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Topic: Naming is a RESPONSIBILITY! (Read 319 times)
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piedstilt
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"Show me the way to go home ..."
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I've just had an enjoyable read of the 'Naming kids for ancestors' thread.
This is a slightly different tack ...
How many times have we tracked down ancestors by getting a clue from their names or, perhaps more usually, their middle names? I reckon we owe it to our descendants to lay down as many clues as possible and pass names on.
These days we have two things going on: invented first names, so no clues from tradition for future genealogists there; and parents (married or unmarried) giving their children both surnames.
Boo to the first and yea to the second ...
That said, in cyberspace 2050 people will probably be able to just key in their DNA code and get a complete print-out of their ancestral connections anyway.
Aren't we lucky to be here and now, on the edge of total internet access?
I sometimes feel a bit guilty that I am having so much fun 'doing' the family - and thereby possibly denying my children of a similar pleasure.
Ros
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helenw
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Apparently (and any scot's can hopefully varify) it was/is tradition in scotland to have your mothers maiden name as one of your middle names - how much easier would the family tracing be if that happened now!!
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Leics & Rutland-Marlow,Curson,Driver,Freer,Freestone,Bird
Lincs-Welby,Chappell,Hames,West,Michelson,Sellers
Hunts-Berridge,Palmer,Hutchcroft,Wright,Shelton,Slough,Harbour,Owen(s),Dunkley
Northants - Boyall,Dunkley,Williamson,Owen(s),Norman,Glover
Cambridgeshire-Norman
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Su
RootsChat Aristocrat
Posts: 2156
Every time an Angel smiles a flower grows
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Ros
Dad's side were mostly John's William's Samuel's, George and James, for the boys and Elizabeth Sarah Hannah, Emma for girls.
The John's have passed down to Dad to my Brother and to my brother's grandson. James and George have also passed down to my brother's grandsons.
The girls are another matter, Sarah went as far as Dad's sister. Elizabeth down to Dad's brother's daughter.
The new generation are Natasha, Julie, Megan, Deborah.
Boys Kirk Paul Peter Stewart Cameron, Harry, Marcus and Luca.
Mum's side were William's, Georges, Eric.
The girls Jessie, Florrie, Fanny.
Mum was named Jessie after her Mum, and she called my other brother Eric.
However, luckily for my sister and I, we are Barbara and Susan and not Florrie or Fanny !!! 
Su
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Barnett Altrincham/Manchester
Bates Hindley Lancs
Bowyer Altrincham Cheshire
Cunliffe Hindley
Hollingworth Hale Barnes/Mobberley Ches
Jones Salford/Altrincham
Ramsdale Hindley Lancs
Timperley Warburton/Dunham Massey
Yarwood Great Budworth,Lymm,Dumham Massey
All Census look up transcriptions are Crown Copyright
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Lloydy
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Say no more, Su!!!!!!!!!
Jan
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Bennett, Challinor/Challenor, Mills, Evans, Lewis, Owen, Owens, Trow, James, Ashton, Betton/Beaton, Breese, Breeze, Crisp, Davies, Elias, Hudson, Hughes, Jenkins, Turner, Richards, Gethin, Trow, Tudor, Simon....plus tons of Jones!!! - All my Montgomeryshire lot!!
Challinor/Challenor - Shocklach, Cheshire
Betton - Worthen, Shropshire
Trow - emigrated from Wales to New Zealand
Census & BMD information Crown Copyright www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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mimosa
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Hi
Having the mothers maiden name as a middle name only helps if you know her maiden name  I spent ages searching a family member till someone explained how they worked with the names then life became easier  .
Lots of my families seem to have the same name and no middle names this makes life hard when they are Brown Smith and Short.
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Cell
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Apparently (and any scot's can hopefully varify) it was/is tradition in scotland to have your mothers maiden name as one of your middle names - how much easier would the family tracing be if that happened now!!
Hi,
It's not just the Scottish who do this , although it may be a common occurence there . My mum is Irish and has her mothers maiden name as one of her middle names It occurs quite a bit in a lot of lines going back in Ireland ( although my Irish lines did come from scotland at some point, don't know when)
Even some in my dad's side too (welsh ) and even in his english lines from his grandmother's lot.
My brother in law who is in his 30's, his middle name is his father's mothers maiden name.- father in law (welsh) wanted to keep his mum's maiden name in the family.
My own middle name is not like this though,my middle name is named after the christian of my great grandmother. Mum wanted to name me after her granny, and chose her christian name instead of her maiden name.
Many families, English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish throughout history have the mother's maiden name as a middle name - it's just todays world it is dying out. some families did it others not so.
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Purdy-Loughconnelly McNeill-Loughconnelly & Broughshane Graham -Derry,Ballymoney,Carrickfergus & Ballymena White-Broughshane Boyd-Ballymoney Roberts,Lloyd, Hopkin, Davies Carmarthenshire Parker Oystermouth/Mumbles. Carlsen (also called Carlson & Karlson )B in Former Russia (Finland) & Swansea S.Wales. Butler family Llangyfelach (Clydach & Ynystawe) Quarman Bitton & S.Wales Census information in my posts are crown copyright www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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