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Tricia_2
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Anckor
« on: Wednesday 15 July 09 00:59 UTC (UK) » |
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Has anyone come across the forename Anker / Anchor / Ancker etc, please? 
Thank you.
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stanmapstone
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Re: Anckor
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 15 July 09 09:30 UTC (UK) » |
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In the 1881 Census there were nine people with the forename Anchor and six with Anker.
Stan
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Tricia_2
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Re: Anckor
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 15 July 09 10:18 UTC (UK) » |
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Hello Stan.
Thank you very much.
It's an interesting one!
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Neal(e),Ropier,Jeynes/Jeens/Geens,Harris,Colley,Dyer,Baysand,Heeks~Glos Beckford/Grafton/Ashton B'ham
Hampton,Doyle~ Swansea,Merthyr/Dowlais,Pontypridd
Maldoon~Pontypridd,Frome
Davies~MerthyrTydfil
Llewellyn~S.Wales
Keefe,O'Keefe~MountainAsh,Pontypridd, PA
Svombo/Swambo/Swanbo~Greece Hydra; Cork/Queenstown; Glam~Cardiff,Pontypridd
Barry~Cork Queenstown; Glam
Thornton~Yorks Baildon; Glam Swansea,Merthyr
Jones~Carmarthen Llanboidy
Sarjant,Cole~B'ham,Leamington,Worcester
Hiley/Tirebuck/Mason~Bham
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Tricia_2
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Re: Anckor
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 15 July 09 10:36 UTC (UK) » |
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I decided to look for more information on this name, which I had never come across before.
According to George Redmonds, it is 'unusual enough to be of interest to genealogists and historians' and appears to be 'an Old Picard form of a Continental German name...'.
It seems that it was mainly, but not exclusively, a boys' name.
['Christian names in local and family history', by George Redmonds, page 66.]
And on the Internet, I found this:
'Anchor Fox (c.1728-aft 1762) was probably born on the Fox plantation .... although the family long believed she was born in a ship lying at anchor. Perhaps this was a creative way of dealing with a difficult name..........
'A search of databases on the internet failed to show the name Anchor except in the case of “Think Baby Names,” where it was identified as a boy’s name, meaning ‘stability.’ Variant forms were Ancher or Anker, and it is thought to be an occupational name. Not likely with a little girl.'http://hunterdonfamilies.blogspot.com/2009/07/children-of-george-and-mary-fox.html
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Neal(e),Ropier,Jeynes/Jeens/Geens,Harris,Colley,Dyer,Baysand,Heeks~Glos Beckford/Grafton/Ashton B'ham
Hampton,Doyle~ Swansea,Merthyr/Dowlais,Pontypridd
Maldoon~Pontypridd,Frome
Davies~MerthyrTydfil
Llewellyn~S.Wales
Keefe,O'Keefe~MountainAsh,Pontypridd, PA
Svombo/Swambo/Swanbo~Greece Hydra; Cork/Queenstown; Glam~Cardiff,Pontypridd
Barry~Cork Queenstown; Glam
Thornton~Yorks Baildon; Glam Swansea,Merthyr
Jones~Carmarthen Llanboidy
Sarjant,Cole~B'ham,Leamington,Worcester
Hiley/Tirebuck/Mason~Bham
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stanmapstone
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Re: Anckor
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 15 July 09 10:48 UTC (UK) » |
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From "The Oxford Names Companion"
Anker is a Danish first name that has been used since the Middle Ages. It is of uncertain origin, but may derive from the vocabulary word annkarl, agricultural labourer ann=harvest + karl= man, or else from the elements arn= eagle + karl = man.
Stan
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Tricia_2
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Re: Anckor
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 15 July 09 10:54 UTC (UK) » |
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Thanks again, Stan.
That's interesting.
It's quite a pleasant name ~ perhaps it will come back???
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Neal(e),Ropier,Jeynes/Jeens/Geens,Harris,Colley,Dyer,Baysand,Heeks~Glos Beckford/Grafton/Ashton B'ham
Hampton,Doyle~ Swansea,Merthyr/Dowlais,Pontypridd
Maldoon~Pontypridd,Frome
Davies~MerthyrTydfil
Llewellyn~S.Wales
Keefe,O'Keefe~MountainAsh,Pontypridd, PA
Svombo/Swambo/Swanbo~Greece Hydra; Cork/Queenstown; Glam~Cardiff,Pontypridd
Barry~Cork Queenstown; Glam
Thornton~Yorks Baildon; Glam Swansea,Merthyr
Jones~Carmarthen Llanboidy
Sarjant,Cole~B'ham,Leamington,Worcester
Hiley/Tirebuck/Mason~Bham
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