I thought my contribution was really interesting until I read some of those already posted.
Ciderdrinker -- got to love Cheese and Onion. And I wonder if they're related to John Cleese (whose father's surname was originally Cheese).
Nettie -- I don't think I can compete with Fanny Pain and Long Dick.
A-L -- Lydia Coffin!
Jamcat95 -- often a name seems quite normal by itself, but becomes more eccentric when placed within the context of the whole family. A lot of hard work and planning went into that family.
JAKnighton -- Jabez is Biblical, meaning "son of my sorrow". The name was quite common in some parts of England in the nineteenth century, but much less so in the twentieth. I had an Uncle Jabe.
Mine seems less exciting with every page that I read. My ancestor born mid-seventeenth-century England, during the Commonwealth. The family surname was DAY and given that she was baptised four weeks after Sunday it looks likely that she was born on Easter Sunday. Her name was Easter Day.
Bearnan -- I also have triplets named Faith, Hope and Charity in my tree, born in Yorkshire in 1803 and all died with in a few weeks. The names sound as though their parents held (justifiable) fears for their survival and wanted to hasten their admission to heaven. Are those on you friend's tree surnamed PEARSON?
