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Clive

Clive Report 12 Feb 2005 07:17

About 40years ago I came into contact with a businss man in Birmingham whose surname was GUCK at the time he reckoned that he and his family were the only Guck's in the UK. Clive

Margaret

Margaret Report 12 Feb 2005 02:24

I have an Effingham in my family Margaret

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 12 Feb 2005 00:40

I have a Maboboline (Madeline), Wolfran, Loveday, Gifford and young master Brighton Gay!!!! - He'd be popular nowadays wouldn't he LOL maggie

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

Unknown

Unknown Report 11 Feb 2005 23:19

There is always Xpopher (Christopher) And why oh why did the 'Educated' parish clerk register good old Bill Freeman as Guilielmus?

Maz (the Royal One) in the East End 9256

Maz (the Royal One) in the East End 9256 Report 11 Feb 2005 23:03

first names - Medora, Northfield and Valentine Victor! no weird surnames though. Maz. XX

Malc /GG and Jackie

Malc /GG and Jackie Report 11 Feb 2005 22:28

My friends family always give the oldest son the middle name of Milner..... Dont worry odd bod keeping stoom about your real name.

Sophie

Sophie Report 11 Feb 2005 22:22

HI ALL :) THE SURNAMES I HAVE IN MY TREE ARE: ALDWIN, PUGH, TIPPING, KEHOE. COMPTON, CROMPTON. SAISE. CODD......... and goff and frood...! I DO HAVE MORE BUT THESE ARE MY MOST UNUSUAL ONES! DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OF MINE IN THEIR TREE? :)

Researching:
Woods, Davies, Green, Watts, Pratt, Tipping, Aldwin, Seaborne, Jones, Watkins, Quinn, Johnson, Greer, Welsh, Stevens, Kehoe, Ford, Pearce, Hazle, Godwin, Sarney, Read, Murphy, Leonard, etc Hillingdon Area, Middlesex, London, Liverpool, Ireland, Scotland (Dundee/Glasgow), Buckinghamshire

Gypsy

Gypsy Report 11 Feb 2005 22:12

I have a Yovon Lozone. He was born 1934. I think the name Yovon is from Eastern Europe? and Lozone was changed from Lozarovitch to sound more English in the 1920's. Pat

*Tracy

*Tracy Report 11 Feb 2005 22:04

Ben yours is worse than mine you win LOL Tracy

Jo

Jo Report 11 Feb 2005 22:01

Houckham!!!!! Hassle!!!!!!!

Ben

Ben Report 11 Feb 2005 22:00

hows about mutter arbuckel discovered them back in 1700

*Tracy

*Tracy Report 11 Feb 2005 21:52

does anyone else have any unusual christian or surnames in there tree i have a few cristian names Plummer, Cornelius, Clement, Montague, Adatha, Cordelia, Archdale and Dawson surnames Wesson (my maiden name), Flower, Bigmore, Folkett, Clamp, Lfield, Standley, Subden-Edis and Neep Tracy