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jillruss
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Strange surname
« on: Thursday 26 April 07 10:17 BST (UK) »
I've just been doing a bit of research into some of my Oxfordshire ancestors and have come across a surname which I've never heard of before - FUNGE.

It's not in the Oxford Dictionary of English Surnames.

Anyone know how you would pronounce it?

I should be grateful really. This family actually named one of their sons Funge Foster! The Funge turned out to be his grandmother's maiden name, so helped me trace back another couple of generations.

For all I know, there are probably thousands of you out there!

Jill
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Re: Strange surname
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 26 April 07 17:01 BST (UK) »
Hi Jill ...

What a great name!  I just had to go and see if there were any FUNGEs on the Oxfordshire Marriage Index (1538-1837) - and there are!

12 males (1664-1795) - inc. 8 in Thame
12 females (1666-1817) - inc. 5 in Thame

Let me know if you would like any more detailed information.

Pennie

PS I would pronounce it to rhyme with "grunge"!
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Re: Strange surname
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 26 April 07 17:09 BST (UK) »
Hi Pennie,

It was the Thame PRs where I found them!

In my head, I was pronouncing it to rhyme with 'bung' or even as fungi ( mushrooms?!) but you're probably right and it's as in grunge.

I'm related to the Funges of Thame, you know!!  Roll Eyes

Great name. I wonder if it's peculiar to Oxfordshire?

Jill
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John Frith mge to Fanny, Bucks? c 1798
Bathsheba Boothroyd bp W Yks c1802
John Bishop bp E Yks c1758
Joseph Symonds mg to Sarah, prob Berks c 1735-40
John Horwood mg to Martha, Berks c 1735-40
Sarah Sculler bp  Berks area c 1675
Paul Phillips bp  Berks/Bucks c 1720
William Newell bp Berks/Bucks/Oxon c 1765
Richard Troughton mg to Jane, Westmoreland c 1732
Mary Simon bp Shrops c.1795
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Re: Strange surname
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 26 April 07 17:15 BST (UK) »
 there are 250 Funges on a search of Familyhistory on line and122 results with 133 entries on acounrywide  search of the 1881 of the same website.what a surprise.they deserve an entry.
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« Reply #4 on: Thursday 26 April 07 19:44 BST (UK) »
Since the name goes back to the seventeenth century when it was common to add an "e" to the end of words ending "ng" to make the "g" hard I would expect it to rhyme with bung.

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Wilson, Higgs, Buswell, PARCELL, Matthews, TAMKIN, Seckington, Pates, Coupland, Webb, Arthur, MAYNARD, Caves, Norman, Winch, Culverhouse, Drakeley.
Johnson, Routledge, SHIRT, SAICH, Mills, SAUNDERS, EDLIN, Perry, Vickers, Pakeman, Griffiths, Marston, Turner, Child, Sheen, Gray, Woolhouse
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« Reply #5 on: Thursday 26 April 07 19:46 BST (UK) »
it's beginning to sound Chinese!

Jill
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Major brickwalls:
John Frith mge to Fanny, Bucks? c 1798
Bathsheba Boothroyd bp W Yks c1802
John Bishop bp E Yks c1758
Joseph Symonds mg to Sarah, prob Berks c 1735-40
John Horwood mg to Martha, Berks c 1735-40
Sarah Sculler bp  Berks area c 1675
Paul Phillips bp  Berks/Bucks c 1720
William Newell bp Berks/Bucks/Oxon c 1765
Richard Troughton mg to Jane, Westmoreland c 1732
Mary Simon bp Shrops c.1795
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Re: Strange surname
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 26 April 07 19:48 BST (UK) »
There's a distribution map for the 1881 census here:

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kind regards, Arranroots  Wink
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SOM: BIRD, BURT aka BROWN
HEF: BAUGH, LATHAM, CARTER, PRITCHARD
GLS: WEBB, WORKMAN, LATHAM, MALPUS
WIL: WEBB, SALTER
RAD: PRITCHARD, WILLIAMS
GLA: RYAN, KEARNEY, JONES, HARRY
MON: WEBB, MORGAN, WILLIAMS, JONES, BIRD
SCOTLAND: HASTINGS, CAMERON, KELSO, BUCHANAN, BETHUNE/ BEATON
IRELAND: RYAN (WATERFORD), KEARNEY (DUBLIN), BOYLE(DUNDALK)
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