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Welsh Jen
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Thought I would post regarding my husband's Great Grandmothers name.
Born Lucy Cowlin, she married a Farr
yes youv'e guessed it Lucy Farr (Lucifer)
We all have had a chuckle over that one, much to the distaste of my father-in-law (it was his Grandmother)
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Hackstaple
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I suppose Wellington Brewer made bootleg liquor [groans all round]. 
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Southern or Southan [Hereford , Monmouthshire & Glos], Jenkins, Meredith and Morgan [Monmouthshire and Glos.], Murrill, Damary, Damry, Ray, Lawrence [all Middx. & London], Nethway from Kenn or Yatton. Also Riley and Lyons in South Africa. Any census information included in this post is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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BarryBear
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"You got some disgusting 'abits you really 'ave!"
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Genius, just genius!
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 Lawson in Durham and Croydon, Corbett in Surrey, Watts in Surrey and Croydon, King in Herts, Knight in South East London, Papworth in East London, Brewer in Essex, Eley/Ely in Essex, NewburyNewberry in Herts Fillery in Surrey Waugh in Durham |
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Troy
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Hi everyone
My name's Janus - you can imagine the rhyming slang that name has conjured up over the years!!
Everyone knows me as J, Jan or Jani and when they find out the "secret", the meaning gives them more cause for concern.
I hated it as a youngster but now I'm a ::)teenager it's not so bad at all. At least I've never met another haha.
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I am researching Bailey, Newlyn, Welch, Pickering,Clarke, Broad, Burch, Parkes, Power, Nickels, Coulter, Delieu, Walker, Huxstep, Padgen, Inglis, McCartney, Crawford.
The areas are: Woolwich, Plumstead, Bexley, Portsmouth, Eltham, Paddington, St. Pancras, Middleton Norfolk and any connection with Bailey and Royal Artillery
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Darcy
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Hi Janus
just curious - were you named after the Roman God of beginnings and endings - or is there another reason?
The fact that it is an unusual name makes you very special.
Darcy
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Fisher, Pitts, Lucas, Emmit, Keal, Bennett, Maddock, Jackson, Pidd, Lincolnshire Bullock, Read, White, Gloucestershire. Shepherd, Foyle, Crowter, Green, Wiltshire Strickland, Fisher, Butterworth, Brown, Northhamptonshire Shepherd, Bullock, Waterhouse, Lancashire Fisher, Goodwin, Rutland Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Troy
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Hi Darcy,
Sorry haven't responded much sooner, holiday and family stuff, but how very kind of you to say I'm special and yes you're right the Roman God of beginnings and endings, (new world - old world); some less kind people say two-faced but its OK I can take it. Now that I'm older I do actually like having a name that's unusual. I passed it on to my daughter as her middle name (she doesn't appreciate it just yet I think).
How it occurred was: Dad shielded by family abroad during WW2, they had new born son named him Janus (cos its a man's name me thinks) but Dad loved the meaning of the name, I was on the way and the rest as they say is........
Regards
Jan P
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I am researching Bailey, Newlyn, Welch, Pickering,Clarke, Broad, Burch, Parkes, Power, Nickels, Coulter, Delieu, Walker, Huxstep, Padgen, Inglis, McCartney, Crawford.
The areas are: Woolwich, Plumstead, Bexley, Portsmouth, Eltham, Paddington, St. Pancras, Middleton Norfolk and any connection with Bailey and Royal Artillery
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Darcy
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Hi again Jan,
thanks for the interesting explanation of of your name.
I think it's lovely and only the uneducated would consider it to mean two faced! - you tell 'em Janus!
Darcy 
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Fisher, Pitts, Lucas, Emmit, Keal, Bennett, Maddock, Jackson, Pidd, Lincolnshire Bullock, Read, White, Gloucestershire. Shepherd, Foyle, Crowter, Green, Wiltshire Strickland, Fisher, Butterworth, Brown, Northhamptonshire Shepherd, Bullock, Waterhouse, Lancashire Fisher, Goodwin, Rutland Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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nooshie
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My great great grandmother was Sarah Sofia which is very pretty - my great aunts were called Flantan and Fulantua!!! Is MissLizzy's name Nancy - she was a bit of a tart in Oliver Twist.
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Wish I'd known about my ggrandmother's name, Keziah, in time to have passed it on to one of my daughters - however one of them is the sixth generation of Elizabeth - just don't shorten it!
Wonder why Queen Victoria's name didn't seem to catch on - I've hardly ever come across it in my searches.
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Derbyshire: Brocklehurst, Wigley, Wragg, Hunt, White Suffolk: Pledger, Mears Herts: Hills, Linzell,Cakebread Cambs: Hills Bucks: Edmonds London (Moorfields/Shoreditch) : Williams, Sharp Warwicks: Edmonds, Litchfield Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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petere
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I have come across a few Adelaides in my tree, can be shortened to Adela. I think that is a nice name for a girl ... but I don't have any daughters.
Peter
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Keith Sherwood
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My maternal grandmother's family name is Gurner, and my brother was christened Marcus Timothy Gurner Sherwood. However, when still rather young and unclear about the precise nature of his forenames he was asked by another little friend of his what the M.T.G. stood for. He was heard to announce proudly:
"I'm Marcus Timothy Grandma Sherwood...."
Keith
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kerryb
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One of the nicest names (or so I think!) is one of my gr gr grandfather's who was called Gaius. I really like that. However his middle name was Diana, I wonder if he got teased at school. 
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukSearching for my family - Baldwin - Sussex, Middlesex, Cork, Pilbeam - Sussex, Harmer - Sussex, Terry - Surrey, Kent, Rhoades - Lincs, Roffey - Surrey, Traies - Devon & Middlesex & many many more to be found on my website .... www.kerrysfamilyhistory.co.uk |
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but thankfully my husband had more sense. Well I was very young 
