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Parents with a sense of humour??
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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!! |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 28 Apr 2012 14:19 |
cruel - I have an ancestor - Prince Breakspear - they were poor as churchmice - all ag labs |
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Phyll | Report | 28 Apr 2012 14:27 |
I have an ancestor - Prince Albert Edward - really royal - not! |
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Janet | Report | 28 Apr 2012 15:02 |
...I've found a Royal Seal...jl |
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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. |
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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 !!!! |
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 28 Apr 2012 22:56 |
Births Jun 1855 |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 28 Apr 2012 23:08 |
There's also an Obadiah Orange Lemon!!! |
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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. |
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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! |
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 29 Apr 2012 19:54 |
Lots of Rose TREEs registered on freebmd |
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LadyScozz | Report | 30 Apr 2012 00:11 |
I know a Rose Thorn (wasn't her parents' fault, Rose married Mr Thorn) |
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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'. |
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LadyScozz | Report | 30 Apr 2012 02:10 |
lol Ber :-D |