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Offline Celticcrafter

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Re: What's the oddest name you've found?
« Reply #405 on: Monday 30 January 17 22:08 GMT (UK) »
My husband has a Francis "Peanuts" Huber.  Peanuts is even on his marriage certificate.  He was born in 1802 in Germany and Died there in 1874.  We have never been able to figure that one out.
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Re: What's the oddest name you've found?
« Reply #406 on: Tuesday 31 January 17 03:42 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Celticcrafter on Monday 30 January 17 22:08 GMT (UK)
My husband has a Francis "Peanuts" Huber.  Peanuts is even on his marriage certificate.  He was born in 1802 in Germany and Died there in 1874.  We have never been able to figure that one out.
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Could he be related to Charles Schultz  ?
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Re: What's the oddest name you've found?
« Reply #407 on: Monday 13 March 17 11:18 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Celticcrafter on Monday 30 January 17 22:08 GMT (UK)
My husband has a Francis "Peanuts" Huber.  Peanuts is even on his marriage certificate.  He was born in 1802 in Germany and Died there in 1874.  We have never been able to figure that one out.
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Seem to think Huber were food merchants / processors.

This might be linked, seems the original family and current company span 300 years, in various guises?
http://www.huber.com/


Or he made his living from, or had investment in the production/processing/selling of peanuts. The reason why American President Jimmy Carter, a farmer, was called 'Peanuts Carter'.

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Re: What's the oddest name you've found?
« Reply #408 on: Saturday 18 March 17 09:28 GMT (UK) »
Here is a family of 8 children with some strange names but the fact that they followed the Swedish alphabet is even more strange. This is an actual family from Höganäs in Sweden.
Here is the actual image from the Church Book I posted a while back: http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=717263.0
Also a link on the family: http://www.rootschat.com/links/01jqb/


Albin Bertrand Carl David
Evelyn Femi Gotton Henriette
Imri Johan Knut Lamuel
Maria Nanna Othilia Persi
Quintus Rurek Sten Thure
Uno Witus Xeriph Yngvar
Zebi Århild Ädla Ödevi
Per Uno Gustaf Walentin


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Re: What's the oddest name you've found?
« Reply #409 on: Saturday 18 March 17 15:53 GMT (UK) »
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Re: What's the oddest name you've found?
« Reply #410 on: Monday 20 March 17 16:59 GMT (UK) »
I have an Elizabeth Breadstry, (name taken from marriage lines) not born or christened in village where she is supposed to have come from nor villages local. This woman has had me stumped for years
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anthony.rowbottom.doggett. hertfordshire.
edwards. astill. warwickshire.
bunch hampshire

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Re: What's the oddest name you've found?
« Reply #411 on: Tuesday 21 March 17 17:20 GMT (UK) »
"Breadstry"? Now that sounds like a prime candidate for trying ever more outlandish versions of the surname in order to discover her?
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Re: What's the oddest name you've found?
« Reply #412 on: Tuesday 21 March 17 18:01 GMT (UK) »
I saw someone post the other day regarding a Surname "Gotobed".... best name ever!
Holland, Northumberland
Taylor, Northumberland
Best, Northumberland
Wright, Croydon
Harbertson, Northumberland
Warren, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Bradford
Robinson, Bradford, Newcastle upon Tyne
Faghen, Ireland and Newcastle Upon Tyne
Weiner/Harris, Ireland and Newcastle Upon Tyne

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Re: What's the oddest name you've found?
« Reply #413 on: Tuesday 21 March 17 19:27 GMT (UK) »
"Gotobed"

How about Muchotrigo [= Lots of wheat], Panduro [= Hard bread] or Paniagua [= Bread and water], all fairly common in Perú.
Wiltshire:  Banks, Taylor
Somerset:  Duddridge, Richards, Barnard, Pillinger
Gloucestershire:  Barnard, Marsh, Crossman
Bristol:  Banks, Duddridge, Barnard
Down:  Ennis, McGee
Wicklow:  Chapman, Pepper
Wigtownshire:  Logan, Conning
Wisconsin:  Ennis, Chapman, Logan, Ware
Maine:  Ware, Mitchell, Tarr, Davis
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