for FreeBMD and come across a lot of 'titles' in the christian names. Most frequent seems to be 'Squire'.

However, it wasn't only in the 'old' days that people had these ideas. I had a neighbour who insisted that her grandchildren call her "Nanny" so that when they spoke of 'my Nanny', listeners would think they had a carer nanny. I wonder if anyone ever took any notice? I really don't think so.

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 30 Apr 2012 02:10

lol Ber :-D

I had a Nanny, and a Da.... because their first grandchild (not me) couldn't say Granny or Grandpa (or whatever)..... and the titles stuck.

My other grandmother insisted on being called "Gran" - she said granny sounded too old :-D so they were <3Papa <3 and Gran