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Lucy2
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I once spent many, many, hours trawling through all the "Mc and Mac D.....'s" in a birth index. I didn't find any of my "rellies" ! The frustration and boredom was immense !
At the point of near insanity though, I happened upon the delightfully-named
" Farquhar Arsethorpe"
Poor little blighter  Sadly, he wasn't one of my lot. Ah .... but what a "reward" for all those long hours of searching !
Lu
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sharmar
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Recently found out that a friend who is a Mr Monk married a Miss Nunn!!!!
Didn't think that was aloud!!!!
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Harris(Madeley), Harris(Ironbridge) Woodvine (Dawley & anywhere else), Britton (Broseley), Hoof (Wombridge, Dawley, Shifnal), Perry (Dawley & Wellington, Deakin (Wellington), Humphries (Wombridge & Dawley), Underwood (Hinkshay) Davies (Grinshall area), Buckley (Madeley) Hamphlett (various spellings Madeley).
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Lucy2
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... Mr WRATT married Miss BATE.
She always bragged, "he was a really good catch" ! 
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Reaybo M
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The Wertheim Family
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I had a mate at school once called Bates.
Always amused me to think of what his letters said:
Mr Master Bates.
Never ceases to amuse me!
Over and out 
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Durham: Reay, Dixon, Corkin, Turnbull, Coxon.
Northumberland: Thompson, Reay, Stothard/Stoddart.
Gloucestershire: Wertheim (Jewish) , Howell, Lile/Lyle/Liles, Berrow, Westcott.
Suffolk: Fisher, Flatman, Baker, Smith.
Fife: Herd, Pearson, Moyes.
Lanarkshire: Russell, McCartney, McGill/Magill.
Whitburn: Millar, Bryce.
Ireland: Owens and Fox (Tyrone), McCartney, O'Brien, McCartney (County Donegal).
Glamorgan: Howell, Liles
Monmouth: Griffiths, Wertheim, Gardner.
Carmenthenshire: Thomas
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Lucy2
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Reaybo M 
(Seriously, that's gorgeous) !
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oldtimer
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Looking through the GRO death index recently I came across a little mite who had died before his first birthday. I presume the embarrassment of carrying his Christian name of Oliphant had made him give up the ghost.
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carol8353
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Me and my new grandson Adam 1/10/2008
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As well as a Gordon Bennett,there was a boy at my school called Phillip Nissen.
The whole school erupted into laughter when the headmaster read out in assembly one day " and after assembly I would like to see P.Nissen in my room"
Say it out loud to yourself. 
My cousin married a Cockburn ( Co'burn) her kids have terrible trouble with the name. 
Carol
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Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukRogers, Rapkin, Phillips - Hammersmith/Fulham/Paddington areas Worth Bailey, Heapy, Burgess. All Macclesfield Cheshire Mockridge,West Monkton Somerset Jenner,Clapham Surrey Kendrick,Liverpool Wensley,Somerset Coleman and Mc Namara from Ennis, Co Clare, Ireland Blake and Maloney from Kilbaha Co Clare, Ireland |
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