Unusual name

[yorkshirelass]

I know of a couple who called their daughter Friday cause (here's the clever bit) she was born on a Friday.

[Fitty]

I'd call that a lack of imagination...   lol

I have a Reymes Gedge in fact i have two, father and son. 

[nutkin]

Here is a group of siblings that were born in Conneticut in the late 1700's in my tree.  Can you tell the males from females on the first name?

Tryphosa Ruggles
Artemas Ruggles
Rufus Ruggles (poor boy)
Tyrus Ruggles
Cyrenus Ruggles
Amarillis Ruggles

What were those parent's thinking?  My ancestor was lucky and they named him Benjamin Ruggles (first born so he was named after his father)

[dudjac]

Hi All.
 Further to my request for the meaning of Thomasin, it has got me thinking.
Has anyone come across unusual ancesteral christian names.? The modern day parents seem to use a scrabble board to arrive at their offspings name, but years ago it seemed to be biblical or names of royalty.
My favourite one to date is Tamar (a biblical name), - fairly uncommon I believe.

dudjac

[Sisterjane]

one of my ancestors christian name is Friend. Isit a biblical name?
Joe

[GRACELAND]

    See more names at www.rootschat.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=10379.msg41064#msg41062

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[Kazza]

Hi Dudjac,

We have had a thread going for a while with the most unusual ones,  so I will merge this in............ 

Kazza.

[maidmarianoops]

 Age in 1871 Birthplace Relationship Civil Parish County/Island . .
 
Ann Fethon 44  Scotland Wife  Drypool  Yorkshire   
Ann Fethon 13  Scotland Daughter  Drypool  Yorkshire   
Archibald Fethon 15  Scotland Son  Drypool  Yorkshire   
Catherine Fethon 3  Hull, Yorkshire, England Daughter  Drypool  Yorkshire   
Elizabeth Fethon 6  Hull, Yorkshire, England Daughter  Drypool  Yorkshire   
George Fethon 11 months  Hull, Yorkshire, England Son  Drypool  Yorkshire   
John Fethon 47  Scotland Head  Drypool  Yorkshire   
Margaret Fethon 8  Hull, Yorkshire, England Daughter  Drypool  Yorkshire   
Mary Fethon 18  Scotland Daughter  Drypool  Yorkshire   
Robert Fethon 10  Birkenhead, Cheshire, England Son  Drypool  Yorkshire   

[Lizzie]

Thank you so much for the latest on this unusual name of 'Fethon'. I have recently found it can also be FETHAN.
Someone remarked way back (after I had remarked I had tried in vain to contact the HULL Fethons) that it was a pity they were not interested in Geneaology.
Well times have changed of late. They have been in touch with me and indeed are now interested and starting a tree.
Still no idea why my Grandmother, Elizabeth Fethon Jack was given this name.  However, I have a strong suspicion  it was her mother, Margaret Jack ms GEORGE who was the person responsible here.
I have searched for years trying to find the parents of my ggrandmother Margaret George. All I know of them is what is written in the marriage certificate at Margaret's wedding to James Jack, Glasgow 1973.
She gives her parents as William George (Boatbuilder) and Margaret ms McCrea. On Margaret's death certificate it states parents William George (Shipwright) and Margaret McRea.
Daughter Margaret was born Edinburgh 1853
I have now come to the concusion if ever I find who these people were and where they came from I will  find there is a connection of one of them to the FETHON family whom, by one of the birth dates were indeed living in Glasgow around the same time.
I have searched Scotlandspeople inside out and can find no records of William and Margaret George.
I stongly suspect they could not have been Scottish or I would have found them by now.
If anyone has access to any records of a William George and Margaret McCrea being in Edinburgh in 1853 I would be delighted to hear from you.

Elizabeth